I'm absolutely new to Linux but my grandson insists I try it. He burned a "live CD" of Gentoo today, so I assume it is the latest. I am trying to get it to run on my Gateway laptop. My OS is Windows XP Professional. On booting up it does a lot of checking and then I get the following: X10: fatal IO error 104 fatal server error: no screens found (EE) Screen(s)found, but none have a usable configuration. There is probably a resolution fix already out there but I don't know how to find it. I just got a Sharp Zaurus 5500 for Xmas which, of course, runs Linux. I apologize for bothering you with what is probably not a "bug" at all -- maybe just a glitch in my laptop. Thank you for whatever help you can give me.
try booting with "nofb noX" at the prompt
Need more info on this, im guessing your grandson download a experimental kde/gnome livecd