Configure X

the next thing you'll probably want is a graphical user interface, which is what most people are comfortable with. so let's being emerging xwindows.

sudo emerge -av xorg-server eselect

there should be a lot of packages that get installed with X. go have a coffee. After the emerge has finished, we now need to configure xorg. first, lets update our environment.

sudo env-update source /etc/profile

now lets create our xorg.conf file.

sudo Xorg -configure

follow the questions you are asked to generate a default xorg.conf. You can edit the generated file if you wish

sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf

the following example is for a dual-screen setup with an ATI video card using AMD's binary fglrx driver.