Setting up VNC and X Windows

Hi,
I have a server that i connect to with ssh. I want to be able to use a X Window desktop via VNC.

So i installed Xfree86 and Vncserver. I started the vnc server and i can connet to it. But i just get a screen showing 3 tick boxes:
accept clipboard from viewers, send clipboad to viewers and send primary selection to viewers.

So i thought x windows is not started, i typed startx and i got the error at the bottom of this post:


What need's to be started or configured??

Thanks


Jacko

[root@jacko /]# startx
Using authority file /root/.Xauthority
Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority
Using authority file /root/.Xauthority
Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority


XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Custom Build: 4.3.0-59.legacy)
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8-1.521smp i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 01 February 2005
Build Host:

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recent XFree86 packages available from Red Hat by checking for updates
at rhn.redhat.com/errata or by using the Red Hat Network up2date
tool. If you still encounter problems, please file bug reports in the
XFree86.org bugzilla at bugs.xfree86.org and/or Red Hat
bugzilla at bugzilla.redhat.com

Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.20-021stab022.11.777-enterprise (st@kbuild26.eng.sw
.ru) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 SMP Fri Jan 14
11:07:01 MSK 2005 P
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (= default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(= Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Mar 1 13:08:51 2005
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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report in the XFree86.org bugzilla at bugs.xfree86.org and/or Red Hat
bugzilla at bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla . When filing your report, it
is very important that you explain your problem in as much detail as possible,
and include a complete description on how to reproduce the problem. After
submitting the bug report, attach the following files as uncompressed
individual file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment feature:
- X server log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log
- Kernel log file: /var/log/messages

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
[root@jacko /]#

It sounds like you need to configure X first. I ran into a similar problem a while ago on Gentoo Linux. There should be a directory /etc/X11 that has a .conf file that you can enter in your monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc configuration parameters. And if you're lucky there might be an automated script you can run that will do the dirty work for you. I don't have anything to refer to at the moment as I'm at work so that's all I can offer for now.