X and Fluxbox :: starting X

could the problem be my monitor is a widescreen?

You need to choose a mode that does not give you an unsupported mode error.

If you boot with a supported framebuffer mode, the fb0 error 104 will go away.

figured it out for myself

i installed XFree86 and the setup .dsl

then used the settings that i have for the monitor in FC4

original here.