Molle Bestefich wrote:
(It's probably something really simple too, I just don't have the time, energy nor do I even want to figure out how this crap works - for the time being, I'm not into X hacking, so for me it's a tool that should "just work", and if it doesn't, the worst I'm going to do about it is hate it real good.)
Why in the world would run Gentoo when you want something that 'just works'?
Gentoo is a great distribution but you are not its target audience. Go install Ubuntu or SuSE.