> I screwed up my xfree86 config file far beyond repair. What is the
> apt-get  command to remove all traces of x so that I reinstall it from
> scratch? (I have  been fighting with x cause I am trying to get it work
> on a laptop and it is  recoginising the chipset, but gives me "no
> screens found".
>
> I have tried:
> apt-get --purge remove x-window-system
> apt-get install x-window-system
> and it does not pop me insto the config program...

No need to remove and reinstall... Don't know what X server you are using
but dpkg-reconfigure packagename will rerun the configuration for any
package.  If you are using xserver-xfree86 do:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

and the configuration program should re-run.

-Derek