> I have two monitors, and when I run Xmacbsd, both turn that crazy 
> crosshatch grey color, and I am able to move my mouse cursor over the 
> entire landscape rather nicely.

This means only one server can take care of both screens, so...

> However, when I try to start a separate 
> server for the second monitor, it fails with:

You don't have to do that.

> xterm -display dave:1
>  or any other variant of above, it fails.  It can't find a server - duh.

Use "-display dave:0.1" instead, or simply ":0.1" if it's local.

ken