Hi Diderius
The default kernel is not meant to set-up graphic, as the board is meant to be headless. The use-case of Quark/Galileo is the IoT market – make the device as small as possible to be hidden in a watch, earplugs, wearable or small sensors – with wireless communication to the outside world. (no need for a video output).
(On the other hand, I like that the maker comunity is trying to set-up graphic, even if I think that the cpu speed and memory space is very limited for that use-case)
If you want to enable graphic support in the kernel, you need to build your own. Instructions are here:
https://communities.intel.com/message/221685
Good luck, let us know about the results.
Tom