Colin Wood  replied:
>Hmmm...perhaps the server died b/c it couldn't open a grf device for it?
>How many grf devices show up in a 'dmesg'?  If you have more than 1, make
>sure that you have more than 2 /dev/grf devices.
>
>> To BW:  I created a link:   ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/startx startx
>
>Once again, the correct fix is to put /usr/X11R6/bin in your path.  This
>one is in the FAQ, btw.  You might want to take a look at it:
>
>http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/faq/

Yes, I had only two /dev/grf devices.  And the path fix is obviously 
better than the link.  Thanks for the good info.

...Harlan