Well, I am running 1.6 macppc on a iMac slot-loading (Rev. C, lime 
coloured).
The version of XFree86 I have has NO XFree86Config at all. It just has 
Xmacppc which runs perfectly.

Originally the installed x* set distro (that came with NetBSD macppc) 
wasn't working at all (Xmacppc came up with errors which I can't 
recall), what I did was installed the latest distro (4.3.0) from source; 
saved the new Xmacppc (working Xmacppc from 4.3.0 source) in a different 
directory , then installed XFree86 from the NetBSD sets and renamed the 
new Xmacppc (the one that overwrote the working Xmacppc) to Xmacppc_old, 
then put the saved Xmacppc (the working one which came from the source) 
in the X11R6 binary directory.

The x* NetBSD sets gave me working startx, xinit files ect, which made 
my working Xmacppc useable.

This is the only way I got it working.
I do not know about 1.6.1 but in 1.6 there isn't an XFree86 
configuration file at all.

I just remember the errors the original Xmacppc errors they were 
something about the screen...

-wilyarti howard

Lasse Hillerĝe Petersen wrote:

> Help!
>
> I have searched and searched, and found dozens of various XF86COnfig 
> files for iMacs and Macs running any possible Linux variant and even 
> some NetBSD. I have tried typing ModeLines and rebooting so many 
> times, my face is now a purplish shade of blue.
>
> One message I found from port-macppc from last year was:
>
>> *From:* Emiel Kollof /<coolvibe@hackerheaven.org>/
>> *List:* port-macppc
>> *Date:* 07/30/2002 07:20:28
>>
>> * Emiel Kollof (coolvibe@hackerheaven.org) wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> xf86MapVidMem: could not mmap screen [s=20000,a=a0000] (Invalid 
>>> argument)
>>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Solved the problem. My patch seemed to be correct and X is functioning
>> perfectly. It seems I had some whack resolutions and modelines in my 
>> XF86Config file.
>>
> which seems to indicate that the problem I'm trying to solve has 
> indeed been solved. Emil, or anyone else who has XFree86 working on 
> macppc 1.6.1, could you please send your XF86Config file my way? I'd 
> be eternally grateful!
>
> -Lasse
>
>