Hello,

> before i drop to OF to do .properties research of the CPU, here is where i
> stand with regard to getting the Radeon 7000 working:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> xf86MapVidMem: could not mmap screen [s=10000,a=ffff0000] (Invalid argument)
> 
> what do i need to do to get this working?
That's weird - which Xserver did you use? The address looks odd.
What does scanpci -v say about the card? Does it work as console? If not then OF probably didn't configure it properly. ( find the right device path, should be something like /bandit/ATY,Radeon and tell OF to use that one... )

good luck
Michael