Ok lets get this strait: What is in your /usr/X11R6/bin dir?
Do you have an Xmacppc binary? What are you using to start XFree86? Does 
Xmacppc not work?

In my XFree86 setup I use startx which starts up Xmacppc.

I have no idea how else you will get it going. I have read the NetBSD 
FAQ on XFree86, they say the "How to make an XFree86 Config file" is 
'coming soon'....

I don't think you will get it working without Xmacppc...

Well this is my twisted understanding of the workings of it. I 
understand how you feel about not getting X going.

Good Luck.

-wilyarti howard

Lasse Hillerĝe Petersen wrote:

> Wilyarti Howard wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> Well, I installed a completely clean binary 1.6.1 release, and the 
> X-server installed appears to be Xfree86 4.2.1. I much appreciate your 
> answer, but it seems there *must* be a way to get this working without 
> using Xmacppc.
>
> Meanwhile I found and tried 
> <ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/macppc/X-4.2.0-current/XF86Config>, 
> which however works the same as what I have tried before: X starts, 
> but the screen simply turns black. I also found 
> <http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/x11.html#xfconfig> but there 
> wasn't much there to try :-(
>
> -Lasse
>
>