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Originally Posted by daemonfowl
...When there is no such /etc/xorg.conf...
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You will find the functional equivalent of a complete xorg.conf file, line-by-line, in the output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
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...when the command 'X -configure' freezes machine .. what's to be done?
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If only the X Windows System has hung, you may be able to abort it. Xorg has an "Alt-Ctrl-Backspace" sequence which will stop X on other architectures. There might be an equivalent for macppc.
If only the X Windows System has hung, perhaps the OS is still running? If the platform is running
sshd(8), if the system is still operating you can use
ssh(1) from another system, conduct any analysis, kill X, etc.
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/var/crash and /var/log/Xorg.log.0 are no help.
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If the system has actually hung, there won't be a dump of the system unless
you create one via
ddb(4). You will need to set appropriate sysctls in advance, and you may not be able to see output on your display if X has taken control of your system. Practice using ddb in console mode, so that you know what to type and what to expect when you can't actually see any ddb output.
I have already mentioned that the Xorg log should be of unrecognized value.