Problem installing xserver

[John Whitley <whitley@bangpath.org>]

Well, I thought I'd seen this problem in the archives, but I can't for
the life of me find it...  so apologies if this is a FAQ by now:

I cannot seem to get xserver-xfree86 configured on a Powerbook G3
(Lombard).  I've tried multiple kernels to no avail, including
yesterday's snapshot of Cort's pmac 2.4.4 tree, debian 2.2.19, etc.

The symptoms are that the xserver package hangs when configuring (both
4.0.2-13 and 4.0.3-1), forcing me to manually break (^C) to get back
to that prompt.

I did realize that I had an old XF86Config, and no XF86Config-4.  I
dropped in the XF86Config-4 from Sergio Brandano's site (thanks!), but
that hasn't had any effect on the problem.

Any clues for the clueless?  8-)

Thanks,
John