Here is a list of modular X ebuilds I have successfully used for some time now, but don't yet have ~ppc keywording: x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0.0_rc2 x11-apps/xmodmap-0.99.1 x11-apps/setxkbmap-0.99.2 x11-libs/libXxf86dga-0.99.2 x11-apps/xrandr-0.99.1 media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-type1-0.99.0 media-fonts/font-bh-ttf-0.99.0 media-fonts/font-bitstream-type1-0.99.0
Updated list: x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0.0_rc3 x11-apps/xmodmap-0.99.2 x11-apps/setxkbmap-0.99.3 x11-libs/libXxf86dga-0.99.3 x11-apps/xrandr-0.99.2 media-fonts/font-adobe-utopia-type1-0.99.0 media-fonts/font-bh-ttf-0.99.0 media-fonts/font-bitstream-type1-0.99.0
Updated list: x11-apps/xinit-1.0.1 x11-apps/xrdb-1.0.1
all these packages are marked ~ppc or have successors marked as such. Therefore closing this bug.