Here's the problem: Nov 3 10:27:47 Latsche [0x0-0x3be3be].org.macports.X11[29382]: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Nov 3 10:27:47 Latsche [0x0-0x3be3be].org.macports.X11[29382]: > Nov 3 10:27:47 Latsche [0x0-0x3be3be].org.macports.X11[29382]: Error: Nov 3 10:27:47 Latsche [0x0-0x3be3be].org.macports.X11[29382]: Can't find file "empty" for symbols include Nov 3 10:27:47 Latsche [0x0-0x3be3be].org.macports.X11[29382]: > Nov 3 10:27:47 Latsche [0x0-0x3be3be].org.macports.X11[29382]: Nov 3 10:27:47 Latsche [0x0-0x3be3be].org.macports.X11[29382]: Exiting Nov 3 10:27:47 Latsche [0x0-0x3be3be].org.macports.X11[29382]: > It looks like you need a newer xkeyboard-config. I just bumped the version in MacPorts to 2.0 which has the required files. Leopard and SL users were getting their copies from the Apple or MacOSForge versions. I can't really explain why it was working before for you, but this should fix it... Thanks, Jeremy