Jeremy, I am on 2.6.0 alpha2, xorg-server 1.8.99.906, something strange happens to xterm. If I start X11 there is one xterm window open - which is fine, but if I start another one from the menu (edit>xterm) I got a black window. I got following messages: 22.08.10 22:00:24 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] X11.app Handing off fd to server thread via DarwinListenOnOpenFD(6) 22.08.10 22:00:24 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] DarwinListenOnOpenFD: 6 22.08.10 22:00:24 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] Calling ListenOnOpenFD() for new fd: 6 22.08.10 22:00:24 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] X11.app: Launching /opt/X11/bin/xterm: 22.08.10 22:00:24 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] argv[0] = /bin/sh 22.08.10 22:00:24 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] argv[1] = -c 22.08.10 22:00:24 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] argv[2] = /opt/X11/bin/xterm 22.08.10 22:00:39 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] Warning: Color name "BACKGROUND" is not defined 22.08.10 22:00:39 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] Warning: Color name "FOREGROUND" is not defined 22.08.10 22:00:39 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] Warning: Color name "WINDOW_BACKGROUND" is not defined 22.08.10 22:00:46 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] Warning: Color name "BACKGROUND" is not defined 22.08.10 22:00:50 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] Warning: Color name "WINDOW_BACKGROUND" is not defined 22.08.10 22:00:50 [0x0-0x1c01c].org.macosforge.xquartz.X11[261] Warning: Color name "WINDOW_FOREGROUND" is not defined I can start any xterm from KDE - and its just fine. any idea? Christof -- public key www.hfph.mwn.de/~chwolf/chwolf.asc Please respect my privacy and do not make my contact information available to third parties.