Hello! On lines 48 if [ -d /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then 49 for f in /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*.sh ; do 50 [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f" 51 done 52 unset f 53 fi the xinitrc file checks whether there are some shell scripts to execute, for example -rwxr-xr-x 1 pete admin 718 24 Nov 12:27 10-fontdir.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 pete admin 53 24 Nov 12:27 99-quartz-wm.sh then a window manager and some X clients are are prepared for launching: 57 twm & 58 xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & 59 xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & 60 xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & 61 exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login I see one problem (two on Tiger) with /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/ xinitrc.d/99-quartz-wm.sh and its contents, a one-liner: [ -x /usr/bin/quartz-wm ] && exec /usr/bin/quartz-wm (on Tiger quartz-wm lives in /usr/X11R6/bin) which IMO stops execution of the xinitrc file on line #50 because of the "exec" keyword. So no X clients are launched. Am I wrong? -- Greetings Pete Make it simple, as simple as possible but no simpler. – Albert Einstein