First of all, check your PATH with

printenv PATH

If you don't have /usr/X11R6/bin in it, then there may be something
wrong with your fink environment setup, because /usr/X11R6/bin normally
gets added to your PATH by the fink init script (/sw/bin/init.csh).  Did
you add 

source /sw/bin/init.csh

to your .cshrc? 

Second, to start X in a terminal, you'll want to use

startx -- -rootless (rootless mode)

or

startx -- -fullscreen (fullscreen mode)

or 

startx -- -quartz (uses whatever is set in the Preferences)

On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 13:07, Julian F.Woods wrote:
> I downloaded and installed XFree86 using dselect yesterday. I had to 
> install twice because during the first install process I was told that 
> I had to delete my old X11 folders/files and reinstall (which I did 
> before the second install). Everything appeared to proceed normally. 
> However, when I attempted to run XDarwin from my Applications folder it 
> gave me the choice of full screen or rootless mode but whatever mode I 
> did it booted and then quit without giving me a screen. I then tried 
> the following from my terminal:
> 
> [Julian-Woodss-Computer:/usr/local/lib] jfwoods% exec startx
> 
> xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  no server "X" in PATH
> 
> Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path and
> that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server
> for your display.  Possible server names include:
> 
>      XFree86     XFree86 displays
>      XDarwin         Darwin/Mac OS X IOKit displays
>      XDarwinQuartz   Mac OS X Quartz displays
>      XDarwinStartup  Auto-select between XDarwin and XDarwinQuartz
> 
> giving up.
> xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X 
> server
> xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> [Process completed]
> 
> The terminal froze after writing 'Process completed'. I obviously have 
> some problem with $PATH and xinit.
> 
> How do I resolve?
> 
> 
> 
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