I had this problem. It's failing to set the default font path because xpmac is a bad egg. What you need to do is pile all of your fonts into one directory, use mkfontdir on that directory, and use startx -- -mach64 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/fontpiledir. <- > Ok. > > $> startx -- -mach64 > > Screen blacks, then grey screen shows up for a second (usual X first starting > screen), then it aborts and goes back to original screen which says: <-