I mentioned in MacOS X 10.5 Leopard, From a Developer’s Perspective that X11 under Leopard was seriously broken. There’s some new information on how to properly work with ith which helps quite a bit.

The confusion lies in a change in the way that the X server is started. In Tiger, when you wanted to use X11 you’d start the server manually. In Leopard, it’s started automatically via launchd, which controls the DISPLAY variable and detects when something’s trying to talk to the X server and starts it.

So the way to start X11 is simple: run an X application. Open a terminal window and run xterm (a bit redundant, I admit). It just works.

Unfortunately, none of this helps with the new X server not cooperating with Spaces.

Via: macosxhints.com - 10.5: A few tips on using X11 in 10.5
[tags]x11, leopard, macos x[/tags]

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