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I am completely new to xmonad, but I would like to start using it to improve performance.

This is the guide I used (I use Apple OS X Snow Leopard) http://xmonad.org/tour.html#start

So far, I have managed to install Haskell-Platform, Cabal, dMenu, and xmonad (using the cabal installation).

When I try to start xmonad from the terminal, I run this error:

SDGL0990Z464C:~ cflynn$ echo $PATH /Users/cflynn/.cabal/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/X11/bin SDGL0990Z464C:~ cflynn$ xmonad /Users/cflynn/.xmonad/xmonad-i386-darwin: executeFile: does not exist (No such file or directory) X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes) Serial number of failed request: 7 Current serial number in output stream: 8

Can someone explain what this means? Thanks!

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Is there a file /Users/cflynn/.xmonad/xmonad-i386-darwin? It doesn't seem like that. You will need to compile the xmonad configuration and put the resulting file in this place.

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Go to the top of the page - http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_on_Apple_OSX

Add content to .xinitrc, and not run it on the terminal.

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http://www.google.com/search?q=X11+macintosh - do you need to install and run X11 to use the window manager that relies on it.) → is that the deal, or am I mistaken for the problems?

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