starting xmonad

I'm completely new to xmonad but I'd like to start using it to boost my productivity.

This is the guide I've been using (I'm using Apple OS X Snow Leopard) http://xmonad.org/tour.html#start

So far I've managed to install Haskell-Platform, Cabal, dMenu, and xmonad (using cabal install).

When I attempt to run xmonad from the terminal I run into this error:

SDGL0990Z464C:~ cflynn$ echo $PATH
/Users/cflynn/.cabal/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/s开发者_JAVA百科bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/X11/bin
SDGL0990Z464C:~ cflynn$ 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 anyone explain what this means? Thanks!

Does the file /Users/cflynn/.xmonad/xmonad-i386-darwin exist? It sounds like it does not. You will need to compile your xmonad config and put the resulting executable at that location.

Skip to the bottom of this page - http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Xmonad/Using_xmonad_on_Apple_OSX

Add the contents to .xinitrc rather than starting it at the terminal.

http://www.google.com/search?q=X11+macintosh - you need X11 to be installed and running, in order to use a windowmanager that relies on it .) -> is that the case, or am I mistaken for the problems cause?