o.k tried the changes
#!/bin/sh # $Id: xinitrc,v 1.3 2004/06/11 04:37:23 jharper Exp $
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then xrdb -merge "$sysresources" fi
if [ -f "$sysmodmap" ]; then xmodmap "$sysmodmap" fi
if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then xrdb -merge "$userresources" fi
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then xmodmap "$usermodmap" fi
# start some nice programs
#quartz-wm --only-proxy-mode &
# start the window manager
xterm & exec twm
cheers dave
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