Macbook 10.5.3 Update Breaks X11

So, I updated to 10.5.3 the other day and now my X11 doesn't work. To be more specific, when I click on the X11.app icon (or run it from the terminal) xterm starts running, but X11 does not. It may actually be that X11 starts and then crashes, leaving xterm around with nothing to do.
I went to speak to some of the Geniuses at an Apple store and they had no clue what was wrong. I re-installed my copy of Leopard from the install DVD (10.5.1) about 3 times with no avail. Well, if I don't do the cumulative update and leave the OS at 10.5.1 X11 works fine, but as soon as I perform the update it breaks.
If anyone has any ideas as to how to fix this, I'd be most grateful!

Exact same problem here. Anyone?

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