2 problems in one with Window Managers

Hi there...
I a newbie to the Unix world so.. forgive me if i ask silly questions
From what I understood, Quartz-wm is the "default" apple window manager (along with twm).
In an ideal world (for me), I would like to run some unix applications alongside apple ones. I seem to have managed to do so with Octave. (i.e. i can launch octave from "terminal" and the graphs plot in an "Apple"like window in Aquaterm (i had to install gnuplot to have it working properly)). I was hoping I could do the same with other applications such as gimp, gperiodic and so.. but it doesn't seem to work (even if i delete my .xinitrc as mentioned in previous posts).
usually, I get the following message:
(gperiodic:3576): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
of course when I enter "startx", then I can run either application fine in the terminal of my window manager (fluxbox or enlightnment usually).. but that would be really nice if i could do without additional WM (like i do for Octave) or alternatively with other WM (than quartz-wm) but in rootless mode.
Also, because I haven't managed to get quartz-wm to work properly it seems, I have decided to explore further with Fluxbox and Enlightnment ... both work ok (just installed the packages through Fink and added the appropriate command line to the .xinitrc file), however the cursor (mouse pointer icon) looks like a left handed mouse (tip of the arrow tilted to the right) but it behaves like a right handed one (the tip of the arrow is off by a couple of mm to the right so, when I locate my mouse exactly over the cross and click (to close the window), i usually end up enlarging it!). How can I configure my mouse (or its icon?), i was unable to find the correct application / config file to do so! (It doesn't seem to be a wm problem as i have the same with both Fluxbox and Enlihtenment).
So to sumarize... is there a way i could run all my unix application without leaving the "apple environment" just by typing commands in the terminal and having windows opening up through quartz-wm / or other wm in rootless mode if possible at all.
and because I am curious (even if you can advise me on the above), i would be grateful if you could tell me how to configure my mouse cursor so that it behaves ok in my window managers (both fluxbox / enlightenment)
Thank you very much for your help.
Jerome

Aquaterm is a red herring because it actually isn't X11.
There was a major change in X11 between 10.4 and 10.5. It looks like you are using 10.4.11, in which case your problem is simply that you need to (a) start X11.app and (b) set the DISPLAY variable in Terminal in a way that is appropriate for your shell. You may have been getting 10.5-specific advice, since that is what many people are posting about these days.
Anyway, to get back to Quartz-wm, just remove your .xinitrc file and it will go back to using the defaults. It should by default run in rootless mode which means you can use X11 and aqua applications side by side. I've been doing this since at least 2001.
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