X11 and X11 applications (Eagle, OpenOffice, Gimp) won't open

I am on a macbook, running 10.4.6, and I installed X11 from my Tiger install DVD, just like I did on my G5. X11 won't start, it pops up in the dock, and bounces for a few seconds, and that's it. It goes back down. Help would be greatly appriciated.
-Kabren

Just as a reminder, Apple recommends you never attempt to install a version of MacOS X any older than that your system originally shipped with.
There are usually various device drivers and such that are needed to support your machine that won't be present on a general case OS install disc, unless the OS disc is newer than the version your machine shipped with.
So, for example, using a generic Tiger disc likely won't work on a MacBook Pro, but a generic Leopard disc, when MacOS X 10.5 is released, will.

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