X11 Can't find itself...

Apparently, X11 is having a bit on an identity crisis.. I just installed it off of the DVD, no updates I can see. It fails to launch, and then goes into an endless 10 second loop to restart itself. How do I fix this?
Screenshot of Console:
http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1nx5.png

You might try looking at the /var/log/system.log to see if there are any X11 related errors being posted.
Do you have a *$HOME/.xinitrc* hanging around?
If so, try renaming it as an experiment. If that helps, then create your initial copy of $HOME/.xinitrc from
/usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc
then modify that copy.
FYI, I am able to launch X11 from Applications -> Utilities -> X11 without any problems. I can also do this via the command *open -a X11". And X11 auto launches any time I run command that wants to display something via X11.

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