The official dmg version of 1.7.1 - downloaded this morning - behaves 
in exactly the same way as I reported for the 1.7.0  Fink 
version.  It cannot initiate X11, but it seems to work properly if 
one starts X11 first and then double clicks on Gretl.  I have run a 
varity of time series analyses using the sample datasets without any errors.
Regards
Gordon Hughes
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:27:41 +0100
From: Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net>
Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] Re: 1.7.1 / mac
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Am 29.12.2007 20:46, Gordon Hughes schrieb:
 > Thank you for providing the dmg for Mac Leopard users.
 >
 > I have just tested it (the 1.7.0 version).  This version of Gretl does
 > not start X11 from scratch.  However, if it is run after X11 is started,
 > then I find that everything seems to work fine.
 >
 > Gordon Hughes
thanks for testing; does the official 1.7.1 dmg also work for you (on
Leopard) as it did for Peter Chen? Does it exhibit the same (flawed)
behavior?
thanks,
sven