[GRASS5] running grass on macosx

[Terry Richards]

i have looked hi and low but i can't find why this happened.
i have read the tutorial and many other tips and emails that i found 
using google. there is so much info out there that it is very complex. i 
installed gdal, proj, R-2.1.0<failed>
i also tried the latest from cvs but ran into too many files not found 
but are installed<jpeg,tiff,,png,postgres,fftw>
i have macosx 10.4.1 on tibook using grass61cvs...same with grass60


child process exited abnormally
child process exited abnormally
    while executing
"exec -- g.region vect=roads >@ stdout 2>@ stderr"
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval exec -- $cmd $args >@ stdout 2>@ stderr"
    (procedure "run" line 2)
    invoked from within
"run $cmd"
    (procedure "DmCmd::display" line 13)
    invoked from within
"DmCmd::display $node"
    ("cmd" arm line 2)
    invoked from within
"switch $type {
        group {
            DmGroup::display $node
    }
    raster {
        DmRaster::display $node
    }
    labels {
        DmLabels::display $node
..."
    (procedure "Dm::display_node" line 6)
    invoked from within
"Dm::display_node $n"
    (procedure "DmGroup::display" line 11)
    invoked from within
"DmGroup::display "root""
    (procedure "Dm::display" line 6)
    invoked from within
"Dm::display"
    ("uplevel" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"uplevel \#0 $cmd"
    (procedure "Button::_release" line 18)
    invoked from within
"Button::_release .mainframe.topf.tb0.bbox1.b0"
    (command bound to event)


in the startup window i get:

Welcome to GRASS 6.0.0 (2005)
GRASS homepage:                          http://grass.itc.it/
This version running thru:               Bash Shell (/bin/bash)
Help is available with the command:      g.manual -i
See the licence terms with:              g.version -c
If required, restart the graphical user interface with: d.m &
When ready to quit enter:                exit
GRASS 6.0.0 (spearfish):~ > NavGetReply failed, -128
using default visual which is TrueColor
ncolors: 16777216
Graphics driver [x0] started
ERROR: vector map <roads> not found



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