Re: [9fans] X11 setup problem

["Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>]

> Looks like the problem here is that the iso is SO old, it expects a
> kfs file system rather than the current fossil fs.

Exactly, the x11 iso predates fossil.

I am sure this was discussed a fairly recently,
fbg rembembers the answer, if you google comp.os.plan9
you should find some hints.

the x11 port offers only 8 bit pixmaps to the clients
so all images must be remapped to the physical displays
depth in the server, so its slow on 16bit and 32bit displays.

This said it does work though annoyingly some programs
refuse to cooperate with 8bit displays, most notably
firefox ☹

If you are interested, the port consists of a single file
(brazil.c from memory) and I for one would find a new port
that supports 16 and 32 bit displays very useful.

Also beware, recompiling X11 from scratch takes a 20 or 30
times as long as compiling the plan9 kernel.

-Steve