diff -r 16d4081236af src/libdraw/init.c
--- a/src/libdraw/init.c	Wed Apr 27 13:18:07 2011 -0400
+++ b/src/libdraw/init.c	Wed Nov 02 18:07:13 2011 +0100
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 	}
 
 	image->display = d;
-	image->id = 0;
+	image->id = atoi(info+1*12);
 	image->chan = strtochan(info+2*12);
 	image->depth = chantodepth(image->chan);
 	image->repl = atoi(info+3*12);
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@
 		return nil;
 	}
 	disp->srvfd = -1;
+	/*
+	 * The image id 1 is used by devdraw.9p to identify
+	 * the image associated to winname. Since the counter
+	 * is preincremented before use, 1 is a safe value.
+	 */
+	disp->imageid = 1;
 	image = nil;
 	if(0){
     Error2: