8. Rebuilding the XFree86 Distribution

The server developer's kit allow you to rebuild just the X server with a minimum amount of disk space. Just unpack it, make the appropriate changes to the xf86site.def, type ``./mkmf'' and ``make'' to link the server. See /usr/X11R6/lib/Server/README for more info.

You should configure the distribution by editing xc/config/cf/host.def before compiling. To compile the sources, invoke ``make World'' in the xc directory.

8.1. Console drivers

XFree86 has a configuration option to select the console drivers to use in xf86site.def:

• if you're using pccons only put:

   #define XFree86ConsoleDefines -DPCCONS_SUPPORT
  

• if you're using pcvt only put:

   #define XFree86ConsoleDefines -DPCVT_SUPPORT
  

8.2. Building on other architectures

XFree86 should also compiles on other OpenBSD architectures. However, please note that 3.9.x snapshots have only been tested on the i386 for now.