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<DIV>I'm in the process of trying to prototype a lean mean linux distro that can be put onto a cdrom and optionally will store its configuration files on volatile storage like a hard drive or USB keychain device. This will give me a solid base for creating distros that are tailored to specific purposes: web browser, network diagnostics laptop, data collection machine, dedicated firewall, etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>Most is going well, but I'm trying to build the latest x.org X11 code in a cleanroom linux instance that I set up and the build bombs with errors.</DIV>
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<DIV>in short, I get about 20 minutes into the build (on a dual processor Xeon 2.8Ghz machine) and it bombs, telling me that certain support modules are not found or have not been built...and forget about trying a parallel build with a makefile this complicated! I tried a "make clean" in an (extras) subdirectory and the thing recursively gobbled up all my memory and crashed. For those wondering, the extras that are required include: zlib, mesa, xpm, freetype2, fontconfig (has always been a source of frustration for me!), expat, and others. the extras are included in the codebase but are not being consistently pre-compiled by the makefiles...so about 20 minutes into the build it fails because a required "extra" library or header file wasn't installed yet.</DIV>
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<DIV>anyone in this forum have any experience building X11 from source?</DIV>
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<DIV>I thought I'd listen to the internet mass consensus and jump ship from xfree to try the x.org codebase but am beginning to reevaluate that decision.</DIV>
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<DIV>thoughts?</DIV>
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