On September 10, 2016 9:11:59 AM GMT+02:00, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:18:51PM +1000, Adam Carter wrote
>
>> I just tried uninstalling xf86-video-vesa and xf86-video-fbdev to see
>if
>> they were required, and X still runs, so you can ignore those
>messages.
>>
>> FWI
>
> ?!?! I've never had evdev installed. Why now? Mouse and keyboard
> work OK.
>
I thought evdev was the contemporary way of doing things (its in the gentoo
guides), but after a bit of reading it seems more complicated than that.
Ignore my post.
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 12:18:51PM +1000, Adam Carter wrote
> I just tried uninstalling xf86-video-vesa and xf86-video-fbdev to see if
> they were required, and X still runs, so you can ignore those messages.
>
> FWIW i'm kernel 4.7.2 with ~amd64 on a skylake i3.
>
> You dont appear to have evde
On September 9, 2016 5:25:13 PM GMT+02:00, Daniel Frey
wrote:
>On 09/09/2016 08:17 AM, Daniel Frey wrote:
>>> 2) "uname -a" gives the following output...
>>>
>>> [i3][root][~] uname -a
>>> Linux i3 4.4.6-gentoo #4 SMP Wed Sep 7 17:12:27 Local time zone must
>be set--see zic m x86_64 Intel(R) Pent
> Device Drivers --->
> Graphics support --->
> <*> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
> --->
> --- Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
> [*] Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver
> ...and also...
>
1 down, 1 to go. Apparently, I needed to rebuild the kernel after
redoing the timezone initialization. I did...
[i3][root][~] rm -rf /etc/timezone /etc/localtime
[i3][root][~] echo "Canada/Eastern" > /etc/timezone
[i3][root][~] emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data
...and rebuilt the kernel,
On 09/09/2016 08:17 AM, Daniel Frey wrote:
>> 2) "uname -a" gives the following output...
>>
>> [i3][root][~] uname -a
>> Linux i3 4.4.6-gentoo #4 SMP Wed Sep 7 17:12:27 Local time zone must be
>> set--see zic m x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3700 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel
>> GNU/Linux
>>
>>
>> ...
On 09/08/2016 09:50 PM, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote:
> 64-bit no-multilib install on a relatively new Dell Inspiron...
>
> 1) X works OK, but installing x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel finishes off
> with the message...
>
> ***
> WARN: postinst
> This dr
64-bit no-multilib install on a relatively new Dell Inspiron...
1) X works OK, but installing x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel finishes off
with the message...
***
WARN: postinst
This driver requires KMS support in your kernel
Device Drivers --->
Gr
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