Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?)

2016-09-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
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

Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?)

2016-09-10 Thread Adam Carter
> > ?!?! 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.

Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?)

2016-09-10 Thread waltdnes
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

Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?)

2016-09-09 Thread J. Roeleveld
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

Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?)

2016-09-09 Thread Adam Carter
> 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... >

Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?)

2016-09-09 Thread waltdnes
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,

Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?)

2016-09-09 Thread Daniel Frey
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 >> >> >> ...

Re: [gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?)

2016-09-09 Thread Daniel Frey
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

[gentoo-user] New install, a few problems (or not?)

2016-09-08 Thread waltdnes
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