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, attempting to fix the video. Now I get... [i3][root][~] uname -a Linux i3 4.4.6-gentoo #5 SMP Sat Sep 10 00:48:23 UTC 2016 x86_64 Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3700 @ 1.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 08:17:35AM -0700, Daniel Frey wrote > On 09/08/2016 09:50 PM, waltdnes@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 driver requires KMS support in your kernel > > Device Drivers ---> > > Graphics support ---> > > Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support) ---> > > <*> Intel 830M, 845G, 852GM, 855GM, 865G (i915 driver) ---> > > i915 driver > > [*] Enable modesetting on intel by default > > *********************************************** > > You have built the Intel driver in the kernel correct? It is telling you > you didn't build KMS support in your kernel and showing you what needs > to be set in your kernel. I don't get those options. Here's what I see (kernel 4.4.6-gentoo). 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... <*> Intel 8xx/9xx/G3x/G4x/HD Graphics <*> DRM Support for bochs dispi vga interface (qemu stdvga) Something has changed. I did some minor tweaking, and rebuilt, which solved the timezonDo I need another magic setting somewhere else to enable the options it asks for? I'm attaching the Xorg log (gzipped) in case it helps. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications