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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] depclean wants to remove xf86-video-intel
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:28:07
Message-Id: 20220314182752.6d83fb23@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] depclean wants to remove xf86-video-intel by Grant Edwards
1 On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:07:54 -0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
2
3 > I was a bit startled thos morning when emerge --depclean wanted to
4 > remove xf86-video-intel. I presume this is a result of the switch to
5 > the "built in" modesetting driver? And there are no corresponding Xorg
6 > config changes that need to be made?
7
8 I bit the bullet, let it depclean and rebooted. The desktp came up as
9 usual but there was a warning in the log about not being able to load the
10 intel module
11
12 [ 13.920] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
13 [ 13.920] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
14 [ 13.920] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
15 [ 13.920] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
16 [ 13.920] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
17 [ 13.920] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
18 [ 13.920] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module intel
19 [ 13.920] (EE) Failed to load module "intel" (module does not exist, 0)
20 [ 13.920] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
21 [ 13.920] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
22 [ 13.935] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
23 [ 13.935] compiled for 1.21.1.3, module version = 1.21.1
24 [ 13.935] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
25 [ 13.935] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
26 [ 13.935] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
27 [ 13.935] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
28 [ 13.935] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
29 [ 13.935] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
30 [ 13.935] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
31 [ 13.937] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
32 [ 13.937] compiled for 1.21.1.3, module version = 2.5.0
33 [ 13.937] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
34 [ 13.937] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
35 [ 13.937] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
36 [ 13.937] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
37 [ 13.943] (II) modeset(0): using drv /dev/dri/card0
38 [ 13.943] (II) modeset(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
39
40
41 >
42 > My video chipset is
43 >
44 > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation IvyBridge GT2
45 > [HD Graphics 4000] (rev 09)
46
47 I have:
48
49 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)
50
51 > And the only card-selection configuration I've done was to set
52 > VIDEO_CARDS="intel" in make.conf.
53
54 ditto
55
56
57 --
58 Neil Bothwick
59
60 Old hitchhikers never die-they just throw in the towel.

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[gentoo-user] Re: depclean wants to remove xf86-video-intel Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>