On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Marc Joliet <mar...@gmx.de> wrote: > Am Freitag, 15. September 2017, 17:43:52 CEST schrieb R0b0t1: >> Details on this are sparse but you need to run @x11-modules-rebuild >> after a kernel upgrade. > > Since when has that been the case? AIUI X11 modules live 100% in userspace, > the kernel component is its own thing (unless you use nvidia, I suppose). > @x11-modules-rebuild is for xorg-server upgrades, and even then, strictly > speaking only when there is an ABI change (see the first of your links). > > But even so, the way Xorg stabilisations are handled in Gentoo (i.e., > everything is stabilised simultaneously) you shouldn't really need it in the > first place; at least, I can't remember the last time I needed to use it. >
Starting around a decade ago, I think. When I was originally given this advice there was no detailed explanation available as to why it was needed. However, I rebuilt my kernel a few times and was forced to merge that package to get X11 working again, so causation was established. Recently I can verify that I haven't been doing it manually between kernel upgrades. R0b0t1
