Intel

intel is the X.Org graphics driver for Intel GMA onboard graphics card, starting with the Intel i810.

Kernel
You need to activate the following kernel options:

Driver
Note the USE flags of :
 * dri - (Recommended) Enable hardware acceleration.
 * sna - Enable SandyBridge's New Acceleration - a new driver optimization. Also applicable for older graphic cards.

VAAPI
Intel GMA X4500HD and newer supports VAAPI hardware video acceleration.

Configuration and Setup
Your user has to be in the video group to be able to use the hardware acceleration:

Alternatively you can enable the ACL suppport for device nodes.

Troubleshooting

 * Gentoo Bugzilla xf86-video-intel: known bugs
 * Upstream Bugzilla xf86-video-intel: known bugs

KDM freezes
A workaround is to set TerminateServer=true in all sections of the file /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc, which starts with X-.

Black screen with i945
The Samsung NC10 and some other netbooks have problems to load the framebuffer with grub.

vi /boot/grub/grub.conf

title  Gentoo 3.1.1 root   (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-3.1.1-gentoo root=/dev/sda3 vga=0x315  acpi=force i915.modeset=1 i915.lvds_use_ssc=0 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-3.1.1-gentoo

Links

 * Homepage
 * X.Org Website