startx won't start X server / can't start xfce4

[loderatum]

Hello, I'm new to Gentoo and I'm trying to get an xfce desktop environment running. I'm finding the "startx" command won't start the X server, and it looks like the intel driver isn't loading.

I chose the systemd Desktop profile at install time, and some time later I switched to the default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop/plasma/systemd (stable) profile, as I hoped installing Plasma instead of xfce would work better.

The machine is an HP Pavilion dv4 laptop.

Output of lspci: http://0x0.st/X0GL.txt

If I try putting exec startxfce4 in my .xinitrc file, or enter that from the command line, I get this output:
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console.

Here are the contents of ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log https://0x0.st/X0GQ.0.log

I found this part noteworthy:
[ 8701.362] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[ 8701.362] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module intel
[ 8701.362] (EE) Failed to load module "intel" (module does not exist, 0)

Contents of /etc/portage/make.conf https://0x0.st/X0Ge.conf

I have the VIDEO_CARDS variable set to "intel"

Output of emerge --info xorg-server https://0x0.st/X0Gu.bin

Output of emerge --info https://0x0.st/X0Gp.bin

I have seen several guides that talk about configuring kernel options, but I'm using a distribution kernel, and it gives me a warning not to manually run 'make menuconfig', so I'm not sure what to do with that.

Here are the contents of /usr/src/linux/.config https://0x0.st/XUtc.txt

Can anyone let me know what I'm missing?

[eccerr0r]

Did you re-emerge xorg-drivers after changing VIDEO_CARDS/USE (emerge --oneshot xorg-drivers) ?

If unsure, try equery uses xorg-drivers to see what's been built or not.
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