Re: X that supports rotation?

[stan <stanb@panix.com>]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 04:05:15PM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> stan wrote:
> >On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 11:32:30AM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> >
> >>stan wrote:
> >>
> >>>Is there a version of X available for Debian that supports rotating my 
> >>>LCD
> >>>screen into portrait mode?
> >>>
> >>
> >>It depends on your video driver (and I suppose, whether your LCD panel 
> >>can handle it). For example, if you have an NV driver, you can run "man 
> >>nv" and search for "rotate" for further info.
> >
> >
> >OK, the card in teh machine in question is a Radeon.
> 
> 
> I see there's no man page for radeon. I did a quick google for "option 
> rotate radeon" and got several returns that look fairly promising, but 
> not having a radeon I didn't bother to do any further research. I'd 
> suggest just trying the option, something like:
> 
> #Option "Rotate"

Thanks.

I judge by this. that it's a "permanent" rotation? I was hoping for the
abailty to dynamicly switch. 
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