Bug#643763: dexconf fails due to missing xserver-xorg/config/device/bus_id

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 21:20:02 +0200, Edward Welbourne wrote:

> >> Bug: a failing run of dexconf should at least report this !
> >> Reconfiguring xserver-xorg should, ideally, at least fail with $? set
> >> when dexconf fails.
> >>
> > Actually dexconf should stop existing.
> 
> OK, and what will create my xorg.conf file ?
> Or what do I need to configure, instead, to tell the X server I want
> it to use my screen in portrait mode ?
> 
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "<fill in randr output name here>"
        Option "Rotate" "left"
EndSection

should be enough.  Or, gnome has an applet to handle monitors, and
hopefully kde has something equivalent as well.

Cheers,
Julien