[Nouveau] Option "Rotate" is not used

[Maarten Maathuis]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Grant <emailgrant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I just switched from nvidia to nouveau and I get the following in Xorg.0.log:
>>>>
>>>> (WW) NOUVEAU(0): Option "Rotate" is not used
>>>>
>>>> I have the following in xorg.conf because I've rotated the LCD screen
>>>> to change its orientation:
>>>>
>>>> Option "Rotate" "CCW"
>>>>
>>>> Can this be done with nouveau?  BTW, I can't say for sure that nouveau
>>>> isn't rotating the screen image because the workstation is remote.
>>> Sure it can, nouveau is a randr 1.2 driver - so adding 'Option "Rotate"
>>> "Left"' to the monitor section of your xorg.conf will work instead.
>>>
>>> Ben.
>>
>> Thanks Ben, that worked great.
>>
>> - Grant
>
> I spoke too soon.  I don't get the warning in Xorg.0.log anymore, but
> someone tried to use the system and told me the screen was not rotated
> as it should be.  I tried both of these in xorg.conf with the same
> result:
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier "mymonitor"
>        Option "Rotate" "Left"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier "mymonitor"
>        Option "Rotate" "CCW"
> EndSection
>
> Any ideas?
>
> - Grant
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You might need to add something like:

Option "DVI-I-1" "mymonitor"

To your device section, ofcource choose the right connector/output.
Grep the xorg log for output and you should be able to find it.

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