[Nouveau] Option "Rotate" is not used

[Maarten Maathuis]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:27 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
>>
>> 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.
>
> I added it like this:
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier "mydevice"
>        Driver "nouveau"
>        Option "VGA-1" "mymonitor"
> EndSection
>
> But I get this from Xorg.0.log:
>
> Option "VGA-1" is not used
>
> I also tried VGA-I-1 to match your example with the same result.  I
> have this in Xorg.0.log so I think VGA-1 is correct:
>
> (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output VGA-1 has no monitor section
> ...
> (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output VGA-1 connected
>
> Is my syntax off somehow?
>
> - Grant
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My mistake, it should "monitor-VGA-1" instead.

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