Option "Rotate" in xorg.conf doesn't work

Barry Scott barry.scott at onelan.co.uk
Wed Jun 23 07:22:42 PDT 2010


On Wednesday 23 June 2010 10:35:14 Cui, Hunk wrote:
> Hi, Michel & Maarten,
> 
> Just a side note, add the command line to Xorg.conf
> Option "Rotate" "INVERT"
> or
> Option "Rotate" "LEFT"
> or
> Option "Rotate" "CCW"
> or
> Option "RandRRotation" "TRUE"
> 
> Do you know why the Option "Rotate" in xorg.conf doesn't work for me? ( I tested in ATI driver and Geode driver ), Anyway, I only use the Xrandr operation to rotate screen. I want to use the Xorg.conf -> Option method to rotate screen when start the Xorg. 

Check the allowed values for "Rotate".
I recall that Intel driver only allows 0, 1, 2, 3 for example.
Maybe the ATI and Geode have their own set of allowed values.

Barry


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