On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 11:20, Ryan wrote: > I've got an ati radeon 7500 and just got a nice new lcd monitor that > pivots for a larger vertical resolution. I assume this is where XRANDR > comes in to help me with rotating the screen, but it seems that I can't > use it to rotate right now: > > $ xrandr -d :0 -q > SZ: Pixels Physical Refresh > *0 1280 x 1024 ( 382mm x 313mm ) *60 > 1 1024 x 768 ( 382mm x 313mm ) 60 > 2 800 x 600 ( 382mm x 313mm ) 60 > 3 640 x 480 ( 382mm x 313mm ) 60 > 4 1152 x 864 ( 382mm x 313mm ) 60 > Current rotation - normal > Current reflection - none > Rotations possible - normal > Reflections possible - none > $ xrandr -d :0 --orientation left > X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) > Major opcode of failed request: 154 (RANDR) > Minor opcode of failed request: 2 (RRSetScreenConfig) > Serial number of failed request: 12 > Current serial number in output stream: 12 > $ > > I can see from the query that no rotations are supported (except the > "normal" one). Is this a limitation of the radeon driver? Is there a way > to fix this? > > I'd be curious to hear of success stories from other people with pivot > monitors (or anyone with xrandr rotating success).
The only way to get the rotation is to use kdrive instead of the standard xfree drivers, which don't support rotation currently. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
