On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 11:10:26AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> From: Costello Matthew C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:02:57 -0000 >> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> we have recenty purcased so samasung 15" tft screen wich can rotate 90 >> degrees to portrait mode. the supplied software allows you(under windows) >> >> to rotate the image appropriatly. >> >> Can this be done simply under XFree86. >> >> Matt >> >> The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence >> is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). >> For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, >> or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information >> is prohibited and may be unlawful. > >I believe that there will be support for this with 4.3 in the RandR >module. I have not tried this, but it appears that this is something >RandR should be capable of handling and I think was a primary reason >for RandR.
Although the RandR extension is theoretically capable of handling this, the implementation of RandR in XFree86 is incomplete, and the second "R" (rotation) won't be functional in 4.3. RandR is one of those features where more effort has gone into its promotion that its implementation :-(. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
