[wplug] xrandr, screen pivot, and free drivers

[Nathan Marcus]

Is the monitor a Samsung Syncmaster 910t?


On 1/12/06, Bryon Gill <bgtrio at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a monitor that can pivot 90 degrees so that you can view lots of text
> vertically at once.  I also am using a Radeon 9200, which is the last of the ATI
> cards for which there are fre 3d drivers available.  I wanted to be able to
> rotate my screen using xrandr, but when I run it it tells me the only rotation
> possible is "normal", and a little googling tells me that my driver doesn't
> support rotation.
>
> Does anyone know of a free driver (2d is ok) that supports rotation?  I
> understand that rotation is possible with the NVidia proprietary drivers but
> I'd prefer to find a way to do this using only free software if possible.  I am
> open to getting a new video card if there's no way to do it with the radeon.
>
> Bryon
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