Re: VESA RandR

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 01:36:11 -0500, Dustin Machi <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've done quite a bit reading and searching with regards to trying to get my
> laptop to have the capability to rotate with RandR.  Throughout my reading,
> it appears to me that I should have the capability to rotate if I'm using the
> Vesa X server.  However, it doesn't.  I was wondering if this should work and
> if there is something special I have to do to make this work.  Basically I'm
> looking for any way to make my Toshiba table (3505) rotate without resorting
> to using the Xvnc hack that enable randr with vnc.
> 
> I apologize if this RandR subject has been covered in the past, but I have
> spent the evening reading and haven't found anything to answer my question
> yet.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dustin

What video chip does your laptop have?  Some video drivers have a
rotate option (uses shadowfb, unaccelerated).  this set using a driver
option not using xrandr.

Alex