Re: VESA RandR

Alex Deucher writes:
 > 
 > 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.

Depends on if he uses the kdrive Xserver or the X.Org one.
(This list used to cover kdrive only in the past)
The VESA driver of the X.Org server - as well as any other
driver for this server - doesn't support rotation on the 
fly thru RandR at the moment.
The way rotation is presently implemented doesn't work well
with window privates that the wrapper layers in X.Org
use intensively.
Preconfigured rotation works with several drivers on X.Org.
The VESA driver doesn't seem to implement it but it is easy
to add as it is almost completely boiler plate.

Egbert.