Re: Hello+help with screen orientation?

Hi Michael,

Michael Cloran wrote:
> Hello my name is Michael and I am an idle Telecommunications Engineer and
> enjoy Linux. I am interested in getting the universal working I am a
> beginner/intermediate user of Linux and am willing to help if possible with
> this project.

great, help is always welcome!

> I have intermediate knowledge of C
> 
> firstly does anyone know how to set the orientation of the screen to
> landscape via the console the GUI does not seem to allow this option and is
> it possible to get touchscreen working on GPE.

Screen rotation works with the xrandr tool, something like "xrandr -o left".
I remember touchscreen was working on the Universal some time ago, but the
calibration tool failed.

Greetings

Florian

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