Re: portrait mode how to

krish ritik wrote:

>  
> I am working on X11R6.8.2. Just trying to explore if there is any 
> posibility to put screen in portrait mode. I know about Nvidia driver. 
> but i want to try it by myself.
>  
> any hints how to put screen in 786x1024 mode (take the example of 
> Intel card). I don;t need icon rotation and all. but just want to set 
> the mode as 768x1024.


For most of the the Intel graphics chips, as far as I know, the driver 
sets the mode through the video BIOS.  As such, if the mode is not 
present in the BIOS, it simply cannot be selected.

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