Re: Portrait display mode with framebuffer drivers

From: Erik Mouw (J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 12:12:51 EST

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On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 09:43:49PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> I'm considering buying a SyncMaster 171T which is turn able 90? and comes with
> the Pivot software for Macintosh and Windows. Are the framebuffer drivers also
> capable of turning the display 90?? If yes is it possible for any graphics card
> or are there any limitations?

XFree can do it on Compaq Ipaq handhelds running Linux (which use dumb
framebuffers). No kernel support needed, runs out-of-the-box.

Erik

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