On Sam, 2010-03-20 at 12:25 -0700, Chris Verges wrote: > Hi fellow fbdev users, > > I'm seeking help with a migration from kdrive to xorg. Under > kdrive-fbdev, I'm able to rotate the X11 output using xrandr in all four > orientations: normal, left, right, inverted. However, under > xf86-video-fbdev, xrandr only reports that it does not support left, > right, or inverted rotations. Dynamic rotation is critical for this > application, so I cannot use the "Rotate" option in xorg.conf. > > The atmel_lcdfb driver that we're using in the kernel does not support > hardware rotation, so I believe that a software-based Shadow Buffer is > required. (Please correct me if I'm wrong on this!) I added in the > "ShadowFB" option to xorg.conf for the fbdev device, but xrandr still > only reports normal rotation possible. > > I've hit a brick wall in my own research on this, so would appreciate > any help that the community can offer. Any suggestions? Support for this simply hasn't been implemented yet in the xf86-video-fbdev driver. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
