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#1 2010-03-05 00:41:34

Raccoon1400
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: 2008-04-14
Posts: 853

xrandr -o left not working[SOLVED]

I try to rotate my monitor with this command and I get this error:

[duncan@duncan-i7 ~]$ xrandr -o left
X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  152 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  2 (RRSetScreenConfig)
  Serial number of failed request:  14
  Current serial number in output stream:  14
[duncan@duncan-i7 ~]$

running gnome, and the proprietarty nvidia drivers. Resolution is 1680x1050.

Last edited by Raccoon1400 (2010-03-05 04:34:08)


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#2 2010-03-05 00:47:53

djgera
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From: Buenos Aires - Argentina
Registered: 2008-12-24
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Re: xrandr -o left not working[SOLVED]

add

     Option         "RandRRotation" "true"

to device section in xorg.conf

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#3 2010-03-05 00:55:00

Runiq
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From: Germany
Registered: 2008-10-29
Posts: 1,053

Re: xrandr -o left not working[SOLVED]

Use the --rotate option.

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#4 2010-03-05 01:06:21

Raccoon1400
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: 2008-04-14
Posts: 853

Re: xrandr -o left not working[SOLVED]

djgera wrote:

add

     Option         "RandRRotation" "true"

to device section in xorg.conf

That worked, thanks.


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#5 2010-11-05 20:47:19

hasufell
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Registered: 2009-06-20
Posts: 38

Re: xrandr -o left not working[SOLVED]

mh... had to add

Option      "RandRRotation" "on"

to the Monitor section for rotation to work. Adding it to the device section did not work. Can any1 confirm that, cause arch-wiki still says to add it to the device section.

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