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millz

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Registered: 2013-12-29

Posts: 30

[SOLVED] Rotating Screen restarts GNOME

Hey guys,

I got an issue with my monitor settings, which I can't solve for my own. Since my last update, I'm not able to rotate my screens neither by using xrandr nor by using monitor menu in my properties menu.

If i rotate one of my two screens counter clockwise, my gnome shell crashes and restarts. I can do my login and see my false settings after restarting. Both screens are rotate normally (so not rotated), but i'm using one of my two screens with the pivot setting which is why I want to rotate one of the screens.

Do you have any idea, how to solve this issue? Or do you need some further information? I should mention, that changing other things (e.g., screen's resolution or the relative settings of the screens to each other) works fine. Its just about changing the orientation.

I do rotate the right screen by typing

xrand --output DP1 --rotate left

Thx for your help in advance!

All the best
millz

Last edited by millz (2014-06-27 07:38:17)

emeres

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Registered: 2013-10-08

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Re: [SOLVED] Rotating Screen restarts GNOME

There is a rotation option for xorg.conf in monitor section. I do not use gnome any more, but I guess those gnome stores settings somewhere (gconf?). What if you rotate before starting gnome session? Does is revert back?

ConnorBehan

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Re: [SOLVED] Rotating Screen restarts GNOME

I'm not sure what driver you're using, but it might be worth changing the AccelMethod. Try glamor and EXA at least. XAA on an old server if you really want to test it.

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watacaweb

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2010-04-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Rotating Screen restarts GNOME

I have the same problem, with a Intel graphic card.
And I solve the problem changing the AccelMethod con xorg.conf. In my case, the file is located in: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf I guess that you can find the same file or a similar in this directory.
Changing:

Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"

by

Option "AccelMethod" "exa"

Works like a charm.

I hope you can solve your problem with this post.

Regards

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After post this, I read the Acceleration Method in the Wiki.
There's 2 methods:
UXA (more stable and recommended)
SNA (more inestable, but faster)

I change the line above by:

Option "AccelMethod" "SNA"

And works too.
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Last edited by watacaweb (2014-06-25 17:24:21)

millz

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Registered: 2013-12-29

Posts: 30

Re: [SOLVED] Rotating Screen restarts GNOME

I have the same problem, with a Intel graphic card.
And I solve the problem changing the AccelMethod con xorg.conf. In my case, the file is located in: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf I guess that you can find the same file or a similar in this directory.
Changing:

Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"

by

Option "AccelMethod" "exa"

Works like a charm.

I hope you can solve your problem with this post.

Regards

Yeah! Changing the AccelMethod to exa works perfect!!
A 1000 Thanks!! :-)

Regards