Do I need to configure my video driver for rotation?

Created by Favux
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rotation

I believe all Open Source Xorg video drivers support rotation.

For the proprietary Nvidia video driver check in xorg.conf at /etc/X11 that your "Configured Video Device" section contains the following line:

 Option "RandRRotation" "on"

It should and if it is there your driver is set up for rotation.

With ATI proprietary "fglrx" through Catalyst, depending on your version, after installation you may need to enter the following command into a terminal:

sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-str="DDX,EnableRandr12,TRUE"

to enable rotation. This applies to Catalyst drivers 8.9 and later and is from: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Features#Screen_Rotation