From: jg@pa.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
To: Dennis Noordsij <dennis.noordsij@wiral.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Framebuffer orientation
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 06:14:42 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200011211414.eALEEgj112604@pachyderm.pa.dec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00112116072601.01134@dennis>
The right place to ask is "xpert@xfree86.org".
The answer is that if performance is not a major issue, implementing
this for a given graphics card is now pretty easy, using the shadow
frame buffer code.
For straight frame buffers, the TinyX server will now do this "out of the
box".
- Jim
> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
> From: Dennis Noordsij <dennis.noordsij@wiral.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 16:07:26 +0200
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Framebuffer orientation
> -----
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to use the framebuffer on the i386 architecture in a
> 'portrait' way? I am using a QBE web tablet and it favours the screen in that
> position. (768x1024).
>
> I know X can do it for a few videocards, but not this one :-)
>
>
> Regards,
> Dennis
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