>>>> "Peter" == Peter Gordon
<peter(a)thecodergeek.com> writes:
Peter> On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 07:51 +0000, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
> Is it possible to rotate the GNOME desktop through 90 degress
> (portrait mode)?
Peter> It is, and depending on the video card and driver you are
Peter> using, should be relatively simple.
Peter> Open the "System" main menu, then go to Preferences -->
Peter> Hardware --> Screen Resolution. From there you can choose
Peter> the Rotation of your choice.
Thanks.
But when i do that, I see the screen resolution drop-down is
greyed-out on Normal.
My screen is connected with a VGA cable - would a DVI cable make a
difference?
My hardware (according to X11) is:
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU Quadro FX 1700 (G84GL) at PCI:8:0:0 (GPU-0)
My xorg.conf looks like this:
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1680x1050"
HorizSync 31.5 - 65.5
VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection
--
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire