From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 13:02:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 13:01:39 -0400 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([209.10.41.242]:47020 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 29 May 2001 12:59:19 -0400 Message-ID: <20010529010725.A19338@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 01:07:25 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: otto.wyss@bluewin.ch, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Console display in portrait mode with unusual dpi resolution In-Reply-To: <3B1150DB.ADF2178A@bluewin.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: <3B1150DB.ADF2178A@bluewin.ch>; from Otto Wyss on Sun, May 27, 2001 at 09:09:16PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > Overview: At business I just got a brand new EIZO 18" LCD display L675 > to test its usability for working in portrait mode to show a full A4 > page. These test were done on Windows NT4 but I'd really like to know > how well Linux would have done. I'm going to describe all the obstacles > I encountered on Windows so anybody may knows the corresponding answers > for Linux. Maybe there are other problems on Linux? > > 1. Obstacle > While the EIZO L675 is mechanically turnable, it doesn't handle the > landscape/portrait mode switch itself. [OFFTOPIC] Are the any other > displays capable of this? [OFFTOPIC OFF] The turning software had to be > ordered/paid separate (Pivot software). Of course the display should > handle it itself, but until this happens a software solution is okay. Is > there any software solution for Linux? > I've heard there are graphics cards which handles the landscape/portrait > mode themselves (i.e. ATI radeon). This is almost as good as if the > display handles it, as long as if there are the corresponding drivers > available. How about Linux drivers? > PS. My good old monochrome portrait monitor from Apple (around 1990) is > an fine example. Things like iPAQ can do portrait/landscape switch, and it is handled by modified Xserver. Agenda people will probably have similar hack. Warning: it is going to be slow, and don't dream to use DRI. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org