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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi, all,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">As</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">aid o</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">n Ubuntu BTS,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-geode/+bug/377929"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-geode/+bug/377929</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">A</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">bout “</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">unable to set rotation on AMD Geode LX800”</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">, I used Ubuntu 9.10 which comes with generic kernel 2.6.31-17 and Xserver 1.6.4, geode-driver</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">2.11.6, I also able to rotate the screen just fine with the default geode driver that comes with this distribution using Xrandr. Rotation is working just fine with 'xrandr'. I used command such as:<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">> xrandr -o left</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><BR>
</SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">> xrandr -o right</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><BR>
</SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">> xrandr -o inverted</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><BR>
</SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">xrandr -o no</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">r</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">mal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">I gave a try with 1.7.1 server on rotation, Geode driver 2.11.7, In our platform, the <OUTPUT> name is "default",<BR>
(BTW: In general use $ xrandr -q to discover the appropriate output names for your configuration, the reference link:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">http:/</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">/</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">www.thinkwiki</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">.</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">org/wiki</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">/</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">Xorg_RandR</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">_</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></U><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Courier New">1.2</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">When I tried: "xrandr --output default --rotate left". The screen turn to black.<BR>
Then tried: "xrandr --output default --rotate normal --auto". The</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">screen return to normal.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">B</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">ecause from 1.6.4 server to 1.7.1 server, the part of RandR have been updated and changed from source code.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">Who</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">know</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New"></FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">the</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">change about the</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">part of</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New">RandR in Xserver 1.7.1?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Thanks,<BR>
Hunk Cu</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">i</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></P>
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