xrandr --rotate crashes X

[Alex Deucher]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Felix Blanke <felixblanke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I bought a HD 5750 today.
>
> When I'm trying to use
>
>    xrandr --output DVI-1 --rotate right
>
> X seems to crash (I'm logged out after hitting enter).
>
> There is no error in the logs (Xorg.0.log or messages) :/
>
>
> Any ideas on that one?

You need acceleration to use rotation which means you need kernel
2.6.35 + bug fix patches or 2.6.36 and xf86-video-ati from the
evergreen_accel branch.

Alex

>
>
> xorg-server: 1.9.0
> radeon: 6.13.1
> xdm: 1.1.8
> kernel: 2.6.35-gentoo-r8
>
>
> If you need any other information ask!
> Thanks for any help!
>
>
> Regards,
> Felix
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