On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 01:47:47PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 07 May 2012 14:33:49 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 01:22:14PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > >> Yup, I also tried with "xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate right" -which > >> works- but from there is very hard to direct the mouse to the right > >> place, i.e., it's unmanageable. > > > > > > Do you have an xorg.conf? > > No, that's deprecated since Squeeze. But I can try it :-)
Sigh. The downside of xorg.conf is that it forces you to understand what decisions the X server needs to make. The upside is that it allows you to change those decisions. > > If so, does it set a virtual screen size? > > > > SubSection "Display" > > ... > > Virtual 1024 768 > > ... > > Okay, I will generate the file manually: > > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Monitor "Configured Monitor" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Virtual 3000 2000 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > When starting gdm3 I only get a black screen with the GNOME cursor but > nothing more. And I can't jump to a tty so I have to force a shutdown. > So, unless I have a way to generate a workable "xorg.conf" file, I cannot > try :-) > > ¹ Error: "(...) Number of created screens does not match number of > detected devices. Configuration failed. Server terminated with error (2). > Closing log file." Yes, you'll need a complete config, not just a snippet. This is a netbook of some kind? There are examples on the net: http://statics.inebium.com/downloads/posts/8/xorg.conf (for an EEEpc 1000he, e.g.) -dsr- -- http://randomstring.org/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. You can't fight for freedom by taking away rights. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120508144517.gc11...@randomstring.org
