RE: [Linux-fbdev-users] RE: rotate the screen on ARM board

[Mukund JB. <muk...@es...>]

Hi komal,=20

> > Is it a must that hardware should support the screen rotation. Can't
we
> > handle that in an fb driver? And, if possible do explain me that
like
> > How & where the fb driver allows changes to support screen rotation.
>=20
> No you don't need the rotation support. It is a add on and it is a per
> driver thing.

U mean fb driver does not have the screen rotation support. Right?

> > Please suggest me how can I activate the frambuffer on RedHat 9. It
is
> > not active on my system. When I say fbset -i, it responds saying
> > open /dev/fb0: No such device
> >
> > I have a Intel Corp. 82810E DC-133 Graphic controller on my system.
Is a
> > fb driver specific
>=20
> What is your config?

--------------Below is my XF86Config file --------------

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name
of the=20
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "PS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Samsung Samtron 45B(n)"
	DisplaySize  270	200
	HorizSync    30.0 - 55.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 120.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

#mukund defined device
Section "Device"
	Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
	Driver      "fbdev"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	# BoardName   "Intel 810"
	VideoRam    16384
	Option	    "UseFBDev"
	Option	    "ShadowFB" "ON"
	Option	    "Rotate" "CCW"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "VESA Framebuffer"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection