Portrait Mode Monitor solved

[nsivin]

I had a problem with Ubuntu that made me abandon it. I hope that it can be solved in Mint. I use a Lenovo monitor in i.e., portrait mode on a PC with a NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Turbocache video card. Under Ubuntu 8.4, I was able to get instructions for using an NVIDIA Linux driver and enabling portrait mode. Under 8.10 and 9.4, however, these instructions no longer work, and no one at the Ubuntu or NVIDIA forums knows how to configure the video mode. That made the OS useless to me. I would very much like to install Mint, but I have to make sure I can use the pivoting monitor under it. Does anyone know how? I need clear instructions.

[Husse]

In this respect Mint is not different from Ubuntu, we use the same X-server
As far as I can find (but I don't have pivoted monitor so I can't try) it should be possible to rotate on Jaunty
The essential part of xorg.conf without rotation probably looks like this

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection

With the modifications below it should work

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
# don't know if these two are necessary
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "Rotate" "CCW"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "RandRRotation"
# Not sure if these two are necessary
Option "DRI" "false" #3D Effects need to be disabled so screen rotation work
Option "Rotate" "CCW"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection

Sources
http://ulyssesonline.com/2008/10/03/com ... n-working/
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.p ... 08358.html
My computers

[nsivin]

Husse's suggestions worked perfectly. As soon as i rebooted I had a portrait screen. Many thanks!

[mlmckaig]

Husse recommendation worked for me also. Sort of
I have a dual monitor set-up. Husse's suggestion rotated the entire screen which applied to both monitors. I'd like to have one oriented portrait and one landscape. I haven't been fittering around with this off and on for several months and haven't been able to work it out.

I'd appreciate any suggestions or tips on solving this.

Thanks.

If it helps here's my current xorg.conf

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# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildd@palmer)  Sun Feb  1 20:21:04 UTC 2009

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

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

Section "Module"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "DontZap" "False"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "NEC LCD225WXM"
    HorizSync       31.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Configured Video Device"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 7900 GTX"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "Configured Video Device"
    Monitor        "Configured Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

[Husse]

mlmckaig I think your answer might be here

[jacquely]

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