On Monday 04 December 2006 17:45, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 15:20 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Or install 'resize and rotate', which I think is called randr. (It > > could be a kde utility, though.) It allows you to choose any > > resolution that you are set up for, and change it at will. > > Hmm, can you get that to work with CRTs? (I had a brief unsuccessful > attempt.) > In truth, I can't remember whether I ever used it with a CRT. I've not seen anything that says it can't be. > ... Tim, thinking of a way to, finally, read an ebook in bed, like I can > with real books. > I don't think that can be achieved from the gui - other display options are greyed out. I tried to launch it as root, thinking that would allow me to change them, but all it did was list the current settings (and other display settings). The package is /usr/bin/xrandr and the man page says 'The -o option is used to specify the orientation of the screen, and can be one of "normal inverted left right 0 1 2 3". ' Anne
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