Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 Mar 2000 18:52:04 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Portrait Display on Linux |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > of the system? Some people did told me that I should modify the X > > windows > > directly to have better performance, but I am quite reluctant due to > > the complexity and lack of understanding of X server itself. I would > > be gladful if someone could do that or guide me on doing it. > > It is non trivial to get X working portrait mode. You will need to implement > a new set of frame buffer drawing functions for it. You can probably base > the code on the existing renderers but its non trivial.
hmmm, I believe that "shadowfb" in XFree86 4.0 can already do portrait mode.
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