[Bug 168308] New: Rotating desktop\changing orientation doesn't work

[arrenlex at gmail.com]

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           Summary: Rotating desktop\changing orientation doesn't work
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: arrenlex gmail com


Version:            (using KDE 4.1.0)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

I have a tablet pc and am trying to rotate the screen from landscape into portrait mode.

If I use KDE's own orientation box in system settings, there is no effect for any orientation option. It just gives me the "your screen layout has changed, please press accept within 15 seconds to keep it" but the screen remains in standard landscape mode. This is true for all three other orientations.

Using xrandr -o 1 , the desktop will repaint in a rotated state. The panel will divide the monitor from top to bottom about 3/4 of the way, and the right half has the black kdm background (not the blue desktop background!). In this state the desktop does not respond to user input (mouse moves, though) and I have to kill it and return to kdm. If I launch the session remotely (over ssh) I can reactivate the desktop by unrotating it again (success varies). I will attach some screenshots\photographs.

This is kde 4.1.0 from the http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu repository installed as an upgrade to kubuntu hardy kde4-remix. The tablet is running Intel 945 graphics on the i810 driver... wobbly windows work and are fast, transparency works great, but sometimes menus start black or like static and then repaint correctly half a second later. No other display bugs that I've noticed.

I'm happy to provide any more information you need. Hope this gets fixed! :) Rotation worked great in 3.5 using xrandr and I miss that functionality.