Thread: How to rotate screen on os2008
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Gnam is offline Gnam
2009-06-01 , 19:17
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Last night (31.may.2009) I used the wiki instructions and managed to get screen rotation working.

Things I did:

1) Installed 'rootsh' using the application manager on my Nokia N800. Then closed the application manager.

2) Opened Xterm, typed 'root' to gain superuser priviledges (the text before the cursor changed to 'Nokia-N810-43-7' which indicated I was in superuser mode)

3) Opened my browser and went to the Wiki Rotation Page.

4) Copied and pasted the relevant text (did copy, paste and 'enter' 3 times).

N.B. The big long command:
maemo-mini-curl -o kernel-diablo-flasher_2.6.21-200842maemo1rotationfast_all.deb http://outpo.st/rotate/kernel-diablo...onfast_all.deb
maemo-mini-curl -o xserver-xomap_1.3.99.0~git20070321-0osso20083801rotation_armel.deb http://outpo.st/rotate/xserver-xomap...tion_armel.deb
dpkg -i kernel-diablo-flasher_2.6.21-200842maemo1rotationfast_all.deb xserver-xomap_1.3.99.0~git20070321-0osso20083801rotation_armel.deb
didn't work completely first time - there was an error in downloading something which then failed to install. So, i copied and pasted and ran the 'big long command' again and this time everything went fine.

5) I switched the N800 on and off but even then there was no 'rotation' option available using the Advanced Battery Monitor. I sensed that the N800 wasn't rebooting properly. So i Installed 'Advanced Power Monitor' and that forced the reboot. After that, the rotation options appeared when selecting the Advanced Battery Monitor.

I can now rotate the screen. Cool. But I don't really know how useful it's going to be.

Bye, Hope the above helps a bit.
Gnam
Last edited by Gnam; 2009-06-01 at 19:20.
 

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