Just realized, that conky rotates without pressing ctrl-shift-r. I did that once with browser open and as far as I remember since then it works automatically in some apps. Now I try with ervery app if it turns around or not.
So I have a question:
* is this a global shortcut or
* are some apps specially prepared already or
* did I do something wrong and my device is actually broken?

I really like conky rotated, looks much better!