Is there any way I can change rotate to a double press event of the power key? I don't like having it rotate every time I just need to enter offline mode or lock the device. I guess I could set "long press" to open the menu, I don't really use long press to turn the device off anyway.

Ok Im sure it will happen again sometime today and when it does I will post it.

Thanks again

/home/user # xrandr -oleft
usage: xrandr [options]
where options are:
-display <display> or -d <display>
-help
-o <normal,inverted,left,right,0,1,2,3>
or --orientation <normal,inverted,left,right,0,1,2,3>
-q or --query
-s <size>/<width>x<height> or --size <size>/<width>x<height>
-r <rate> or --rate <rate> or --refresh <rate>
-v or --version
-x (reflect in x)
-y (reflect in y)
--screen <screen>
--verbose
--dryrun
--prop or --properties
--fb <width>x<height>
--fbmm <width>x<height>
--dpi <dpi>/<output>
--output <output>
--auto
--mode <mode>
--preferred
--pos <x>x<y>
--rate <rate> or --refresh <rate>
--reflect normal,x,y,xy
--rotate normal,inverted,left,right
--left-of <output>
--right-of <output>
--above <output>
--below <output>
--same-as <output>
--set <property> <value>
--off
--crtc <crtc>
--newmode <name> <clock MHz>
<hdisp> <hsync-start> <hsync-end> <htotal>
<vdisp> <vsync-start> <vsync-end> <vtotal>
[+HSync] [-HSync] [+VSync] [-VSync]
--rmmode <name>
--addmode <output> <name>
--delmode <output> <name>
/home/user #

it just did it again where it wont rotate anymore without restarting.

that is what its saying when I go: sudo gainroot and xterm.

please help, and thanks.

Generally, if someone tells you to type something, and you get a usage message like that, it means you or they made a typo. In this case, it should be:Note the space after -o...

/home/user # xrandr -o left
/home/user #

that is all that happens when i use a space?
am i doing something wrong?

thanks for replying, it means a lot!

So the command just exits without actually rotating, right?

what does it say if you just run xrandr?

anything like this?

Been following the thread.. if Nokia doesn't incorporate (and integrate/improve) on this work then shame on Nokia! The lack of built-in screen rotation was one of the very first common complaints when the NITs appeared. I'm so looking forward to being able to read some of my PDF documents in portrait mode.

I have restarted it again and so that i could use the rotation this morning but im sure that it will happen again sometime today and I will see what it does.

I triend checking that with it running the way it is right now and it says exactly that. I will get back to you once it happens again.

@emjays: hey thanks, I seemed to have an old version of python2.5-gnome

After I rebooted the tablet, something really weird happened. All the button overlays and highlighting of menu items were broken. The UI was completely trashed, for example the scroll bars were gone, buttons showed only very faint text, check boxes were gone, etc... Because I already patched the kernel before, I just used the one click install and it worked. I also edited the power key options as described earlier in this thread. Everything worked until the reboot. Finally I had to reflash the N810 (Luckily I was planing to anyway), and reinstall everything. This time, I used the script to update the kernel, and everything seems to be fine, including the power menu not showing up without any modifications. The truth is I don't know if its this program that did this, or what... Is it a potential bug? (note: the text on the "select connection" dialog is huge, and Im sure its only after I installed this, everything else is fine though...)

http://mikie.dy.fi/maemo/dists/chino.../binary-armel/