[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Using Nokia 770 in vertical mode

[From: Tapani Pälli]

ext Benno Senoner wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to know how to use the Nokia 770 in vertical mode.
>
> I found this:
>
> http://syslog.movial.fi/archives/2005/11.html
>
> From what I understand it uses the X11 XRANDR extension but you have
> to recompile the kernel/Xserver ?
> If yes does anyone know what are the steps to compile the
> kernel/Xserver (what options) so that the 770 in vertical mode ?
>

It is possible to do rotations even hardware accelerated. However the
current UI does not scale to it well (as seen from screenshot) and
therefore it is not a supported feature. nchip is using software xrandr
but you still need to compile kernel since screen updates don't work
correctly otherwise ... however using software xrandr you will loose a
bit in performance (additional copy in memory) and quite much in memory
(~750kb).

BTW, if people on the list do experiments on this area or have any
thoughts about resize/rotation, please share them at :
http://maemo.org/maemowiki/MaemoScalability (ScalabilityBrainStorming).

>
>
>
> Another thing I would like to do is having the Xserver on the 770
> listening on port 6000 (the default x11 port) and use an xhosts
> file to permit a linux PC to display the output of a X11 app on the
> nokia. Is that possible or is the Xserver on the 770 not able to
> support remote connections ?


X in 770 is built with '--disable-tcp-transport', so the answer is no.

// Tapani

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