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Rotation

Revision as of 14:05, 11 September 2008

Rotation Support

Both the N800 and the N810 use a LCD Controller that supports hardware based screen rotation. To make use of it in Maemo, you have to follow the instructions below.

Quick instructions for a N810 running Diablo

• Make sure you know what you are doing!
• Enable Extras.
• Get root access.
• Open X-Term.
• Become root.
• Type: wget http://outpo.st/rotate/kernel-diablo-flasher_2.6.21-200829maemo1_all.modfied.deb http://outpo.st/rotate/osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked_4.2008.30-2_armel.deb http://outpo.st/rotate/xserver-xomap_1.3.99.0~git20070321-0osso20074202_armel.modfied.deb
• Type: apt-get install advanced-backlight
• Type: dpkg -i kernel-diablo-flasher_2.6.21-200829maemo1_all.modfied.deb osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked_4.2008.30-2_armel.deb xserver-xomap_1.3.99.0~git20070321-0osso20074202_armel.modfied.deb
• Connect your device to the power supply.
• Type: fiasco-flasher -f -k /usr/share/osso/images/zImage-diablo-200823
• When finished, reboot.

Quick instructions for a N800 running Diablo

• Make sure you know what you are doing!
• Enable Extras.
• Get root access.
• Open X-Term.
• Become root.
• Type: wget http://outpo.st/rotate/kernel-diablo-flasher_2.6.21-200829maemo1_all.modfied.deb http://outpo.st/rotate/osso-software-version-rx34-unlocked_1:4.2008.30-2_all.deb http://outpo.st/rotate/xserver-xomap_1.3.99.0~git20070321-0osso20074202_armel.modfied.deb
• Type: apt-get install advanced-backlight

Type: dpkg -i kernel-diablo-flasher_2.6.21-200829maemo1_all.modfied.deb osso-software-version-rx34-unlocked_1:4.2008.30-2_all.deb xserver-xomap_1.3.99.0~git20070321-0osso20074202_armel.modfied.deb

• Connect your device to the power supply.
• Type: fiasco-flasher -f -k /usr/share/osso/images/zImage-diablo-200823
• When finished, reboot.