[clug] Monitors that swivel

[Karun Dambiec]

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:54 +1000, "Lana Brindley"
<lanabrindley at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a real long shot, but is there anyone on-list who uses a monitor
> in
> portrait-orientation (so it's taller than it is wide)?
> 
> I'd really love to have one (I've been looking at the Samsungs, but Dell
> has
> a small offering too), but I'm concerned about them working with Linux.
> I'm
> running RHEL5 and am pretty much guaranteed that the version of X that is
> shipped with it won't run a swivelled monitor. Apparently it will be
> supported in RHEL6, but I'm not sure I can wait that long! I have some
> anecdotal evidence that it works under F10, so I'm considering F11 as
> soon
> as it ships (should be in a week or so, according to word on the street),
> but would be really interested to hear from anyone else who's tried it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Lana
> 
> -- 
> Cheers! Lana
> 

Hi,
I am using a Dell 2007WFP with my laptop that swivels to portrait mode.

I havent tried it in portrait mode with Linux, but ill give it a try in
the next few days.

Regards
-- 
  Karun Dambiec
  karun at linux.com