I’m using EndeavourOS with KDE.

The display is correctly oriented when logged in but it doesn’t rotate correctly when I’m logged out.

EDIT: corrected the post. This happens when logged out, locking the screen has it displayed correctly.

    • narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
      5·
      21 days ago

      Oh, I didn’t know that button existed. Great! Even though I just tried it and it didn’t apply my rotation settings correctly.

          • frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
            4·
            21 days ago

            Correct. Unfortunately, it’s something that each desktop environment or window manager has to implement themselves. But all the button is doing is moving some config files around, so you can probably do some digging to figure out what it’s copying to where.

            • Ark-5@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              1·
              20 days ago

              Yeah, I’ve largely figured out how to change all these settings from configs for myself, just always on the lookout for a nice gui. I’m slowly working to make a Linux experience I can install for my relatives that makes the transition from crapware Windows relatively painless.

          • Astongt615@lemmy.one
            3·
            20 days ago

            XDG_SESSION_THEME=KDE got my hyprland config to work on everything except the cursor (other than in Firefox/steam for some reason). Took me way too long to find the old reddit post that had this tip, so I hope it helps!

  • Anna@lemmy.ml
    39·
    20 days ago

    Put one hand on the top and one on bottom and rotate the screen by 90° or π/2 radians

  • ClemaX@lemm.ee
    14·
    20 days ago

    From Archwiki > xrandr:

    Tip: Both GDM and SDDM have startup scripts that are executed when X is initiated. For GDM, these are in /etc/gdm/, while for SDDM this is done at /usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup. This method requires root access and mucking around in system configuration files, but will take effect earlier in the startup process than using xprofile.

  • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
    14·
    21 days ago

    usually monitors can be freely rotated. if yours can’t, the back usually has a square vesa mount on the back and you can just take out the four screws and reattach it the way you like.

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
    8·
    21 days ago

    Is this when the screen is locked or when you’re logged out? Those are two different things and I suspect it’s the latter. That’s probably sddm and I suspect it can be fixed by using Wayland with it. Should be some option in /etc/sddm.conf or so.

    • governorkeagan@lemdro.idOPEnglish
      7·
      21 days ago

      I corrected the post, thanks for calling it out! It’s fine when locked but the issue happens when logged out.

  • UmeU@lemmy.world
    7·
    20 days ago

    You could use Windows 11 from Microsoft, it can do both landscape and portrait.

    • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
      11·
      20 days ago

      It’s true though, every thread about Windows is full of Linux users saying how you should just use Linux, and others saying they still can’t because it still doesn’t work properly after all this time. Then you get the Linux users saying “iT jUSt wORks”, then posting shit like this demonstrating that it clearly still doesn’t

      • Lotarion@lemmy.world
        5·
        20 days ago

        If you think this is very witty and a gotcha, you’re wrong. This argument doesn’t work in reverse because whoever is using Linux already knows all about Windows, since, y’know, it has most of the Desktop market in its grip

        This is like yelling about straight pride

            • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
              1·
              19 days ago

              If you think this is very witty and a gotcha, you’re wrong. This argument doesn’t work in reverse because whoever is using iOS already knows all about Android, since, y’know, it has most of the mobile market in its grip

              This is like yelling about straight pride

          • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
            6·
            21 days ago

            Well, there was zero effort documented in the post.

            You’re not their teacher. It’s not your job to decide how much effort they’ve put forth, or to grade whether or not that is sufficient.

            Take a look at Ubuntu trying to teach newcomers how to ask a question.

            And if they documented their research process, you’d say “tldr just ask the question.” Stop trying to be paternalistic and gatekeepy. Just answer or don’t.

              • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
                4·
                21 days ago

                That’s totally the biggest problem with the internet. And definitely deploying self-important moderaptors is the way to fix it.

                /s, of course. Get off your high horse.

              • uhN0id@programming.devEnglish
                2·
                21 days ago

                Now we have millions of useless posts being archived like this one.

                The archives! Why won’t anyone think of the archives!?

                If we have room for comments like yours in the archives then we have room for legitimate questions by beginners in there too. Your post history shows a significant amount of deleted comments and downvotes. I bet they were all very productive and helpful comments for the archives, right?

              • tate@lemmy.sdf.org
                3·
                21 days ago

                The goal of Ubuntu’s help forum is to solve users’ problems efficiently and effectively. That goal is better achieved if questions are posed in certain optimal ways.

                The goal of Lemmy is for people to have discussions (like this one! ;). That goal is not better achieved with well posed questions.

      • Séra Balázs@lemmy.world
        6·
        21 days ago

        This type of answer wouldn’t exist if people typed the question into google instead of reddit/lemmy/forums/etc…

        • tate@lemmy.sdf.org
          18·
          21 days ago

          When you search for a problem like this one, often the results with helpful answers are on forums. These wouldn’t exist if no one ever asked their question on a forum.

          To put it another way, google doesn’t create any content. That’s what we’re here to do instead.

          • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
            13·
            21 days ago

            Yup, and it might be necessary to reproduce a lot of the answers that people used to find on reddit.

            • tate@lemmy.sdf.org
              6·
              21 days ago

              What is the harm, to you or anyone else, when someone makes a forum their first resort, instead of last? If having people ask questions here that aren’t “good questions” according to you is bothering you, perhaps you are the problem.

            • Séra Balázs@lemmy.world
              1·
              21 days ago

              I support this idea, and based on the things I read here, it seems to me that different cultures have different norms for asking a question, and that’s a good thing, but can create not so pleasant social situations here in the internet

          • Séra Balázs@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            21 days ago

            I have no problem with questions on forums, sometimes I ask them myself, but I think that if you expect people to try to answer your question, people should be able to expect you to have tried looking for an answer yourself.

            • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
              4·
              21 days ago

              I don’t know about other people, but it’s way easier to google something than to ask a question and then wait for the answer. I’m not OP, but if I’ve asked a question, it’s only because I’ve exhausted my ability to find the answer on its own.

            • Telorand@reddthat.com
              3·
              21 days ago

              Sometimes people like community conversation; it often gets to the heart of the issue better than parsing a semi-related post from 12 years ago, and it allows back-and-forth discussion to get details and drill down issues.

              On top of that, redundancy for technical issues is never something we should reject.

            • tate@lemmy.sdf.org
              3·
              21 days ago

              Why though? Seriously, why is it a problem for you if they ask here first, instead of asking somewhere else first? What is the actual harm to you?

              Some people would rather interact with other humans. Some prefer to find their answers without interacting with other humans. It’s all good.

        • kurumin@linux.communityEnglish
          7·
          21 days ago

          My goodness, people complain that this place lacks content. A person as for help which creates content for the site and you come to bash on them?

          Come kiddo! You can do better.

        • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
          3·
          21 days ago

          How do you think the OP is supposed to know that “SDDM” is the issue to look up? You don’t get to enforce another person’s effort. If all you want to provide is "you’re looking for ‘SDDM,’ that would provide help and empower them without sounding like you’re biting the newbie for not knowing everything.

            • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
              2·
              21 days ago

              Yes. I would assume that the problem is in X11 or Wayland before thinking it could be SDDM, frankly. But even then, googling “Linux login screen” doesn’t immediately reveal SDDM to be the point of concern.

                • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  21 days ago

                  I’m not moving any goalposts at all. I’m expressing how inexperience and bad assumptions can make one’s searching unfruitful through no fault of their own. That’s all I’ve ever been saying.

            • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
              1·
              21 days ago

              Ah, you made an edit. Yeah, “kde login rotation” does, but “EndeavourOS login rotation” gives you no results mentioning SDDM. Giving people the benefit of the doubt costs you nothing over assuming that they’re lazy, and the added bonus is that you don’t sound like a jerk.

    • tate@lemmy.sdf.org
      10·
      21 days ago

      Google wouldn’t have any answers if no one ever asked their question in a forum instead.

        • tate@lemmy.sdf.org
          5·
          21 days ago

          a valid forum question

          I wouldn’t presume to judge this, and I dont think you should.

          There is no issue related to a deluge of “invalid” or even redundant forum questions. That’s simply not a real problem.

        • uhN0id@programming.devEnglish
          2·
          21 days ago

          Then offer education or ignore the post. You know what’s easier than OP googling the question? You not responding to OP if you don’t have anything of value to add. You’re here with a passive aggressive “let me Google that for you” bullshit attitude yet YOU’RE upset at OP for not being better at searching for their answers?

          I agree people should put more effort into trying to figure it out on their own and learning how to ask good questions but the tone of your comments is more detrimental to the quality of these communities than a “stupid question” ever will be.

    • Lotarion@lemmy.world
      3·
      20 days ago

      If you think this is very witty and a gotcha, you’re wrong. This argument doesn’t work in reverse because whoever is using Linux already knows all about Windows, since, y’know, it has most of the Desktop market in its grip

      This is like yelling about straight pride