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Rotate only one screen

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If I have only the internal monitor (LVDS1) with an xrandr -o left command. Now I want to attach a second monitor, say to HDMI1. Then I'd like to rotate only the internal monitor, but not the external one. I tried the following (with no external attached though, since I am mobile currently), but that does not do anything:

xrandr --output LVDS1 -o left

How can I rotate only one monitor?

I do need some command line, since I want to put this into a script.

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answered 2 Years ago tudatchful · Accepted Answer

The trick is to use the newer --rotate instead of -o which needs to be used with a --output argument:

xrandr --output "$internal" --rotate "$xrandr_rotation"

Examples

xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate left

xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate right

xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate normal

xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate inverted