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nitrogen_widget

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monitor rotation on linux
« on: February 14, 2015, 12:31:59 PM »
can attractmode call a script file or binary file to activate hardware to turn a monitor when I launch a game that is vertical then run another file upon exit of the game to return the monitor to horizontal?

I'd come up with the hardware & software myself to do the actual turning of the monitor, i'd just need a front end to control it for me.

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Re: monitor rotation on linux
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2015, 06:43:16 PM »
yes, take a look at the ultrastik360 plugin which runs commands whenever a game is launched and whenever it ends.  You could tweak it a bit to do what you are looking for.

To figure out the rotation of a game from a script, use
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fe.game_info( Info.Rotation ).  It will equal "90" or "270" for vertical games, "0" for horizontal.

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Re: monitor rotation on linux
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2015, 12:03:37 PM »
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.