Hi!

 

*Just a quick pre apology for the mass of text, but I only get one post a day as I'm new, so apologies for delays in responding for now!*

 

I'm building a writer deck type thing using Armbian and an Orange Pi zero 2w, but looking to run it without a traditional desk top to try to help me focus on things better rather than having a 'quick' 4 hour game on something or falling down some rabbit hole or other where I end up so far away from where I started I can't remember what I was initially looking for...

Anyhow... 

I saw a video by Veronica Explains where she turned her old laptop into a writer deck and thought it would be a good idea... And due to my many attempts at projects decided to use the crap I have lying around to make one too... Planning to learn basic programming and use it four journalling/solo RPGs... Again... Rambling... Lol...

 

I've got the basic install set up and running... Need to tweak a few things but I have a larger issue at the moment. I'm using an 8 inch ultra wide monitor, running around 1920x480, and for whatever reason it's rotated so that it's using the slim edge as the top, so running as 480x1920. How would I change this if I'm not using a desktop?

 

I've used Linux for years but I only really use the basics in cli, which is kind of what I'm hoping to learn more often with this build.

 

I found a few options with xrandr command being used but it doesn't seem to be installed.

 

Any help? I feel like I'm probably being dumb and missing something obvious...

 

Thanks! Any help would be appreciated!

Theoretically this way, but no warranty that it will work on this specific hw / sw combo:
 

echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/rotate_all

 

Values: 0 normal, 1 90° clockwise, 2 upside down, 3 90° counter-clockwise.

 

Keep it after reboot. Add the value to the kernel command line in /boot/armbianEnv.txt:

 

extraargs=fbcon=rotate:1

 

And Welcome!  

unfortunately this didn't work, I know it usually did the same with a desktop but obviously not the same in tty, if I install a desktop, change it and the remove the desktop might that work? 

 

or would there be any other things I could try?

 

Its a HSD088IPW1-A if that helps.

 

I found this on someone's git hub about using it for conky, but I'm not sure where to put it. I'll keep looking

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video=HDMI-A-1:panel_orientation=right_side_up

 

Thanks for your help!

Oops, sorry... ADHD struck again and the shinys distracted me. Opted to just install the desktop in the end. Thanks to those who helped, unfortunately as per usual I managed to get the awkward stuff that doesn't work like it should... Lol...