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Merge pull request #4163 from raspberrypi/lurch-patch-2
Add caveat about rotating the non-desktop environment
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@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ To rotate the display without a desktop, edit the `/boot/firmware/cmdline.txt` f
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video=DSI-1:720x1280@60,rotate=<rotation-value>
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This `rotate=` setting only rotates the text-mode console; any applications that write directly to DRM (such as `cvlc` or the libcamera apps) won't be rotated, and will instead need to use their own rotation options (if available).
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NOTE: You can't rotate the DSI display separately from the HDMI display with `cmdline.txt`. When you use DSI and HDMI simultaneously, they share the same rotation value.
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== Customise touchscreen settings

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