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Changing monitor orientation to vertical - "Couldn't find a matching Display Mode." #10

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@rubenakue

I have a setup where I'm using two monitors connected to my laptop. Monitor number 2 is the one I'm trying to switch between horizontal and vertical orientations. I followed the steps to create profiles:

  • Created a profile for horizontal orientation:
    SetResolution CREATEPROFILE -p horizontal -w 1920 -h 1080 -f 60 -b 32 -o 0

  • Created a profile for vertical orientation:

SetResolution CREATEPROFILE -p vertical -w 1920 -h 1080 -f 60 -b 32 -o 1

  • When I apply the horizontal profile, everything works great:

SetResolution SET -p horizontal -m2

  • But when I try to apply the vertical profile:

SetResolution SET -p vertical -m2

  • I get the message:

Couldn't find a matching Display Mode.

And the orientation doesn't change (I have the same problem with all the monitors).
I also tried listing all available display modes for the monitor using:
SetResolution LIST -la -m2
But in the list, the "Orientation" field doesn't show any values—there's no "Default" or "Rotated" options, nothing at all.

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For additional context:

I'm able to manually change the orientation of monitor 2 in the Windows display settings without any problems

Do you have any idea why SetResolution isn't recognizing or allowing the orientation change? Is there something I'm missing, or could this be a limitation or bug in the tool?

Thank you so much

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  1. alvisnigals commented on Nov 26, 2024

    @alvisnigals

    Same here! Downloaded this tool just for this one purpose, to set display orientation as AMD has removed hotkeys from their driver. But when I try to use -o any but 0 I get Couldn't find a matching Display Mode

  2. RickStrahl commented on Jan 5, 2025

    @RickStrahl
    Owner

    Can you give this a try with 0.3.2?

    There were some missing flags that cause both frequency and orientation to not be updated correctly.

    I can't test orientation as none of my monitors support rotation, but similar fix fixed the frequency issue...

  3. rubenakue commented on Jan 9, 2025

    @rubenakue
    Author

    When installing the latest version it is still version v0.2.1
    I have tried both methods and the same thing happens.

  4. RadarNyan commented on Jul 16, 2025

    @RadarNyan

    This still doesn't work with 0.3.2.

    You don't need a monitor that supports rotating to test this feature, it works on any screen (you might need to turn your head though).

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