Rotate Display not working for jetson

[MaMiFreak]

We are trying to get a portrait mode screen working on a jetson but we are
running into some troubles getting it to work.

All the provided options to rotate the screen do not result in it rotating and we are not sure on how to debug
this any further. any suggestions on what might be going on?

system:

• NVIDIA Jetson Nano Developer Kit
  https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetson-nano-developer-kit
• beetronics screen with hdmi
• balena version balenaOS 2.98.12
• balena browser-aarch64

compose file

supoprted
version: "2.4"
services:
browser:
image: bh.cr/balenalabs/browser-aarch64 # where is one of aarch64, arm32 or amd64
privileged: true # required for UDEV to find plugged in peripherals such as a USB mouse
network_mode: host
ports:
- '5011' # management API (optional)
- '35173' # Chromium debugging port (optional)
environment:
LAUNCH_URL: '"http://google.com/"'

we also tested setting below without any change
ROTATE_DISPLAY left
BALENA_HOST_CONFIG_display_rotate 1

Full log of balena browser docker
user.max_user_namespaces = 10000
browser umount: /dev: target is busy.
browser Running balena base image entrypoint...
browser setting xserver-xorg-legacy/xwrapper/allowed_users from configuration file
browser balenaLabs browser version: 2.4.7
browser Setting CPU Scaling Governor to 'performance'
browser Enabling cursor
browser hostname: No address associated with hostname
browser xauth: file /home/chromium/.Xauthority does not exist
browser xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "53c57d6:0" in "add" command
browser
browser
browser http://X.Org X Server 1.20.4
browser X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
browser Build Operating System: Linux 5.10.0-21-arm64 aarch64 Debian
browser Current Operating System: Linux 53c57d6 4.9.253-l4t-r32.7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 11 13:27:19 UTC 2022 aarch64
browser Kernel command line: tegraid=21.1.2.0.0 ddr_die=4096M@2048M section=512M memtype=0 vpr_resize usb_port_owner_info=0 lane_owner_info=0 emc_max_dvfs=0 touch_id=0@63 video=tegrafb no_console_suspend=1 console=ttyS0,115200n8 debug_uartport=lsport,4 earlyprintk=uart8250-32bit,0x70006000 maxcpus=4 usbcore.old_scheme_first=1 lp0_vec=0x1000@0xff780000 core_edp_mv=1075 core_edp_ma=4000 gpt tegra_fbmem=0x800000@0x92ca9000 is_hdmi_initialised=1 console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 fbcon=map:0 net.ifnames=0 root=UUID=ba1eadef-67c7-43db-890e-063b4f89f519 ro rootwait l4tver=32.7.1 console=null quiet splash vt.global_cursor_default=0 consoleblank=0 sdhci_tegra.en_boot_part_access=1
browser Build Date: 05 February 2023 09:03:02PM
browser xorg-server 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u8 (https://www.debian.org/support)
browser Current version of pixman: 0.36.0
browser Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
browser to make sure that you have the latest version.
browser Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
browser (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
browser (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
browser (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jul 4 10:28:19 2023
browser (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
browser --- List Input Devices ---
browser â¡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
browser â â³ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
browser â â³ Weida Hi-Tech CoolTouch® System id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
browser â â³ SteelSeries SteelSeries Rival 310 eSports Mouse id=7 [slave pointer (2)]
browser â â³ SteelSeries SteelSeries Rival 310 eSports Mouse id=8 [slave pointer (2)]
browser ⣠Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
browser â³ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
browser â³ gpio-keys id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
browser ----- End of List --------
browser Window size set by environment variable to 800,1280
browser X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
browser Major opcode of failed request: 140 (RANDR)
browser Minor opcode of failed request: 2 (RRSetScreenConfig)
browser Serial number of failed request: 14
browser Current serial number in output stream: 14
browser Display rotated to portait. Reversing screen coordinates
browser Reversed window size: 1280,800
browser Rotate Touch Inputs
browser Rotating Input (6): left
browser Installed browser version: Chromium 89.0.4389.114 built on Debian 10.9, running on Debian 10.12
browser Browser API running on port: 5011
browser Using LAUNCH_URL: http://google.com/
browser Disabling GPU
browser Enabling KIOSK mode
browser Starting Chromium with flags: --disable-features=TranslateUI,--disable-component-extensions-with-background-pages,--disable-background-networking,--disable-sync,--metrics-recording-only,--disable-default-apps,--no-default-browser-check,--no-first-run,--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows,--disable-renderer-backgrounding,--disable-background-timer-throttling,--force-fieldtrials=*BackgroundTracing/default/,--window-size=1280,800,--window-position=100,0,--autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required,--noerrdialogs,--disable-session-crashed-bubble,--check-for-update-interval=31536000,--disable-dev-shm-usage,--disable-gpu
browser Displaying URL: --app= http://google.com/
browser Chromium remote debugging tools running on port: 35173
Killing service 'browser sha256:7b466dd4970d46dedb5d8b06595b718802a0e110920ca7d0c0ef1f67a8c9c9de'
Killing service 'browser sha256:7b466dd4970d46dedb5d8b06595b718802a0e110920ca7d0c0ef1f67a8c9c9de'
browser --- List Input Devices ---
browser â¡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
browser â â³ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
browser â â³ Weida Hi-Tech CoolTouch® System id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
browser â â³ SteelSeries SteelSeries Rival 310 eSports Mouse id=7 [slave pointer (2)]
browser â â³ SteelSeries SteelSeries Rival 310 eSports Mouse id=8 [slave pointer (2)]
browser ⣠Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
browser â³ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
browser â³ gpio-keys id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
browser ----- End of List --------
browser Window size set by environment variable to 1280,800
browser Chromium remote debugging tools running on port: 35173

[MiroYld]

Hello @MaMiFreak ,
Do you try to add Weida Hi-Tech CoolTouch® System to TOUCHSCREEN variable

[phil-d-wilson]

@MaMiFreak do you still have this issue?

[MaMiFreak]

@MaMiFreak do you still have this issue?

A few months ago i tested this and the problem persisted, i'll try again with the newest version to verify this.
we added some custom css rotations and limited the design in some places and managed to get it functional on our
target device

[phil-d-wilson]

Thanks @MaMiFreak - let me know what you find. If you still have the problem, then I'll try to repro the issue. I have a Jetson Orin Nano which I can test with in the coming weeks.

[MiroYld]

Hello @MaMiFreak,
I think this script can help you

#!/usr/bin/env bash

#Disable screen blanking
xset s off -dpms

echo "--- List Input Devices ---"
xinput list
echo "----- End of List --------"

function reverse_window_coordinates () {
  local INPUT=$1

  IFS=', ' read -a coords <<< $INPUT
  if [ ${#coords[@]} -eq 2 ]; then
    echo "${coords[1]},${coords[0]}"
  else
    echo "Screen coordinates not set correctly, so cannot reverse them."
  fi
}

function rotate_touch () {
  echo "Rotating Input ($1): $2"
  local TRANSFORM='Coordinate Transformation Matrix'

  case "$2" in
    normal)   xinput set-prop "$1" "$TRANSFORM" 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1;;
    inverted) xinput set-prop "$1" "$TRANSFORM" -1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1;;
    left)     xinput set-prop "$1" "$TRANSFORM" 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1;;
    right)    xinput set-prop "$1" "$TRANSFORM" 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1;;
  esac
}

# set whether to show a cursor or not
if [[ ! -z $SHOW_CURSOR ]] && [[ "$SHOW_CURSOR" -eq "1" ]]
  then
    export CURSOR=''
    echo "Enabling cursor"
  else
    export CURSOR='-- -nocursor'
    echo "Disabling cursor"
fi

if [[ -z "$WINDOW_SIZE" ]]; then
  # detect the window size from the framebuffer file
  export WINDOW_SIZE=$( cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/virtual_size )
  echo "Window size detected as $WINDOW_SIZE"
else
  echo "Window size set by environment variable to $WINDOW_SIZE"
fi

# rotate screen if env variable is set [normal, inverted, left or right]
if [[ ! -z "$ROTATE_DISPLAY" ]]; then
  ROTATE_DELAY="${ROTATE_DELAY:-3}"

  sleep "$ROTATE_DELAY" && xrandr -o $ROTATE_DISPLAY

  #If the display is rotated to left or right, we need to reverse the size and position coords
  if [[ "$ROTATE_DISPLAY" == "left" ]] || [[ "$ROTATE_DISPLAY" == "right" ]]; then

    echo "Display rotated to portait. Reversing screen coordinates"

    #window size
    REVERSED_SIZE="$(reverse_window_coordinates $WINDOW_SIZE)"
    WINDOW_SIZE=$REVERSED_SIZE
    echo "Reversed window size: $WINDOW_SIZE"

    #window position, if set
    if [[ "$WINDOW_POSITION" -ne "0,0" ]]
    then
      REVERSED_POSITION="$(reverse_window_coordinates $WINDOW_POSITION)"
      export WINDOW_POSITION=$REVERSED_POSITION
      echo "Reversed window position: $WINDOW_POSITION"
    fi
  fi

  echo "Rotate Touch Inputs"
  if [[ ! -z "$TOUCHSCREEN" ]]; then
    rotate_touch "$TOUCHSCREEN" "$ROTATE_DISPLAY"
  else
    devices=$( xinput --list | fgrep Touch | sed -E 's/^.*id=([0-9]+).*$/\1/' )
    for device in ${devices} ;do
	rotate_touch $device $ROTATE_DISPLAY
    done
  fi
fi

setxkbmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"

matchbox-window-manager -use_titlebar no &
unclutter -idle 0.5 &    # hide X mouse cursor unless mouse activated

# Disable crash status in chromium
sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly":false/"exited_cleanly":true/' /home/pi/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences
sed -i 's/"exit_type":"Crashed"/"exit_type":"Normal"/' /home/pi/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences


URLS="https://github.com/MiroYld"
chromium-browser $URLS \
  --enable-features=OverlayScrollbar,OverlayScrollbarFlashAfterAnyScrollUpdate,OverlayScrollbarFlashWhenMouseEnter \
  --start-fullscreen \
  --kiosk \
  --incognito \
  --noerrdialogs \
  --disable-translate \
  --no-first-run \
  --fast \
  --fast-start \
  --disable-infobars \
  --disable-features=TranslateUI \
  --disk-cache-dir=/dev/null \
  --overscroll-history-navigation=0 \
  --check-for-update-interval=31536000 \
  --disable-pinch &

# Start the kiosk loop to change Chromium tab
while (true)
 do
  xdotool keydown ctrl+Tab; xdotool keyup ctrl+Tab;
  sleep 15
done

You normally don't need to specify the screen name or even the resolution, just remember to define the ROTATE_DISPLAY variable to a value (normal, left, rigth, inverted)

And of course, you need to install some packages like

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y x11-apps \
    x11-xserver-utils \
    xinit \
    xinput \
    xorg