My desktop has rotated 90 degrees - please help.

[fionnula (the cooler)]

I installed the Linux version of a game called Aquaria, hoping to play it on the Deck, and when I launched the game it ran rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise. When I rebooted the Deck in desktop mode, the whole desktop was squashed up into a portrait orientation in the middle of the screen (i.e. I have huge black bars on the left and right).

Going into system settings/display configuration, the resolution is now set to 800x1280 (yes, that way around - 10:16 rather than 16:10) and the orientation is the fourth option (90 degrees anti-clockwise). There is no 16:10 option to change it to - the only other options are 800x600 and 640x480.

When I set the orientation to landscape (i.e. the standard 'way up') it flips the whole image sideways on the screen, and my thumb movements on the tracker pad no longer correspond to the correct cursor directions on screen.

Does anyone know how to reset this to the default resolution/orientation. I'm a complete Linux newb and have no idea what I'm doing.

[@R+5]

the rotation only happens when you launch the game?
do you have screenshots of the changes in settings?

[D I A B L O]

Nope

[fionnula (the cooler)]

Originally posted by @R+5:

the rotation only happens when you launch the game?
do you have screenshots of the changes in settings?

I tried to take screenshots but it wasn't screenshotting the entire screen, just the virtual portion of space that I'm now allocated on the screen. So I took photographs instead (uploaded to imgur):

Photo of desktop[i.imgur.com].

Photo of display settings[i.imgur.com].

When I click the Resolution dropdown menu, the only options are:

800x1280 (5:8)
800x600 (4:3)
640x480 (4:3)

As you can see, although the 'screen' has been rotated 270 degrees, the device has somehow compensated for this by keeping the image on the screen upright in the correct orientation, and the directions of my mouse cursor are all correctly orientated. In the little scrap of space I now get to utilise, anyway!

[Okamifan1]

As a Aya Neo & GPD Win 3 owner It doesn't do this on the Windows version, you might want to get that version & run it through one of those Windows Sandboxes. If I'm correct Linux has the ability to do that. Hope this helps, cheers.

[fionnula (the cooler)]

Thanks. I might give that a try eventually. Honestly, I don't even care about the game at this point. I'm more worried about what I've done to the Steam Deck. I can't find a way of returning the display to the standard resolution.

[Zoot]

Originally posted by fionnula (the cooler):

Thanks. I might give that a try eventually. Honestly, I don't even care about the game at this point. I'm more worried about what I've done to the Steam Deck. I can't find a way of returning the display to the standard resolution.

If everything else fails you can reset the Steam Deck via USB. But it obviously shouldn't be necessary.

[Marlock]

try plugging the Deck to an external monitor then fiddle around with the resolutions again...

there is a small chance it might help redetect the builtin screen correctly