This bug is caused by a xorg commit in December which was reverted in the 1.7 branch [1] but not in the 1.9-branch of xorg-xserver.
A bug [2] is filed on the xorg bug tracker but it has no responses, except from the reporter that confirms that a revert of the commit fixes the situation. [1] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?h=server-1.7-branch&id=d77ffa9 [2] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35399 ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #35399 http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35399 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/765850 Title: unable to rotate display left or right _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp