Rotate screen on a RaspberryPi via CLI
RaspberryPi 3 and earlier
To rotate the screen on a RaspberryPi 3 and earlier add the following line to /boot/config.txt:
display_hdmi_rotate=0
Replace the 0 with the desired rotation:
| int | rotation |
|---|---|
| 0 | normal |
| 1 | 90° |
| 2 | 180° |
| 3 | 270° |
Reboot your system to apply the changes.
RaspberryPi 4
On a RaspberryPi 4 you can use the xrandr command:
DISPLAY=:0 xrandr --output HDMI-1 --rotate normal
DISPLAY=:0 xrandr --output HDMI-1 --rotate left
DISPLAY=:0 xrandr --output HDMI-1 --rotate right
DISPLAY=:0 xrandr --output HDMI-1 --rotate inverted
| arg | rotation |
|---|---|
| normal | normal |
| left | 90° |
| right | 180° |
| inverted | 270° |