Raspberry 7" Touchscreen Rotation LE 11.0.3

jcpreston · August 12, 2023 at 1:14 PM

I have a Raspberry Pi 3B with the official 7" touchscreen in a frame and have upgraded from LE 9.2.8 to 11.0.3. In order for the display to be the correct way up I added lcd_rotate=2 to config.txt in LE 9.2.8. This worked perfectly.

Since updating to 11.0.3 I have been unable to rotate the screen. Below are the four separate additions to config.txt tried unsuccesfully.

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-7inch

video=DSI-1:800x480@60,rotate=180

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-7inch

panel_orientation=upside_down

dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dsi-7inch

lcd_rotate=2

display_lcd_rotate=2

dtoverlay=rpi-ft5406,touchscreen-inverted-x=1,touchscreen-inverted-y=1

Is video rotation no longer available in the later versions of LE?

Thanks very much.

**chewitt** · August 13, 2023 at 11:52 AM

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video=DSI-1:800x480@60,rotate=180

^ I believe this needs to be appended to boot params in cmdline.txt so it impacts the kernel driver (the new way) not config.txt which controls pi firmware (the old way). Many pi firmware commands are deprecated with the move to the kernel DRM graphics pipeline.

jcpreston · August 14, 2023 at 6:51 PM

Thanks very much for your reply and help.

I edited the boot params in cmdline.txt and the LibreELEC splash screen is correctly oriented. However, the Kodi splash screen and the user interface revert to being upside down.

Is there anything else that I can try?

**HiassofT** · August 15, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Kodi doesn't support / respect the set screen orientation so, sorry, no, there's no solution yet.

I think kodi devs are aware of that but it wouldn't hurt if you open a kodi issue if one doesn't exist yet here:
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issues

so long,

Hias

jcpreston · August 15, 2023 at 6:25 PM

Thank you. I will open a Kodi issue.

jcpreston · January 11, 2024 at 12:20 PM

I opened an issue with Kodi which received some responses and a potential fix from another user. However, the issue has now been closed as it is not regarded as a bug.

**chewitt** · January 12, 2024 at 8:49 AM

Can you link the issue?

sndred · February 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM

heya,

i have the same problem with rotation.

here is the github issue with a fix: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issu…ment-1694808244

wootang69 · May 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM

Quote from sndred

heya,
i have the same problem with rotation.
here is the github issue with a fix: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/issu…ment-1694808244

How do I go about swapping out the Kodi version in Librelec to use the Kodi version that's listed there with the screen rotation included? I can't find a way to install it (and remove the current version) when Libreelec is so light.

**chewitt** · May 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM

I've replied in your other thread. Don't cross post the same thing please.