installing AR1100 Raspberry Pi - 90 degrees

[lethargos]

Hi,
I have a 7-inch AR1100 Touch Controller and I'm trying to install it on a Raspberry Pi 3 B. The adafruit repository doesn't work for Debian Stretch, as far as I know. I tried tunning the following:

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# cd ~
# wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/Adafruit-PiTFT-Helper/master/adafruit-pitft-helper2.sh
# chmod +x adafruit-pitft-helper2.sh
# sudo ./adafruit-pitft-helper2.sh

But this is a script that works only for screens smaller than 3.5".
My first problem is that I cannot revert X and Y after I turn the screen 90 degrees. They remain the same. None of the information I've found on the internet helped.

Where do I go from here?
Thanks

[adafruit_support_mike]

I'm afraid we don't know much about Debian's X environment, but you can try this item from the PiTFT troubleshooting page:

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pit ... faq#faq-20

[lethargos]

I'm afraid we don't know much about Debian's X environment, but you can try this item from the PiTFT troubleshooting page:

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pit ... faq#faq-20

I might have misled you by saying Debian Stretch instead of the latest version of raspberry pi which is based on debian stretch.

There's a misspelling in your link: "You need to sudo apt-get install BANNED-xorg-input-evdev, and then..." (it's "xserver", not "BANNED").

Should the first step be to install one of the adafruit kernels from here? https://apt.adafruit.com/raspbian/pool/ ... -firmware/

Then configure /boot/config.txt, then 10-evdev.conf? Would that be the normal sequence of steps?
Are there any directions as to how I can edit evdev or other files within /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d in order to turn my screen 90 degrees (which I've actually already achieved by editing /boot/config.txt) AND revert the X and Y axis when using the touchscreen?

[adafruit_support_mike]

Raspbian is its own distribution, especially when it comes to the GUI. The RasPi Foundation developed the Pixel desktop and customized several of the input systems a year or so ago.

Once you have the correct version of `evdev` you don't need to edit any config files to make the touchscreen rotation match the value specified in /boot/config.txt. You just have to make sure there are no old config files sitting around that will interfere with the orientation.