I suspect there's in issue with the xrandr 1.1 compatibility stuff in the xserver since you are using xrandr -o and your laptop has several outputs. Do you still get the crash if you specify the rotation with xrandr 1.2 API calls?
xrandr --output LVDS --rotate left
I suspect there's in issue with the xrandr 1.1 compatibility stuff in the xserver since you are using xrandr -o and your laptop has several outputs. Do you still get the crash if you specify the rotation with xrandr 1.2 API calls?
xrandr --output LVDS --rotate left