ogasawara@yoji:~/ubuntu-karmic/debian/config$ grep -rn "CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION" *
amd64/config:973:# CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION is not set
armel/config:355:# CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION is not set
i386/config:1023:# CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION is not set
lpia/config:930:# CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION is not set
Still looks to be disabled for Karmic:
ogasawara@ yoji:~/ ubuntu- karmic/ debian/ config$ grep -rn "CONFIG_ FRAMEBUFFER_ CONSOLE_ ROTATION" * FRAMEBUFFER_ CONSOLE_ ROTATION is not set FRAMEBUFFER_ CONSOLE_ ROTATION is not set FRAMEBUFFER_ CONSOLE_ ROTATION is not set FRAMEBUFFER_ CONSOLE_ ROTATION is not set
amd64/config:973:# CONFIG_
armel/config:355:# CONFIG_
i386/config:1023:# CONFIG_
lpia/config:930:# CONFIG_