10.4.11 upgrade loses screen rotation in display preference; downgrade?

Did an auto system update online to my powerbook G4 to 10.4.11.
Went to rotate the screen, holding option key,system prefs,displays.
NO ROTATION selection button. This was a very useful 'hidden' function,
that is now gone in this 'upgrade'. Don't want to go up to 10.5 or 10.6,
too many issues with functionality, compatibility.
Can I return to the previous version of 10.4 easily?
as this upgrade was over the internet, I don't have a CD to 'undo'.
I believe I was on 10.4.1, or 10.4.3, or X.4.6, don't remember exactly.
A clean install of the version that came with the computer would be
a bit of hassle, could lose application support,
any suggestions? and why did the screen rotate function disappear
in the 10.4.11 'upgrade' ?
thanks

I did the 'over the internet install' on PB G4, no peripherals attached, did a restart and permissions repair as always. Seems this 'feature' has a history of appearing and disappearing in different versions of OSX, from what I can tell by some groups online. Only way to get back a very useful feature is to 'backgrade' until I get it back. btw, on a 17" powerbook, rotating 90 degrees gives a really useful vertical page, and with a external mouse, lots can be done. The function is not hardware dependent, only a software 'flip' of the pixel assignment on the screen. Why it should be 'hidden' ( hold option key,System Pref, Displays ) is beyond me. And why it should go away on system software upgrades is irritating and perplexing. Ahh well, thanks to all.

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