Comments on: ThinkPad X61 Tablet Automatic Screen Rotation Under Linux

By: AutoRotate 0.3 Released | Karol Krizka

AutoRotate 0.3 Released | Karol Krizka — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:25:28 +0000

[...] of the tablet and calculates the rotation. This new version contains a lot of improvements over the previous hack-job, in that [...]

By: Renato

Renato — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:01:12 +0000

Thanks, it worked for me.

By: Renato

Renato — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:50:07 +0000

Thank you! It was very helpful!

By: jones

jones — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:52:34 +0000

hi karol
first,sorry for my bad english!^^
thx to create this script,i try to use it,but get some trouble!
1.i just install mint6(base on intrepid) 64bit in my x61 tablet,python version:2.5.2
,acpi work well(it can auto write /etc/tabletmode),but i found the script(autorotate.py) cann’t run in this surrounding,just you say,maybe something need to fix,then i use Mathias’s script(http://javafalke.de/index.php?menu_id=7),change some word,it can work well!
but i want to know how to fix in your script.thx^^
2.do you know how to mapping the rotation button on tablet to work?

By: Denis

Denis — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:39:04 +0000

Great work, but I have 2 questions:

1 – Does this modification work on Xandros, the OS used on EEE PC?

2 – Could I use any accelerometer?

By: Karol Krizka

Karol Krizka — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:52:17 +0000

The same repository should work on intrepid too.

By: Frames

Frames — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:18:42 +0000

“I have no trouble with rotation on Ubuntu Hardy Heron and Intrepid”

I got stuck with the need to install python-xrandr. The repo you suggest is for hardy, there’s nothing newer and I cannot find another repo with that package for intrepid.

Can you please let me know how you did this in intrepid?

Thanks!

By: Karol Krizka

Karol Krizka — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:37:21 +0000

I don’t have that file on Hardy Heron… But if you have it, that means it is probably in the latest version of acpi. That is great!

I will try to compile the latest tp_smapi package later today and see if it’s there.

By: Karol Krizka

Karol Krizka — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:34:48 +0000

Sorry, but I am not sure why compiz is acting up on you. What version (distro/release?) of Linux are you using? If it is not the latest release, I would suggest upgrading to it. I have no trouble with rotation on Ubuntu Hardy Heron and Intrepid while having my windows wobbling.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:14:43 +0000

So I had the same problem with the screen not refreshing. I could move the mouse, but not select anything. Rotating the display from the terminal I had the same problem, but I could type terminal commands to reset the display to normal orientation and restore full functionality.

Turns out if I change my appearance settings to none either through the menu or activating metacity with “metacity –replace” everything works great, I just don’t have all the pretty visual effects. I’m ok with this if it is limited to tablet mode, but I’d like to incorporate this behavior into the script. I have two problems.

First is that I am totally unfamiliar with python. I imagine I would add a command just after the #tabletmode comment, but I don’t know what command to add.

Second, I don’t know how to revert to normal visual settings mode from terminal (this is my first week on linux). If I type compiz into the terminal after using “metacity –replace” I get all kinds of problems and have to restart. I’m guessing that this is a separate issue I’ll need to work out, but I was wondering if maybe there is some other command I should be using to reset the visual effects.

Thanks for the help and extremely useful script