TABLET and screen rotation problem

[shedyed]

I have Fedora 14 (Design spin) installed on an IBM thinkpad x41 tablet convertible. In Display properties I can make the screen rotate portrait, landscape, even upside-down which is very handy in tablet mode. However the cursor seems to 'remember' only the original or maybe prior setting :doh: so it would be off by about 90 degrees perpendicular when I move the stylus/pen. I am pleased that the pen and tablet work, but i can't rotate the screen with this behaviour.

Imagine you're about to close a window using the X at the top right. I bring the stylus there but guess where the cursor is, it's at the bottom left corner of the window. If I drag the stylus towards the top left corner of the window, as if to meet the cursor there, the cursor will instead trace a path to the bottom right corner or something eerie, as if it's stalking the stylus!

Is there a cure? This would be the perfect distro for stylus+tablets if this were fixed.

[droidhacker]

There is a cure!
You need to rotate your touch sensor's inputs... should be something *similar* to this stuff: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1595220

Note: this is actually for an asus T91-MT, which probably has a different sensor from yours. Forget about the specifics and see *why* it works, you should be able to adapt it.

[jdos2]

I'm working on fixing the same problem. "Used to work" in versions passed.

Lenovo X61 Tablet.

[shedyed]

I'm working on fixing the same problem. "Used to work" in versions passed.

Lenovo X61 Tablet.


Hi, I was wondering whether the fix is ready; I hope I can use it on F14 :)

(For the rest of you out there: Kindly refrain from asking me to upgrade -- especially if you're not a tablet user; for once I'd like to see a distro/spin get reeeeaaaally close to perfection first. But if this is FIXED in F15, then I gladly would consider upgrading! )

[jdos2]

I eventually gave up on Linux on the X61. It was too hard to keep up-to-date with all the UI and driver name changes.
I have been using it again as a tablet so I don't have to buy an iPad or similar, and with all the Lenovo utilities, it is a pleasure.

It seems that with Gnome 3 and the lack of good video drivers that allow for switching between graphic adapters (and power savings on the unused one), Gnu/Linux on the laptop is much harder that it was.