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 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]

Originally Posted by jdos2

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.