On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 17:51, Jackson <jack...@objectivelytrue.com> wrote: >> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:56:41 +0900 >> From: Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <ras...@rasterman.com> >> Subject: Re: [e-users] e17 commandline config changes >> To: "hannes.janet...@gmail.com" <hannes.janet...@googlemail.com> >> Cc: enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Message-ID: <20110315135641.1382b6e5.ras...@rasterman.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:57:09 +0100 "hannes.janet...@gmail.com" >> <hannes.janet...@googlemail.com> said: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:25 AM, Jackson <jack...@objectivelytrue.com> >> wrote: >> > > Hey gents, >> > > ?I'm using an old thinkpad and trying to get e17 screen rotation to >> work. >> > > A simple workaround seems to be that I could write a toggle script to >> get >> > > and set the Resolution settings -> Screen rotation config option, >> binding it >> > > to the laptop's screen rotation button, but I cannot figure out how to >> get >> > > or set the config option outside the gui. >> > > >> > > I know enlightenment_remote has been deprecated. ?Is this the sort of >> thing >> > > dbus can be used for? ?I've never used dbus and don't know of any other >> > > potential tools for doing this job, really... if anyone knows anything >> that >> > > might help push me in the right direction, I'd love to hear about it. >> > > >> > you can set all screen options also with xrandr utility. if you found >> > the right options you can add a keybinding to 'launch->command' >> > action with that options. sth like 'xrandr --output LVDS1 --rotate >> > left'. hope this helps for now. >> >> yeah. x itself already provides a cmdline util, so no need for e to >> duplicate >> it. what would be more up e's alley is a module that can listen to all >> these >> rotation things. some hardware has an acpi button or x key that will be >> pressed >> or some gpio line if you flip/rotate the screen, there is some connector >> that >> figures it out and can signal you. on tablets and phones there are >> accelerometers too that can tell you orientation. what kind of rotation >> button >> is it? is it just like a key that you press and the screen rotates >> clockwise >> (or anti-clockwise) by 90 degrees? 2 buttons (to rotate +90 or -90) or 4 >> buttons to select one of 4 rotations (0, 90, 180, 270), or some >> slider/switch >> to select between them? >> >> >> -- >> ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- >> The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com >> >> >> > This thinkpad just has a toggle beneath the screen. I've actually never > seen this machine up and running fully, so I don't know quite how it's > supposed to work, but it looks like you press it to toggle a 90 degree > clockwise and anticlockwise shift, not sure if rotating the screen itself is > supposed to fire off any triggers, but I am pretty sure there's no > accelerometer in this old thing. For anyone looking, though, I did find a > nice little script on the Arch wiki for my specific device... needs some > modifications to correct the arrow keys and to disable needlessly toggling 4 > views, when the tablet only needs two, but it's enough to get it working in > a basic way and I was able to map it using e's keybindings. > > xrandr control actually looks pretty simple, but I'm sure the other > modifications to get rotation working as expected will be a bit more > complex. > > See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_Thinkpad_X60_Tablet > > Thanks for the help! >
Old thing? This is a rather new ThinkPad, HDAPS has been available much longer and it is nothing but an accelerometer. As Wido said, there are drivers for this, I suggest using tp_smapi. You can use a variety of 3rd party scripts to use tp_smapis hdaps support to automatically rotate your screen. There is no interaction with e17 needed, as xrandr (X Resize and _Rotate_) automatically handles rotation including the resolution "change". It just works(tm) and there's nothing complex about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
