Public bug reported: I have just received my dell xt3 I use kubuntu 12.04.1 fully update, with kde from the ppa backport repository.
When I turn the screen into the tablet mode, I can rotate both the screen and the pen-eraser that are controlled by the Wacom driver. The multitouch screen is controlled by the evdev driver and does not rotate, in particular I am not able to swap the axis, one of the necessary step of the rotation process the xinput set-prop 12 "Evdev Axes Swap" 1 does not produce any effect. where the output of is xinput ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ N-Trig Pen stylus id=11 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ N-Trig MultiTouch id=12 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ N-Trig Touchscreen id=13 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ DualPoint Stick id=15 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ AlpsPS/2 ALPS DualPoint TouchPad id=16 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ N-Trig Pen eraser id=18 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ N-Trig Pen pad id=19 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Laptop_Integrated_Webcam_HD id=10 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys id=17 [slave keyboard (3)] ** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-input-evdev in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1103723 Title: the evdev driver of Xorg ignore the swap axes optiopn for N-trig multitouch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-evdev/+bug/1103723/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp