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Talk:Installing Ubuntu 6.10 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-02-13T16:51:59Z

The ev: /* Wacom Suspend Fix */

== Annoying head parking ==

Does anybody else get an annoying, repetitive disk-head parking noise? I've already had to scrap one bad hard drive, I'm hoping this one isn't defective as well.

- Chris

== Wacom Suspend Fix ==

Awesome call by Trithemius with the acpi/resume.d wacom fix... I just fixed the command's little typo and added the chmod.

- Chris

== NetBoot Installation Move ==

I moved the NetBoot portion of the documentation, as it's part of isntallation instructions. The pre-installation notes were intended for README-like things, not so much actual procedure.

== Screen Rotation ==

I followed your guide to create the screen rotation scripts/events, and after acpi force-reload and restart it works just fine. But when I reboot the machine, I have to reload and restart acpi again, otherwise it won't work.

----
--[[User:Aerials|aerials]] 21:51, 27 September 2006 (CEST)

=== Re: Screen Rotation ===

Yeah, I've been having this problem as well, and I'm working on a (quick and easy) solution. The problem is a result of acpid starting in rc before there's a display configured... If you look in /var/log/acpid you'll see a whole bunch of "cannot find display". That's why after you get a display running and restart acpid, everything works.

- Chris

== rotate script ==

for me in order to get it working i have to modify 
x41tsdown.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o right"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xvkbd&"
sleep 2
fi
</pre>
x41tsup.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -omright"
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o normal"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate NONE"
sleep 2
fi
killall xvkbd
</pre>

[[User:Waldwolf|Waldwolf]] 00:41, 4 October 2006 (CEST)

== Rotate Button ==

Following the suggestion in the [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_OpenSUSE_10.2_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Rotate_Button openSUSE 10.2 X41 Guide], and combining that script with xbindkeys (using xbindkeys-config), I was able to get on-demand screen and stylus rotation for the tablet access button. The aforementioned script needs to be changed so that all references to "Mouse[5]" refer to "stylus". However, when the screen is inverted (xrandr -o 1, I believe), the stylus axis seems to be totally reversed/reflected (I'm not very spatially inclined) while the other three orientations worked fine: I suspect this can be fixed by modifying the rotation value from CCW to...what? Are these rotations relative to each other? And what other values could I put there other than CW, NONE, CCW, and HALF?

--[[User:The ev|The ev]] 05:05, 13 February 2007 (CET)

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 6.10 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-02-13T04:06:32Z

The ev: /* Wacom Suspend Fix */

== Annoying head parking ==

Does anybody else get an annoying, repetitive disk-head parking noise? I've already had to scrap one bad hard drive, I'm hoping this one isn't defective as well.

- Chris

== Wacom Suspend Fix ==

Awesome call by Trithemius with the acpi/resume.d wacom fix... I just fixed the command's little typo and added the chmod.

- Chris

I cannot seem to get this fix to work on my X41; I followed the instructions to the letter, but bringing the system out of Suspend still drops the wacom. I don't know if it's related, but when I close the lid (in Power Management, I have it set to suspend), it whirs and then beeps as if it has suspended (the moon is lit up), but when I open the lid again, I'm greeted with a black screen with a blinking command prompt cursor (nothing else), and the system won't resume. I have to open and close the lid several times before the system resumes back to Ubuntu (fully functional, except the dropped wacom). There is an error message that flickers up during this process that disappears too quickly for me to write it down - something about how something failed to start, and maybe some sort of number beginning with a 13. Does anyone know where I might be able to find some sort of log so I can track down that error? I have a hunch that the system hangs and behaves erratically when resuming because it's trying to load (possibly incorrectly) the wacom driver or something. I'd really like to get this fixed, as this is one of the last barriers to getting Ubuntu working flawlessly on my tablet. Thanks.

--[[User:The ev|The ev]] 05:06, 13 February 2007 (CET)

== NetBoot Installation Move ==

I moved the NetBoot portion of the documentation, as it's part of isntallation instructions. The pre-installation notes were intended for README-like things, not so much actual procedure.

== Screen Rotation ==

I followed your guide to create the screen rotation scripts/events, and after acpi force-reload and restart it works just fine. But when I reboot the machine, I have to reload and restart acpi again, otherwise it won't work.

----
--[[User:Aerials|aerials]] 21:51, 27 September 2006 (CEST)

=== Re: Screen Rotation ===

Yeah, I've been having this problem as well, and I'm working on a (quick and easy) solution. The problem is a result of acpid starting in rc before there's a display configured... If you look in /var/log/acpid you'll see a whole bunch of "cannot find display". That's why after you get a display running and restart acpid, everything works.

- Chris

== rotate script ==

for me in order to get it working i have to modify 
x41tsdown.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o right"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xvkbd&"
sleep 2
fi
</pre>
x41tsup.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -omright"
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o normal"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate NONE"
sleep 2
fi
killall xvkbd
</pre>

[[User:Waldwolf|Waldwolf]] 00:41, 4 October 2006 (CEST)

== Rotate Button ==

Following the suggestion in the [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_OpenSUSE_10.2_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Rotate_Button openSUSE 10.2 X41 Guide], and combining that script with xbindkeys (using xbindkeys-config), I was able to get on-demand screen and stylus rotation for the tablet access button. The aforementioned script needs to be changed so that all references to "Mouse[5]" refer to "stylus". However, when the screen is inverted (xrandr -o 1, I believe), the stylus axis seems to be totally reversed/reflected (I'm not very spatially inclined) while the other three orientations worked fine: I suspect this can be fixed by modifying the rotation value from CCW to...what? Are these rotations relative to each other? And what other values could I put there other than CW, NONE, CCW, and HALF?

--[[User:The ev|The ev]] 05:05, 13 February 2007 (CET)

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 6.10 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-02-13T04:06:04Z

The ev: /* Rotate Button */

== Annoying head parking ==

Does anybody else get an annoying, repetitive disk-head parking noise? I've already had to scrap one bad hard drive, I'm hoping this one isn't defective as well.

- Chris

== Wacom Suspend Fix ==

Awesome call by Trithemius with the acpi/resume.d wacom fix... I just fixed the command's little typo and added the chmod.

- Chris

I cannot seem to get this fix to work on my X41; I followed the instructions to the letter, but bringing the system out of Suspend still drops the wacom. I don't know if it's related, but when I close the lid (in Power Management, I have it set to suspend), it whirs and then beeps as if it has suspended (the moon is lit up), but when I open the lid again, I'm greeted with a black screen with a blinking command prompt cursor (nothing else), and the system won't resume. I have to open and close the lid several times before the system resumes back to Ubuntu (fully functional, except the dropped wacom). There is an error message that flickers up during this process that disappears too quickly for me to write it down - something about how something failed to start, and maybe some sort of number beginning with a 13. Does anyone know where I might be able to find some sort of log so I can track down that error? I have a hunch that the system hangs and behaves erratically when resuming because it's trying to load (possibly incorrectly) the wacom driver or something. I'd really like to get this fixed, as this is one of the last barriers to getting Ubuntu working flawlessly on my tablet. Thanks.

- Evan

== NetBoot Installation Move ==

I moved the NetBoot portion of the documentation, as it's part of isntallation instructions. The pre-installation notes were intended for README-like things, not so much actual procedure.

== Screen Rotation ==

I followed your guide to create the screen rotation scripts/events, and after acpi force-reload and restart it works just fine. But when I reboot the machine, I have to reload and restart acpi again, otherwise it won't work.

----
--[[User:Aerials|aerials]] 21:51, 27 September 2006 (CEST)

=== Re: Screen Rotation ===

Yeah, I've been having this problem as well, and I'm working on a (quick and easy) solution. The problem is a result of acpid starting in rc before there's a display configured... If you look in /var/log/acpid you'll see a whole bunch of "cannot find display". That's why after you get a display running and restart acpid, everything works.

- Chris

== rotate script ==

for me in order to get it working i have to modify 
x41tsdown.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o right"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xvkbd&"
sleep 2
fi
</pre>
x41tsup.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -omright"
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o normal"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate NONE"
sleep 2
fi
killall xvkbd
</pre>

[[User:Waldwolf|Waldwolf]] 00:41, 4 October 2006 (CEST)

== Rotate Button ==

Following the suggestion in the [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_OpenSUSE_10.2_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Rotate_Button openSUSE 10.2 X41 Guide], and combining that script with xbindkeys (using xbindkeys-config), I was able to get on-demand screen and stylus rotation for the tablet access button. The aforementioned script needs to be changed so that all references to "Mouse[5]" refer to "stylus". However, when the screen is inverted (xrandr -o 1, I believe), the stylus axis seems to be totally reversed/reflected (I'm not very spatially inclined) while the other three orientations worked fine: I suspect this can be fixed by modifying the rotation value from CCW to...what? Are these rotations relative to each other? And what other values could I put there other than CW, NONE, CCW, and HALF?

--[[User:The ev|The ev]] 05:05, 13 February 2007 (CET)

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 6.10 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-02-13T04:05:33Z

The ev: /* Rotate Button */

== Annoying head parking ==

Does anybody else get an annoying, repetitive disk-head parking noise? I've already had to scrap one bad hard drive, I'm hoping this one isn't defective as well.

- Chris

== Wacom Suspend Fix ==

Awesome call by Trithemius with the acpi/resume.d wacom fix... I just fixed the command's little typo and added the chmod.

- Chris

I cannot seem to get this fix to work on my X41; I followed the instructions to the letter, but bringing the system out of Suspend still drops the wacom. I don't know if it's related, but when I close the lid (in Power Management, I have it set to suspend), it whirs and then beeps as if it has suspended (the moon is lit up), but when I open the lid again, I'm greeted with a black screen with a blinking command prompt cursor (nothing else), and the system won't resume. I have to open and close the lid several times before the system resumes back to Ubuntu (fully functional, except the dropped wacom). There is an error message that flickers up during this process that disappears too quickly for me to write it down - something about how something failed to start, and maybe some sort of number beginning with a 13. Does anyone know where I might be able to find some sort of log so I can track down that error? I have a hunch that the system hangs and behaves erratically when resuming because it's trying to load (possibly incorrectly) the wacom driver or something. I'd really like to get this fixed, as this is one of the last barriers to getting Ubuntu working flawlessly on my tablet. Thanks.

- Evan

== NetBoot Installation Move ==

I moved the NetBoot portion of the documentation, as it's part of isntallation instructions. The pre-installation notes were intended for README-like things, not so much actual procedure.

== Screen Rotation ==

I followed your guide to create the screen rotation scripts/events, and after acpi force-reload and restart it works just fine. But when I reboot the machine, I have to reload and restart acpi again, otherwise it won't work.

----
--[[User:Aerials|aerials]] 21:51, 27 September 2006 (CEST)

=== Re: Screen Rotation ===

Yeah, I've been having this problem as well, and I'm working on a (quick and easy) solution. The problem is a result of acpid starting in rc before there's a display configured... If you look in /var/log/acpid you'll see a whole bunch of "cannot find display". That's why after you get a display running and restart acpid, everything works.

- Chris

== rotate script ==

for me in order to get it working i have to modify 
x41tsdown.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o right"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xvkbd&"
sleep 2
fi
</pre>
x41tsup.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -omright"
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o normal"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate NONE"
sleep 2
fi
killall xvkbd
</pre>

[[User:Waldwolf|Waldwolf]] 00:41, 4 October 2006 (CEST)

== Rotate Button ==

Following the suggestion in the [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_OpenSUSE_10.2_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Rotate_Button openSUSE 10.2 X41 Guide], and combining that script with xbindkeys (using xbindkeys-config), I was able to get on-demand screen and stylus rotation for the tablet access button. The aforementioned script needs to be changed so that all references to "Mouse[5]" refer to "stylus". However, when the screen is inverted (xrandr -o 1, I believe), the stylus axis seems to be totally reversed/reflected (I'm not very spatially inclined) while the other three orientations worked fine: I suspect this can be fixed by modifying the rotation value from CCW to...what? Are these rotations relative to each other? And what other values could I put there other than CW, NONE, CCW, and HALF?
--[[User:The ev|The ev]] 05:05, 13 February 2007 (CET)

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 6.10 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-02-13T04:04:36Z

The ev:

== Annoying head parking ==

Does anybody else get an annoying, repetitive disk-head parking noise? I've already had to scrap one bad hard drive, I'm hoping this one isn't defective as well.

- Chris

== Wacom Suspend Fix ==

Awesome call by Trithemius with the acpi/resume.d wacom fix... I just fixed the command's little typo and added the chmod.

- Chris

I cannot seem to get this fix to work on my X41; I followed the instructions to the letter, but bringing the system out of Suspend still drops the wacom. I don't know if it's related, but when I close the lid (in Power Management, I have it set to suspend), it whirs and then beeps as if it has suspended (the moon is lit up), but when I open the lid again, I'm greeted with a black screen with a blinking command prompt cursor (nothing else), and the system won't resume. I have to open and close the lid several times before the system resumes back to Ubuntu (fully functional, except the dropped wacom). There is an error message that flickers up during this process that disappears too quickly for me to write it down - something about how something failed to start, and maybe some sort of number beginning with a 13. Does anyone know where I might be able to find some sort of log so I can track down that error? I have a hunch that the system hangs and behaves erratically when resuming because it's trying to load (possibly incorrectly) the wacom driver or something. I'd really like to get this fixed, as this is one of the last barriers to getting Ubuntu working flawlessly on my tablet. Thanks.

- Evan

== NetBoot Installation Move ==

I moved the NetBoot portion of the documentation, as it's part of isntallation instructions. The pre-installation notes were intended for README-like things, not so much actual procedure.

== Screen Rotation ==

I followed your guide to create the screen rotation scripts/events, and after acpi force-reload and restart it works just fine. But when I reboot the machine, I have to reload and restart acpi again, otherwise it won't work.

----
--[[User:Aerials|aerials]] 21:51, 27 September 2006 (CEST)

=== Re: Screen Rotation ===

Yeah, I've been having this problem as well, and I'm working on a (quick and easy) solution. The problem is a result of acpid starting in rc before there's a display configured... If you look in /var/log/acpid you'll see a whole bunch of "cannot find display". That's why after you get a display running and restart acpid, everything works.

- Chris

== rotate script ==

for me in order to get it working i have to modify 
x41tsdown.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o right"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xvkbd&"
sleep 2
fi
</pre>
x41tsup.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -omright"
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o normal"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate NONE"
sleep 2
fi
killall xvkbd
</pre>

[[User:Waldwolf|Waldwolf]] 00:41, 4 October 2006 (CEST)

== Rotate Button ==

Following the suggestion in the [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_OpenSUSE_10.2_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Rotate_Button openSUSE 10.2 X41 Guide], and combining that script with xbindkeys (using xbindkeys-config), I was able to get on-demand screen and stylus rotation for the tablet access button. The aforementioned script needs to be changed so that all references to "Mouse[5]" refer to "stylus". However, when the screen is inverted (xrandr -o 1, I believe), the stylus axis seems to be totally reversed/reflected (I'm not very spatially inclined) while the other three orientations worked fine: I suspect this can be fixed by modifying the rotation value from CCW to...what? Are these rotations relative to each other? And what other values could I put there other than CW, NONE, CCW, and HALF?

- Evan

Talk:Installing Ubuntu 6.10 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-02-13T04:03:08Z

The ev:

== Annoying head parking ==

Does anybody else get an annoying, repetitive disk-head parking noise? I've already had to scrap one bad hard drive, I'm hoping this one isn't defective as well.

- Chris

== Wacom Suspend Fix ==

Awesome call by Trithemius with the acpi/resume.d wacom fix... I just fixed the command's little typo and added the chmod.

- Chris

I cannot seem to get this fix to work on my X41; I followed the instructions to the letter, but bringing the system out of Suspend still drops the wacom. I don't know if it's related, but when I close the lid (in Power Management, I have it set to suspend), it whirs and then beeps as if it has suspended (the moon is lit up), but when I open the lid again, I'm greeted with a black screen with a blinking command prompt cursor (nothing else), and the system won't resume. I have to open and close the lid several times before the system resumes back to Ubuntu (fully functional, except the dropped wacom). There is an error message that flickers up during this process that disappears too quickly for me to write it down - something about how something failed to start, and maybe some sort of number beginning with a 13. Does anyone know where I might be able to find some sort of log so I can track down that error? I have a hunch that the system hangs and behaves erratically when resuming because it's trying to load (possibly incorrectly) the wacom driver or something. I'd really like to get this fixed, as this is one of the last barriers to getting Ubuntu working flawlessly on my tablet. Thanks.

- Evan

== NetBoot Installation Move ==

I moved the NetBoot portion of the documentation, as it's part of isntallation instructions. The pre-installation notes were intended for README-like things, not so much actual procedure.

== Screen Rotation ==

I followed your guide to create the screen rotation scripts/events, and after acpi force-reload and restart it works just fine. But when I reboot the machine, I have to reload and restart acpi again, otherwise it won't work.

----
--[[User:Aerials|aerials]] 21:51, 27 September 2006 (CEST)

=== Re: Screen Rotation ===

Yeah, I've been having this problem as well, and I'm working on a (quick and easy) solution. The problem is a result of acpid starting in rc before there's a display configured... If you look in /var/log/acpid you'll see a whole bunch of "cannot find display". That's why after you get a display running and restart acpid, everything works.

- Chris

== rotate script ==

for me in order to get it working i have to modify 
x41tsdown.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o right"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate CW"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xvkbd&"
sleep 2
fi
</pre>
x41tsup.sh
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -omright"
XUSER=`who | grep ' :0' | cut -d ' ' -f 1`
if test -n "$XUSER"; then
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xrandr -o normal"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "cursor" Rotate NONE"
su - $XUSER -c "DISPLAY=:0 xsetwacom set "eraser" Rotate NONE"
sleep 2
fi
killall xvkbd
</pre>

[[User:Waldwolf|Waldwolf]] 00:41, 4 October 2006 (CEST)

== Rotate Button ==

Following the suggestion in the [http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_OpenSUSE_10.2_on_a_ThinkPad_X41_Tablet#Rotate_Button openSUSE 10.2 X41 Guide], and combining that script with xbindkeys (using xbindkeys-config), I was able to get on-demand screen and stylus rotation for the tablet access button. The aforementioned script needs to be changed so that all references to "Mouse[5]" refer to "stylus". However, when the screen is inverted (xrandr -o 1, I believe), the stylus axis seems to be totally reversed/reflected (I'm not very spatially inclined): I suspect this can be fixed by modifying the rotation value from CCW to...what? Are these rotations relative to each other? And what other values could I put there other than CW, NONE, CCW, and HALF?

- Evan

Talk:Installing OpenSUSE 10.2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-02-12T08:39:22Z

The ev:

Talk:Installing OpenSUSE 10.2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-02-12T08:30:11Z

The ev:

I've tried following the instructions for getting Tablet functionality, but I can't get the stylus to work properly. The very first time I just selected the default settings, and it worked flawlessly, then it (for some reason) stopped working, and I couldn't get SaX2 GUI to load again. After launching SaX2 from the first console as root, I couldn't get the stylus to work at all - even in the test server - regardless of what options I selected in SaX2. I've since done a clean reinstall, and I still can't get the stylus to work. The cursor flicks randomly and sporadically when I bring the stylus within range of the screen, but not predictably so. It also seems to mess up the eraser mouse from time to time, though if I click on enough things with the eraser mouse buttons it seems to reset itself. Help! --Evan

Talk:Installing OpenSUSE 10.2 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2007-02-12T08:23:16Z

The ev: