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BackGammon

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Registered: 2026-05-14

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Autorotate Screen on a Convertible 2-in-1 Laptop?

Is anyone running bunsenlabs on a convertible?

I am using a Lenovo X1 Carbon Yoga and it doesn't seem to pickup the alignment when I use it in portrait (tablet) or tent mode and autorotate accordingly.

Touchscreen works as expected. I have tried adding a few other packages suggested by search results but they either aren't in apt or work as expected.

It has worked on other distros so I think it isn't a hardware problem.

dPa

Last edited by BackGammon (2026-05-20 00:49:26)

WizardofCOR

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Re: Autorotate Screen on a Convertible 2-in-1 Laptop?

Not I, sir.
A quick search revealed that auto-rotation issues on the Lenovo X1 Carbon Yoga in Linux are often related to the iio-sensor-proxy package, which handles sensor data for screen rotation.  Users have reported that auto-rotation works in Xorg but not in Wayland.

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BackGammon

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Re: Autorotate Screen on a Convertible 2-in-1 Laptop?

Thanks, my research found the same. BL ships with both, correct? Do I have to pick something other than Openbox if I move to Wayland?

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Re: Autorotate Screen on a Convertible 2-in-1 Laptop?

BL does not ship with Wayland support, though a plugin is in the pipeline.

And yes, the Wayland plugin will use labwc not openbox.

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