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BackGammon

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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?

johnraff

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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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BackGammon

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

As a person that is fairly green on the Linux basics is there anything I can do to help? (Either getting it through the pipeline or testing once it is ready?)

BG

johnraff

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

^Yes, the Wayland plugin will be available soon and then we'll be appealing for everyone who's interested to try it out, so we can squeeze out all the bugs.

Your help is always welcome!
(Keep an eye on the forum, especially in the Development & Suggestions and  Dev Discussions sections, for requests for testing and the like...)

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BackGammon

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

Will do. If there is an official thread already started let me know and I will subscribe.

BG