On 11/20/21, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > riveravaldez wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm on Debian 11 in a ThinkPad X220 Tablet (convertible) >> and I need to rotate the display (both physically and GUI) >> which I do with: >> >> $ xrandr --output LVDS-1 --rotate inverted >> >> But then the input (trackpad/mouse, stylus, touchscreen, etc.) >> doesn't rotate accordingly, so it gets unusable... > > Right, because for most cases, rotating a monitor doesn't mean > picking up your mouse and rotating it, too. > > If you've got an external mouse, you'll see that works just > fine, but that defeats the point of a tablet.
Absolutely right. Thanks a lot for the information. >> I've been reading different recommendations online >> but can't figure out which would be the best/proper/simpler >> approach to achieve this reliably (that hardware input >> stays consistent with the GUI in display when rotated). >> >> What should I do? Any hint? > > I haven't done this, but I believe xinput is going to be your > friend. It can list devices, list properties, and set whatever > needs to be set. Thanks, Dan, I'm going to check it. > The older way of doing this is to get into the Mouse section of > your xorg.conf. > > Wayland has its own ways, which perhaps someone else can > explain. Thanks a lot again. Just to avoid any waste of help, there's nothing/no wayland package in this box, pure X. Regards!
