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chippzy

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Registered: 2022-04-09

Posts: 1

Auto screen rotation+tablet mode for Lenovo Ideapad Flex 3 11ADA05

Hello,
I am new to Arch, but know a decent amount about Linux generally.
I have it installed on the 11ADA05(specifically the eMMC 64GB variant)
I use GNOME,gdm and Wayland.
My problem is, I dont know how I can make the screen rotate automatically.
I know its possible, as It worked without me needing to do anything on my Debian Stable install, so I know its possible.
I just dont know how to achieve this.
Thanks for the replies and sorry about formatting/forgetting important info, this is my first post

nomasteryoda

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From: Georgia, USA

Registered: 2012-11-16

Posts: 11

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Re: Auto screen rotation+tablet mode for Lenovo Ideapad Flex 3 11ADA05

Gnome worked out of the box, but I was able to make it rotate work for Plasma X11 (and Wayland) rather easily by installing the  AUR package kded-rotation-git my Spectre x360 2021 tablet convertible laptop. It rotates with a bit of lag, but editing the cpp file as instructed on the source website - https://github.com/dos1/kded_rotation - you can reduce the time of rotation (mine is set to 1 second). The screen goes black when rotating, but no worries as xrandr appears to do it's job no matter the orientation.

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