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poptart

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Registered: 2025-07-14

Posts: 1

KDE+Wayland Autorotate for 2-in-1 Laptop

Hello!

I'm trying to get my HP Omnibook Ultra working in tablet/touch mode. So far, KDE does recognize when I have the keyboard folded back, but no matter what the screen will not rotate. Online, I've found various resources insisting that a large assortment of AUR packages is necessary, or, contradictorily, that it should work out of the box.

I am using KDE Plasma 6.4.2, Kernel 6.15.6-arch1-1, and have installed iio-sensor-proxy (which did not fix the problem)

Please advise how I might debug this, or what the up-to-date solution is.

sipak

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Registered: 2019-02-03

Posts: 44

Re: KDE+Wayland Autorotate for 2-in-1 Laptop

It should work out of the box if the sensor works correctly. Try enabling or disabling the "only in tablet mode" option, since some sensors fail to pass that click.
If that fails, then yes, your specific case may require a bunch of work.

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