How to Rotate the Screen for a TX2000 Tablet PC

[bugle]

Hey Favux!
turning on the log made magick ! it rotated the screen thru flipping the pivot hinge...

22:40:44: cur_state: 2 22:40:44: old_state: 0 
22:40:44: calling rotation b: 
22:40:44: right
22:40:45: calling cellwriter --show-window
22:40:45: Change to Tablet mode
22:40:45: checking for rotation
22:40:45: /usr/bin/checkmagick32
22:41:12: cur_state: 0 
22:41:12: old_state: 2 
22:41:13: calling rotation a: 
22:41:13: normal
22:41:13: calling cellwriter --hide-window
22:41:13: Change to normal state
22:41:13: checking for rotation
22:41:13: /usr/bin/checkmagick32

how bout that?
and it still works now without debugging tool on. cool!

still no screen buttons

[Favux]

Weird but cool. Good it is working now.

Yeah, memory is a problem with the TC1000s.

No you don't need to patch hp-wmi.c. Matthew Garrett did that ages ago. I just wasn't sure if that applied to the TC4000s or not. Can't remember.

So down to the bezel buttons. The patch applied OK to xf86-input-wacom 0.20 as far as you could tell? Wonder if changes to xf86-input-wacom broke to bezel button patch functionality. There's that alternative patch too.

I gather you're using the updated how to on the Mint forums. Are you posting there too?

[bugle]

FavUx,
Yes the patches completed and xf86-wacom-0.20.0 compiled ok...
at least I'm getting SOME xev recognition... no Keycodes tho. But this does lead me to believe that the button patch is doing something.
(I wasn't getting any responce from xev before the patch... (note here, that I may not have had the cursor in the box in xev when testing for keycodes before the button patch was applied) The Frankenserver > 0.18 patch to xf86-wacom-0.20.0 patched simply and with out error
the AddHPTC****but'.patch I had to change to the wacom src directory and apply with -p0, then it applied with out error.

xev pressing screen buttons...

KeymapNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x0,    keys:  4294967212 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   
           0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   


LeaveNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
    root 0xac, subw 0x2e00002, time 75854826, (41,33), root:(44,542),
    mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyVirtual, same_screen YES,
    focus YES, state 0


EnterNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
    root 0xac, subw 0x2e00002, time 75854826, (41,33), root:(44,542),
    mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyVirtual, same_screen YES,
    focus YES, state 0

All three screen buttons have the same output... only the time changes.

I DID post in Mint forums, but not directly to your Howto, rather in the forums hardware section.

[Favux]

I'm still trying to figure out why using the debugging log got things working. I think maybe it was the Save. Magick doesn't create its .xml file until the first Save, before that it uses the defaults. So the BIOS value switch check box wouldn't have been active before then I guess.

I went through the bezel button stuff for the TCs at the time they were first posted and thought I mostly understood what was going on. But have long since forgotten the details. But don't they use xsetwacom? Not real sure xev is going to show a button press or release event given that.

[bugle]

Favux,
my noodle is worn down and I need to get my plotter up and running... I'm not going to sweat about the extraneous toys (buttons) right now. The tablet is very usable now... I've got tablet mode working and stable Much quicker than a Gentoo install! I'm going to use the tablet and get more familiar with its quirks and let the bigger ones rise to the top. I've got a bunch of familiarizing todo with this new for me distribution .
thank you for your help.

[Favux]

You're welcome.

I haven't used Gentoo but Jayhawk had it. I gather it taught you a lot but he'd complain about the time it took to compile everything (that's Gentoo rigth?).

I'm fairly confident you'll figure out the bezel buttons at some point. Glad to hear otherwise it is giving you what you wanted.