Problems installing fjbtndrv

[M@s]

Hi,

I have a Fujitsu-Siemens T4010D running Ubuntu 8.10, and I'm trying to get the tablet buttons and rotation working with fjbtndrv. I can't find an installation guide for it, and the Readme is empty. I got it working before when installing Ubuntu through Windows, but now I'm having a clean netboot installation. I can't remember how I got it working, but I think the procedure is as follows:

1. Download fjbtnrdv (fjbtndrv_2.0.orig.tar.gz) and unzip.
2. Run ./configure in terminal.
3. make
4. make install

Is this correct? On step 2 I get this error:

checking for XRANDR... configure: error: Package requirements (x11 xrandr) were not met:

No package 'x11' found
No package 'xrandr' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables XRANDR_CFLAGS
and XRANDR_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

Any ideas?

[Favux]

Hi M@s,

Have you considered PMing aussiedwarf. We know he got it to work. You could ask him for help. I doubt he is aware of this thread.

Have you read any read.me's in the unpacked source code tar? Usually they'll tell you if you need to do anything else.

[sirajperson]

Hey there M@t. Just type the following into the command line. It adds the fjbtndvr ppa repository and installs it.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:khnz; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y install fjbtndrv

Then reboot. This adds auto rotation, and fixes the buttons... At least it did a great job on my Fujitsu t4420

Cheers!

[GotDiesel]

WOW that worked perfectly on my T900. I've been trying to install the driver for weeks. I know this post is old but thanks!!

[limotux]

Hey there M@t. Just type the following into the command line. It adds the fjbtndvr ppa repository and installs it.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:khnz; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y install fjbtndrv

Then reboot.
....
Cheers!

I wonder why this is not working anymore?
I am getting the following error:

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/khnz/ppa/ubuntu/dists/isadora/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package fjbtndrv

Any suggestions?
What about the .deb packages on this link? https://launchpad.net/~khnz/+archive/ppa/+buildjob/1996623

Would they work properly? which to install?
I don't want to take the risk of installing something that might mess up my system as I already have stylus and multitouch working, but no rotate.

Thanks for your help.

[GotDiesel]

I upgraded to 11.04 and I once again can't get the screen buttons and the auto rotate to work on my T900. Although the above procedure worked with 10.10, I am having no luck with Natty.

[Cobuntu]

The PPA has been updated and I just tried as described in #3 on my T730. All five buttons worked immediately! Ubuntu 11.10.

[SonikkuAmerica]

Unfortunately, the fjbtndrv packages don't work in 12.04 (Precise) or 12.10 (Quantal) (T4220). Has the project been discontinued?

[Favux]

Hi SonikkuAmerica,

Welcome to Ubuntu forums!

Has the project been discontinued?

Yes. Because the kernel maintainers finally accepted Robert Gerlach's fujitsu-tablet.ko into the 3.3 kernel. But you'd want the one in the 3.4 kernel because Robert did some bug fixes.

You can get that version of fujitsu-tablet.ko as a dkms implementation for Precise or earlier in Magick Rotation. See the MagickExtras folder: https://launchpad.net/magick-rotation

Should be working out of the box with Quantal's 3.5 kernel. You just need a script to rotate would be my guess. Or Magick Rotation.