Bug 332713

Summary:	[PATCH] synclient orientation: patch to allow to rotate your device
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	niogic <niogic>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gilles Dartiguelongue (RETIRED) <eva>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	chainsaw, egore, x11
Priority:	High
Version:	10.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://cc.oulu.fi/~rantalai/synaptics/
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Patched ebuild based on 1.2.2-r2 The small hack, allowing orientation A sh file using zenity allowing easy GUI for screen+mouse rotation

Description niogic 2010-08-14 10:27:31 UTC

Why doesn't gentoo synaptics drivers allow "orientation" parameter?
You need it to rotate you mouse together with screen so that you can use your 7'' 800x480 device as 480x800 to read ebooks but also to access some hidden menus that use 600 or 768 as minimum hard-coded height.

Ubuntu already has that patch from a long time.
X.org decided not to include it for some reason.

I've found a working patch for latest 1.2.2

Comment 1 niogic 2010-08-14 10:30:06 UTC

Created attachment 242915 [details]
Patched ebuild based on 1.2.2-r2

Comment 2 niogic 2010-08-14 10:30:38 UTC

Created attachment 242919 [details, diff]
The small hack, allowing orientation

Comment 3 niogic 2010-08-14 10:31:33 UTC

Created attachment 242921 [details]
A sh file using zenity allowing easy GUI for screen+mouse rotation

Comment 4 niogic 2010-09-11 14:54:51 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 296084 ***