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[Duncan McGreggor <duncan.mcgreggor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/23/2011 12:44 PM, Mohamed Ikbel Boulabiar wrote:
> Thanks Duncan for getting this subject again.
> 
> Many tablet-pc sends specific input events (WMI) when they are in tablet
> mode.
> (I don't know if there one which send other types of events)
> 
> This is the case of my HP TX2:
> 
> $ sudo evtest event23
> Input driver version is 1.0.1
> Input device ID: bus 0x19 vendor 0x0 product 0x0 version 0x0
> Input device name: "HP WMI hotkeys"
> Supported events:
>   Event type 0 (Sync)
>   Event type 1 (Key)
>     Event code 138 (Help)
>     Event code 148 (Prog1)
>     Event code 153 (Direction)
>     Event code 224 (Brightness down)
>     Event code 225 (Brightness up)
>     Event code 226 (Media)
>     Event code 358 (Info)
>   Event type 5 (?)
>     Event code 1 (?)
>     Event code 5 (?)
> Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
> Event: time 1298489895.245112, type 5 (?), code 1 (?), value 1
> Event: time 1298489895.245141, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> Event: time 1298489897.967856, type 5 (?), code 1 (?), value 0
> Event: time 1298489897.967865, -------------- Report Sync ------------
> 
> 
> These are events for Tablet-Mode-On then Tablet-Mode-Off.
> These are sent from the kernel but I think X doesn't have a way to handle
> them.
> I remember there was a discussion between Rafi and Peter Hutterer in
> xorg-devel on adding their support.
> I have also made some tries searching for a solution for this problem.
> 
> 
> I think the best way to collect most of problems and ideas for solutions is
> to create a wiki about it and putting all information we have in one place.
> 
> Duncan, what's the best place for that page in the ubuntu wiki ?
> 
> 
> i

Good call, Ikbel -- thanks.

I've created a wiki here:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch/Dev/AutoRotation

It's linked off of the Development page in the "Areas of Interest" section:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch/Development

I've filled in some details, and left much more to be done :-)

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