Ubuntu :: Acpid Behaves Strangely On Tablet
Oct 19, 2010
I have followed this guide to setup automatic screen rotation on a fresh installation of Maverick on a Lenovo X200t. This involves creating the file:
Code:
$cat /etc/acpi/events/x200t-swivel-down
# /etc/acpi/events/x200t-swivel-down
# called when tablet head swivels down
event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00005009
action=/etc/acpi/x200t-swivel-down.sh
and the script
Code:
$cat /etc/acpi/x200t-swivel-down.sh
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/xrandr -o inverted
touch /home/nikos/Desktop/swivel-down
xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet stylus" Rotate half
xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet touch" Rotate half
xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet eraser" Rotate half
(similar for swivel-up)
What I find strange:
- calling the script with ./x200t-swivel-down.sh works (both with and without sudo).
- rotating the screen to tablet mode only executes the touch commands (which I entered for debugging)
Obviously, the acpi event is registered correctly and reacted upon. Just why are the xrandr and xsetwacom commands ignored?
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Jun 12, 2010
I've recently noticed that whenever I log in via fingerprint reader (AES2501), my system behaves strangely.
For example, the Gnome panels take almost a full minute to appear after everything else has been loaded, and there's no NetworkManager icon in the panel - even though nm-applet (and thus NetworkManager) is running as shown by top; that can be (partially) solved by killing NetworkManager, restarting dbus, and then manually running NetworkManager.
None of that happens when logging in using a password.
Short of not using my fingerprint reader, what can I do?
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Sep 15, 2010
I m on ubuntu 10.04 and have a Trust tb 4200 tablet.. and having problems with my trust tablet runing on ubuntu.. i pluged in the tablet and to my amaze it started working right away until i pressed the pen on the tablet.. i cant seem to move the mouse curser anymore unless i touch the pen on the tablet. (wich acts as a click) so i thought that i may be missing the drivers.. i checked thes forum and there was a post to install the aptek drivers which i did (but still worked the same) and i found out thet there was no 10-aiptek.fdi (in "/etc/hal/fdi/policy/") so i created one and copied one from a post.. in [url]...3&postcount=50 but still cant move the courser without touching.. its like if it did no diference at all.. i also changed the values in the 10-aiptek.fdi with no changes.. the size of the tablet is just the size of the screen so i am using the full tablet.. and no buttons work...
I think the drivers are not workin.. in the synaptic it shows as intalled...
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Upgraded to 11.04 and my graphical tablet is recognized no longer Any idea how can I set it up? Wizardpen is not working, the ppa on my repository says something about "Natty" instead of "Maverick" (As than before)
If I type lsusb on my terminal then this line appears:
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Which is completely false because the Genius MousePen 5x4 Tablet is this one
And I have the Genius Easypen i405, which is this one
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Mar 13, 2010
I have noticed they sell digital writing tablets that have the ability to show the pen strokes both on the tablet's display and on the computer's monitor at the same time, and I think they are called LCD digital tablets and they serve as both a second computer monitor AND a writing tablet combined in one, such as the Wacom Cintiq, and must be connected both by USB as well as with a VGA/DVI port, and you have the ability to open up a drawing application directly from the tablet such as Paint where you can draw or write on the tablet's display. And you can see what you are writing on the tablet's display. Then you save the results to a JPEG file, for example.
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When executing the following command
> sudo apt-get install acpid
I get the following response
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package acpid
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Pentium 2, 333MHz
Motherboard Chipset Intel 82440LX/EX
ACPI is : Not Supported according to some system detection software I have, is that the reason?
Is there another way to get the computer to shutdown safely when the powerbutton is pressed, instead of power loss occurring?
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I've install FC14 on my iMac 27" i7 and I'm having exactly the same issue I had with Ubuntu 10.10: acpid eats 90% of one Core all the time.With Ubuntu this issue was solved by updating but with FC14 no way, I can't find any solution.Right now I've turned off acpi and apm at boot time but this only let me use one of my four Cores.
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Code:
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FILE=/home/andrew/scripts/links.txt
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which linux distro should be used on a tablet pc. Some of them may seem unrelated, but they are not. I am looking to buy a very thin, very lightweight tablet pc, just like the ipad. However, I can not get the Ipad itself, because it does not have a USB port, and I must have at least one USB port on the tablet.
1. Which linux distro would you install on a tablet pc, (such as the ipad or archos 9) and why? I would like to be able to run a windows OS, simply because that is what I am accustomed to. But alas, I can not. The perfect tablet for me was canceled for this very reason. The HP "Slate". As was the Microsoft brand "Courier" tablet. They were both going to run some lighter weight version of Windows 7, but even that drained the battery so fast that HP ended up canceling the product. So I have to come up with another good OS, that is very lightweight. I really like the look of Kubuntu. Is there any reason I shouldn't install Kubuntu on my tablet PC?
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I'm running a
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Kernel Linux 2.6.32-24-generic
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Quick info:
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EDIT NOW ON KARMIC KOALA.
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X.org
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