Screen rotation does not rotate all input devices and needs custom settings

[leigh123linux]

@evilphish commented on Wed Aug 23 2017

• Cinnamon version (cinnamon --version)
  3.4.6

• Distribution - (Mint 17.2, Arch, Fedora 25, etc...)
  mint 18.2

• Graphics hardware and driver used
  intel HD620

• 32 or 64 bit
  64

Issue
Using cinnamon on a lenovo x1 yoga 2nd gen, while the automatic screen rotation with the help of iio-sensor-proxy works as expected, only the stylus gets rotated with the screen as well. Finger touch or any other pointing device still stays in normal orientation and is therefore unusable. The same happens if you do not use automatic rotation but rotate the display manually via the display settings or using xrandr from the command line.

In addition a "run on rotation" setting at least somewhere in dconf would be immensely helpful as it would allow toggling on or off the touchpad, launching other software, etc.

Steps to reproduce
Start cinnamon, rotate your display (either automatically or manually via display settings or xrandr). That's it.

Expected behaviour
All input pointing devices should rotate the same way as the display.

[clefebvre]

@leigh123linux can you see if porting GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon@8e488c9#diff-fcb47d623300ed1b66fd6623f532a39a helps?

[cajhne]

Having this same issue with my ASUS Transformer Mini. I can confirm that it works properly with Ubuntu 18.10 in Gnome (GNOME Shell 3.30.1), but fails with Cinnamon desktop (Cinnamon 3.8.8).

[cajhne]

The command xinput set-prop "ELAN22A6:00 04F3:22A6" --type=float "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1
Fixes the coords for right-rotated (clockwise) touchscreen coords.

[cajhne]

Likewise, if you have pen input, it needs to be rotated too: xinput set-prop "ELAN22A6:00 04F3:22A6 Pen Pen (0)" --type=float "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1

[cajhne]

Note to those who want to diy fix, just type "xinput" into the command line, and use the name of your device in the command:
xinput set-prop "YOURDEVICE" --type=float "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1

If you're rotating COUNTER-clockwise (LEFT), the command is:
xinput set-prop "YOURDEVICE" --type=float "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

[ebrensi]

Hey everyone! Check out my hacked fix for this problem, at https://gist.github.com/ebrensi/6d270bd84f04fbe0366fbbc3e5cf7054

It's a shell script that automatically rotates the Pen (Stylus) Device orientation, since Cinnamon appears not to do that by default. You will need to add it to your startup scripts.

It works on my HP Spectre x360 Convertible.

I modified an existing solution, so I don't know how efficient it is or if there are potential conflicts. Please let me know if there are potential problems with it.

[elmosan]

Hi, having the same issue with my ASUS VivoBook Flip 14. It works with gnome but not with cinnamon. The XInput set-property 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' does not work, as it gets reverted immediately everytime. Trying to set the default value with 'libinput Calibration Matrix Default' gets the error "X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)". So how can I fix this permanently?

[sphh]

I have the same problem on two computers (Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and Microsoft Surface Pro 5 (2017)), both running Linux Mint 19.3 and Cinnamon 4.4.8.

On both the screen rotates and on both the pen does not rotate.

Here are some details:

Surface Pro 3

$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Mouse      	id=9	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Consumer Control	id=10	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Touchpad   	id=11	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ NTRG0001:01 1B96:1B05 Pen (0)           	id=17	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ NTRG0001:01 1B96:1B05                   	id=15	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Surface Pro 3/4 Buttons                 	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Keyboard   	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft LifeCam Front: Micros         	id=12	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft LifeCam Rear: Microso         	id=13	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ NTRG0001:01 1B96:1B05                   	id=14	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Consumer Control	id=16	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Surface Pen Keyboard                    	id=18	[slave  keyboard (3)]

and

$ grep xrandr .xsession-errors
(csd-xrandr:1262): common-plugin-WARNING **: 19:17:25.298: Error in setting "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" for "NTRG0001:01 1B96:1B05"

The (finger) touchscreen rotates correctly.

I can rotate the pen and eraser with

$ xinput set-prop 17 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1

with 17 pointing to NTRG0001:01 1B96:1B05 Pen (0) and not NTRG0001:01 1B96:1B05 as mentioned in the error message.

Surface Pro 5 (2017)

$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ IPTS Singletouch                        	id=10	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Consumer Control	id=11	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Touchpad   	id=14	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Mouse      	id=15	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ IPTS Stylus Eraser (0)                  	id=16	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ IPTS Stylus Pen (0)                     	id=17	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ gpio-keys                               	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ gpio-keys                               	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ IPTS Stylus                             	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Consumer Control	id=12	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft Surface Type Cover Keyboard   	id=13	[slave  keyboard (3)]

and

$ grep xrandr .xsession-errors
(csd-xrandr:5510): common-plugin-WARNING **: 15:24:12.868: Error in setting "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" for "IPTS Stylus"

On this computer the touchscreen does not work, because of the kernel used.

I can rotate both pen and eraser with

$ xinput set-prop 16 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1
$ xinput set-prop 17 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1

with the numbers pointing to IPTS Stylus Eraser (0) and IPTS Stylus Pen (0) and not just IPTS Stylus as mentioned in the error message.

I also noticed that the pen and eraser with Pen (0) and Eraser (0) appended to their name only appears after they were used at least once. It looks to me, that csd-xrandr does not update the available devices, but I am no expert ...

Please note, that I use the patched libinput from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput. This is needed to get the eraser working.

Does this help to track down the problem? If you need any more information, I am happy to provide it.

[sphh]

Hi, I just tried to apply the patch mentioned by @clefebvre in #188 (comment), but got the following compile errors even before applying the patch:

make[3]: Entering directory '/home/sphh/Software/git/cinnamon-settings-daemon/plugins/xrandr'
  CCLD     csd-xrandr
csd_xrandr-csd-xrandr-manager.o: In function `adjust_output_positions_for_scaling':
/home/sphh/Software/git/cinnamon-settings-daemon/plugins/xrandr/csd-xrandr-manager.c:1096: undefined reference to `gnome_rr_screen_calculate_best_global_scale'
/home/sphh/Software/git/cinnamon-settings-daemon/plugins/xrandr/csd-xrandr-manager.c:1098: undefined reference to `gnome_rr_output_info_set_scale'
/home/sphh/Software/git/cinnamon-settings-daemon/plugins/xrandr/csd-xrandr-manager.c:1104: undefined reference to `gnome_rr_config_set_base_scale'
csd_xrandr-csd-xrandr-manager.o: In function `use_stored_configuration_or_auto_configure_outputs':
/home/sphh/Software/git/cinnamon-settings-daemon/plugins/xrandr/csd-xrandr-manager.c:1806: undefined reference to `gnome_rr_config_get_legacy_filename'
csd_xrandr-csd-xrandr-manager.o: In function `apply_stored_configuration_at_startup':
/home/sphh/Software/git/cinnamon-settings-daemon/plugins/xrandr/csd-xrandr-manager.c:2002: undefined reference to `gnome_rr_config_get_legacy_filename'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:558: recipe for target 'csd-xrandr' failed
make[3]: *** [csd-xrandr] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/sphh/Software/git/cinnamon-settings-daemon/plugins/xrandr'

Looks like a package is missing. But which one?

All other plugins up to this one compiled successfully.

What I did on my Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon system:

1. I made a local copy of the repository:
   git clone https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-settings-daemon.git
2. I installed all Build-Depends mentioned in debian/control
3. ./autogen.sh
4. make

Any help how to compile the xrandr plugin is highly appreciated, so that I can test the xrandr plugin (and make a PR). Thanks.

[icarter09]

@sphh are you still experiencing this issue?

[sphh]

Yes, since the daemon has not changed in recent time. From /usr/share/doc/cinnamon-settings-daemon/changelog.gz:

cinnamon-settings-daemon (4.4.0+tricia) tricia; urgency=medium
 -- Clement Lefebvre <root@linuxmint.com>  Sat, 16 Nov 2019 16:37:55 +0100

I also just downloaded the beta version of Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon and there I observe the same phenomenon: The screen rotates, the touchscreen rotates but the pen input does not.

[icarter09]

@sphh thanks for the update.