autorotate is Linux/X11 utility for 2in1 laptops and other devices with touchscreen. No ROOT privileges necessary!
Download and unzip autorotate.zip. Give execution permission with command:
unzip autorotate.zip
cd bin/
chmod +x autorotate
To compile binary file in bin directory, run the command:
go build -o bin/autorotate
cd bin/
chmod +x autorotate
Command left right portrait and lanscape are wrappers around xrandr and xinput to synchronize rotation of screen and digitizer. In fact they will rotate all xinput devices including stylus, touchpad, touchscreen, mouse and webcam.
Laptops with axis sensor can be run without any command to detect orientation. Flag --daemon is designed to run in background as a service.
Check display name with list command.
autorotate list
In following examples eDP should be replaced with your display name.
Single run and exit:
autorotate left --display eDP
autorotate help
You keep app running with command that should be added to autostart in your window manager.
autorotate --display eDP
