Automatic screen rotate for N810 - Page 23 - maemo.org

kteak | # 221 | 2008-08-23, 18:35 | Report

Originally Posted by pwsn View Post

When i rotate to portrait and and open the keyboard it switches back to landscape fine. When i close, it doesn't go back to portrait. I've tried the box checked and unchecked. And it seems to have stopped working alltogether after a reboot.

Something i'm missing?

I have this problem too. Reinstalling sliderotate won't fix this. Rotating via advanced-backlight applet works fine. Rotating using xrandr -command works fine also.

Any ideas?

Naranek | # 222 | 2008-09-01, 08:28 | Report

I installed the sliderotate and it seems to work pretty well. However my first install failed because I didn't have my network connection on. You might want to add an instruction to keeping it enabled.

My power-button is also still working badly. I would like to use it like before so I can easily lock the tablet, but I need to doubleclick it to get the menu. Single click would be great, or even better if you could make it just lock the device and shut down the screen on single, menu on double.

Thanks for a great enhancement

emjayes | # 223 | 2008-10-02, 12:25 | Report

I just upgraded the sliderotate to match the latest SSU. (seamless my ***)
The version numbering has also been changed to reflect the needed SSU version.
Therefore current version is 4.2008-36-5.28 where .28 is the sliderotate version prefixed with the current SSU.

I had a lot of trouble getting the latest SSU installed because I ran out of space.
My solution was :

Code:

mkdir /media/mmc2/archives
mv /var/cache/apt/archives/* /media/mmc2/arcives
rmdir /var/cache/apt/archives 
ln -s /media/mmc2/archives /var/cache/apt/archives

and redo the installation.

If you already have sliderotate installed, you may not be able to do the SSU.
remove it, do the SSU and reinstall sliderotate using Application manager.

To make things even worse, this seems to fail sometimes.
If this happens, it must be installed with apt.

Code:

sudo gainroot
apt-get update
apt-get install -f
apt-get install sliderotate

I will look into the installation problems as soon as possible, but this will have to do now.

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grog | # 224 | 2008-10-02, 15:23 | Report

Originally Posted by emjayes View Post

[...snip...]
To make things even worse, this seems to fail sometimes.
If this happens, it must be installed with apt.

Code:

sudo gainroot
apt-get update
apt-get install -f
apt-get install sliderotate

I will look into the installation problems as soon as possible, but this will have to do now.

Here's my failed result of the third command:

Code:

+ rootsh apt-get install sliderotate
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following extra packages will be installed:
  kernel-diablo-flasher osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked
  rotation-support-n810 xserver-xomap
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  osso-software-version-rx44
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked rotation-support-n810 sliderotate
The following packages will be upgraded:
  kernel-diablo-flasher xserver-xomap
2 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 1 to remove and 72 not upgraded.
Need to get 6598B/2237kB of archives.
After unpacking 1090kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  kernel-diablo-flasher xserver-xomap rotation-support-n810 sliderotate
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? Get:1 http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com ./ osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked 1:4.2008.36-5 [6598B]
Failed to fetch http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/updates/diablo-2/./osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked_4.2008.36-5_all.deb  Size mismatch
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
Fetched 1B in 0s (1B/s)

I have not yet tried the '--fix-missing' switch. TX

emjayes | # 225 | 2008-10-02, 15:30 | Report

try this:

Code:

wget http://mikie.dy.fi/maemo/dists/diablo/user/binary-armel/osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked_4.2008.36-5_all.deb
dpkg -i osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked_4.2008.36-5_all.deb
apt-get install sliderotate

You seem to be getting the wrong osso-software-version
That should fix it
I fought over that part for quite some while too, and forgot it apparently

grog | # 226 | 2008-10-02, 17:12 | Report

Originally Posted by emjayes View Post

try this:

Code:

wget http://mikie.dy.fi/maemo/dists/diablo/user/binary-armel/osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked_4.2008.36-5_all.deb
dpkg -i osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked_4.2008.36-5_all.deb
apt-get install sliderotate

You seem to be getting the wrong osso-software-version
That should fix it

Unfortunately not. The error I get when trying to install is:

Code:

osso-software-version-rx44-unlocked conflicts with osso-software-version-variant

I have osso-software-version-variant already installed but it doesn't list a version. Shouild I try un-installing it? TX

emjayes | # 227 | 2008-10-03, 10:43 | Report

Refresh the repos, and try again.
I had a typo in package control file which may be what prevents sliderotate from installing correctly.
If necessary, uninstall sliderotate first, then do the SSU to 4.2008.36-5, then install sliderotate again.
Check that the version is 4.2008.36-5.28 not 4-2008.36-5.28 (the broken one)
If you see the one with the dash, update the repos again.
sliderotate-4.2008.36-5.28 should install quite cleanly.

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grog | # 228 | 2008-10-03, 12:41 | Report

Originally Posted by emjayes View Post

Refresh the repos, and try again.
I had a typo in package control file which may be what prevents sliderotate from installing correctly.
If necessary, uninstall sliderotate first, then do the SSU to 4.2008.36-5, then install sliderotate again.
Check that the version is 4.2008.36-5.28 not 4-2008.36-5.28 (the broken one)
If you see the one with the dash, update the repos again.
sliderotate-4.2008.36-5.28 should install quite cleanly.

Worked like a charm right from the Application Manager (FWIW I had previously un-installed sliderotate) THANKS!!

bongo | # 229 | 2008-10-03, 12:44 | Report

Is there a way to fix the ugly looking home wallpaper in portrait mode?

emjayes | # 230 | 2008-10-03, 12:46 | Report

Yes. Don't use one.
That's how I fixed it

Just plain black color with echo theme is what I have