Comment 28 for bug 1366421

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On Mon, 2016-12-05 at 14:58 +0000, marmuta wrote:
> We're already using AT-SPI2 on D-Bus for auto-show, word-suggestions and
> auto-capitalization, but I'm not sure it can help with detecting tablet-
> mode. At least I haven't found anything in that direction.
>

Yes. I use this mode, here, on Debian too.

> /etc/acpi/events/ seems more promising. As I understand it, devices can
> generate key-strokes on rotation and/or changing from/to tablet-mode. One can
> then run arbitrary scripts when that happens. See for example
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/1210823
>

Umm.. I'm not sure if acpi events really trap that event.

On my Debian box, these are the contents. And these are all provided by Laptop
Mode Tools, which is only involved for power savings.

rrs@learner:/var/tmp$ ls /etc/acpi/events/
lm_ac_adapter  lm_battery  lm_lid
2016-12-05 / 23:42:07 ♒♒♒  ☺

> There doesn't seem to exist a standardized interface for all possible
> devices, though. Each might have its own set of events. We probably
> can't easily add that part to Onboard.
>
> Unless someone runs tests on a convertible device, that is. Perhaps
> dbus-monitor can uncover some action when tablet-mode is entered/left.
>
> What we could do is add PauseAutoshow() (as mentioned in #2) to
> Onboard's D-Bus interface, ready to be called from scripts in
> /etc/acpi/events/.

I don't have the full context, but as I understand, you are looking for a way to
determine if the convertible is in normal or table mode.

Are you looking for something like the following ?

Connected to D-Bus.

Received reply from :1.5
  Arguments: [Variant(QString): "normal"]
Received reply from :1.5
  Arguments: [Variant(QString): "right-up"]
Received reply from :1.5
  Arguments: [Variant(QString): "bottom-up"]
Received reply from :1.5
  Arguments: [Variant(QString): "normal"]

iio-sensor-proxy can provide orientation information over dbus, provided your
device has the supported sensors.

PS: I have a convertible laptop (Lenovo Yoga 2 13). If there is anything I can
help with to improve onboard, please let me know. But the OS running on it will
be Debian.

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Ritesh Raj Sarraf
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"Necessity is the mother of invention."
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