Troubleshooting - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 17-03-2009 Administration Manual

18.7 Troubleshooting

Virtual Keyboard Does Not Appear on Login Screen
Occasionally, the virtual keyboard is not displayed on the login screen. To solve
this, restart the X server by pressing Ctrl + Alt + <— or press the appropriate key
on your Tablet PC (if you use a slate model without integrated keyboard). If the
virtual keyboard still does not show, connect an external keyboard to your slate
model and log in using the hardware keyboard.
Orientation of the Wacom Graphics Tablets Does Not Change
With the xrandr command, you can change the orientation of your display from
within a shell. Enter xrandr --help to view the options available. To simulta-
neously change the orientation of your graphics tablet, the command needs to be
modified as described below:
• For normal orientation (0° rotation):
• For 90° rotation (clockwise, portrait):
• For 180° rotation (landscape):
• For 270° rotation (counterclockwise, portrait):
Note that the commands above depend on the contents of your /etc/X11/xorg
.conf configuration file. If you have configured your device with SaX2 as de-
scribed in
should work as they are written. If you have changed the Identifier of the
tablet stylus input device in xorg.conf manually, replace "Mouse[7]" with
the new Identifier. If you have a Wacom device with Touch support (you can
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xrandr --output LVDS ---rotate normal && xsetwacom set "Mouse[7]" Rotate
NONE
xrandr --output LVDS ---rotate right && xsetwacom set "Mouse[7]" Rotate
CW
xrandr --output LVDS --rotate inverted && xsetwacom set "Mouse[7]"
Rotate HALF
xrandr --output LVDS --rotate left && xsetwacom set "Mouse[7]" Rotate
CCW
Section 18.2, "Configuring Your Tablet Device" (page 203), the commands