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4.2 KiB
HTML
257 lines
4.2 KiB
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
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<HTML
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><TITLE
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>Display</TITLE
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><META
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="Linux on the Road"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Tablet PCs / Pen PCs"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-intro.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Introduction"
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HREF="x1536.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Handwriting Recognition"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-handwriting.html"></HEAD
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><BODY
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CLASS="sect1"
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BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
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TEXT="#000000"
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LINK="#0000FF"
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VLINK="#840084"
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ALINK="#0000FF"
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><DIV
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CLASS="NAVHEADER"
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><TABLE
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SUMMARY="Header navigation table"
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><TR
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><TH
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COLSPAN="3"
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ALIGN="center"
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>Linux on the Road: </TH
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><TR
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="left"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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><A
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HREF="x1536.html"
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ACCESSKEY="P"
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>Prev</A
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><TD
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WIDTH="80%"
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ALIGN="center"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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>Chapter 9. Tablet PCs / Pen PCs</TD
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-handwriting.html"
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>Next</A
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WIDTH="100%"></DIV
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><H1
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CLASS="sect1"
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><A
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NAME="mobile-guide-p4c1-tablet-display"
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></A
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>9.2. Display</H1
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><H2
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CLASS="sect2"
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><A
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NAME="mobile-guide-p4c1s1-touchscreen"
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></A
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>9.2.1. Touchscreen</H2
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><P
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> The
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<A
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HREF="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Touch-Screen-HOWTO.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>XFree86-Touch-Screen-HOWTO</A
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describes how to setup X11 for touchscreens. There is also a short
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<A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/touch_laptops.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>survey of Linux laptops, which feature a touchscreen and/or have a pen as an input device</A
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> and a
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<A
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HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/tablet_unix.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>survey about Linux on Tablet PCs</A
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>.
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</P
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CLASS="sect2"
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><H2
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CLASS="sect2"
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NAME="mobile-guide-p4c1s1-screen-rotation"
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></A
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>9.2.2. Screen Rotation</H2
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><DIV
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CLASS="sect3"
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><H3
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CLASS="sect3"
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><A
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NAME="AEN1552"
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>9.2.2.1. X-Windows</H3
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><P
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> Some XFree86 drivers support a rotation of the display content. Use this
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entry in the configuration file (DEGREE can become
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CW - 90 degree clockwise ,
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CCW - 90 degree counterclockwise ,
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UD - 180 degree upside down,
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but which options actually work depends on the drivers:
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<TABLE
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BORDER="0"
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BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
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WIDTH="100%"
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><TR
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><TD
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><FONT
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COLOR="#000000"
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><PRE
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CLASS="programlisting"
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> Option "Rotate" "DEGREE"
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</PRE
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></FONT
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></TD
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></TABLE
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>
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</P
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><P
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> From version 4.3 on
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<A
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HREF="http://xfree86.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>XFree86</A
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> contains the RandR extension (X resize and
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Rotate Extension), which makes it possible to change the display resolution
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on the fly without restarting X11. The tool <B
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CLASS="command"
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>xrandr</B
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supports only resolution settings but no rotation. But the Tiny-X server
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by RandR developer Keith Packard (Xkdrive) implements all of the RandR
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features. But this is usually not included in the major distributions.
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Currently <A
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HREF="http://x.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>X.Org</A
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> doesn't seem to support
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rotate and resize.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="sect3"
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><H3
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NAME="AEN1560"
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></A
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>9.2.2.2. Utilities</H3
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><P
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> There are some rotation utilities for Linux PDAs available, but I haven't tested them
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for Tablet PCs yet. Search the
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<A
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HREF="http://killefiz.de/zaurus/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Zaurus Software Index - ZSI</A
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>.
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</P
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></DIV
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ALIGN="left"
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>Prev</A
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>Home</A
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>Next</A
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>Introduction</TD
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>Up</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="right"
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