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I'm using Arch Linux on an Acer Spin 5 laptop. The laptop lid can be turned backwards and then be used as a tablet. In Windows this is detected automatically and the keyboard is deactivated then. Arch seems to detect this, too, because when I turn the screen about 180° the keyboard gets deactivated, too.

I have tried to read out /proc/acpi/button/lid/LID0/state (with a script) when the lid is turned more 180°, but the state is still just "open" then. So how can I detect whether the lid is just open or open more than 180°?

Also Windows seems to be able to detect the device orientation and adjusts screen orientation accordingly (like holding it sideways), is it possible, to detect this in Arch, too?

herhuf
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  • Does anything appear in the `dmesg` output, or the `systemd` journal (`journalctl`), when you turn the lid? – JigglyNaga Jan 03 '17 at 17:49
  • No, nothing appears there. – herhuf Jan 03 '17 at 19:45
  • When the keyboard is deactivated, is it just X that stops receiving its input, or the consoles (tty1 etc) too? We need to work out at what level this deactivation occurs, and what event triggers it. – JigglyNaga Jan 04 '17 at 10:07
  • I logged out of i3 and tried it. The keyboard gets deactivated on tty1 as well. – herhuf Jan 04 '17 at 17:26

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