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Re: [trinity-users] Is it possible to change the desktop directory in TDE?

From: "E. Liddell" <ejlddll@...>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 07:46:44 -0400
On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 22:01:52 +0200
Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@...> wrote:

> I have a laptop (Thinkpad X220 Tablett) that I use at work.
> As you guess for "normal" work I use TDE, but unfortunately I found out that I 
> can't use the touchscreen well with TDE. If I rotate the screen I can't 
> calibrate it correctly (the pointer coordinates don't get rotated at all, so 
> pointing up right shows the pointer left down...).
> 
> A recent install of openSuSE Leap 42.3 let me discover that Gnome 3 (Gnome 
> Shell 3.20.2) has a Wacom calibration tool that solves this issue perfectly. 
> I've even managed to run konqueror as file browser from Gnome's Dash, but I 
> still prefer TDE.
> 
> So my present solution is to run TDE and TDM, and to logout/login in Gnome 
> Shell when I need the Wacom Tablett.

Question:  does the xsetwacom command-line tool exist on your system?
If so, you should be able to use it to apply a rotation.

E. Liddell