With credits to Ruben Barkow: https://gist.github.com/rubo77/daa262e0229f6e398766
#!/bin/bash # This script rotates the screen and touchscreen input 90 degrees each time it is called, # also disables the touchpad, and enables the virtual keyboard accordingly # by Ruben Barkow: https://gist.github.com/rubo77/daa262e0229f6e398766 #### configuration # find your Touchscreen and Touchpad device with `xinput` TouchscreenDevice='ATML1000:00 03EB:8A10' TouchpadDevice='SYNA2B22:00 06CB:2714' if [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] ; then echo 'Usage: rotate-screen.sh [OPTION]' echo echo 'This script rotates the screen and touchscreen input 90 degrees each time it is called,' echo 'also disables the touchpad, and enables the virtual keyboard accordingly' echo echo Usage: echo ' -h --help display this help' echo ' -j (just horizontal) rotates the screen and touchscreen input only 180 degrees' echo ' -n always rotates the screen back to normal' exit 0 fi touchpadEnabled=$(xinput --list-props "$TouchpadDevice" | awk '/Device Enabled/{print $NF}') screenMatrix=$(xinput --list-props "$TouchscreenDevice" | awk '/Coordinate Transformation Matrix/{print $5$6$7$8$9$10$11$12$NF}') # Matrix for rotation # ⎡ 1 0 0 ⎤ # ⎜ 0 1 0 ⎥ # ⎣ 0 0 1 ⎦ normal='1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1' normal_float='1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000' #⎡ -1 0 1 ⎤ #⎜ 0 -1 1 ⎥ #⎣ 0 0 1 ⎦ inverted='-1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1' inverted_float='-1.000000,0.000000,1.000000,0.000000,-1.000000,1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000' # 90° to the left # ⎡ 0 -1 1 ⎤ # ⎜ 1 0 0 ⎥ # ⎣ 0 0 1 ⎦ left='0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1' left_float='0.000000,-1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000' # 90° to the right #⎡ 0 1 0 ⎤ #⎜ -1 0 1 ⎥ #⎣ 0 0 1 ⎦ right='0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1' if [ $screenMatrix == $normal_float ] && [ "$1" != "-n" ] then echo "Upside down" xrandr -o inverted xinput set-prop "$TouchscreenDevice" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $inverted xinput disable "$TouchpadDevice" # Remove hashtag below if you want pop-up the virtual keyboard #onboard & elif [ $screenMatrix == $inverted_float ] && [ "$1" != "-j" ] && [ "$1" != "-n" ] then echo "90° to the left" xrandr -o left xinput set-prop "$TouchscreenDevice" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $left xinput disable "$TouchpadDevice" #killall onboard elif [ $screenMatrix == $left_float ] && [ "$1" != "-j" ] && [ "$1" != "-n" ] then echo "90° to the right" xrandr -o right xinput set-prop "$TouchscreenDevice" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $right xinput disable "$TouchpadDevice" #killall onboard else echo "Back to normal" xrandr -o normal xinput set-prop "$TouchscreenDevice" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $normal xinput enable "$TouchpadDevice" #killall onboard fi
TouchpadDevice='SYNA2B22:00 06CB:2714'
These are the settings for my lenovo yoga 3 pro. If this is not working for you, find your Touchscreen and Touchpad device with
xinput.
See also my gist at: https://gist.github.com/prolic/21673f0909c0cb5e2114