Script to rotate the screen and touch devices on modern Linux desktops. Great for convertible laptops.

rotate_desktop.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# rotate_desktop.sh
#
# Rotates modern Linux desktop screen and input devices to match. Handy for
# convertible notebooks. Call this script from panel launchers, keyboard
# shortcuts, or touch gesture bindings (xSwipe, touchegg, etc.).
#
# Using transformation matrix bits taken from:
#   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/InputCoordinateTransformation
#
# Forked from https://gist.github.com/mildmojo/48e9025070a2ba40795c
# Configured to use with a Lenovo Yoga 260 (names taken from `xinput` output).
# If the rotation position ($1) is ommited, the script toggles through the different states: inverted, left, right, normal

TOUCHPAD='ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad'
TOUCHSCREEN='Wacom Co.,Ltd. Pen and multitouch sensor Finger touch'
TRANSFORM='Coordinate Transformation Matrix'
NORMAL="Coordinate Transformation Matrix (142): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000"
INVERTED="Coordinate Transformation Matrix (142): -1.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, -1.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000"
LEFT="Coordinate Transformation Matrix (142): 0.000000, -1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000"
RIGHT="Coordinate Transformation Matrix (142): 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, -1.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000"

function do_rotate
{
  xrandr --output $1 --rotate $2

  TRANSFORM='Coordinate Transformation Matrix'

  case "$2" in
    normal)
      [ ! -z "$TOUCHPAD" ]    && xinput set-prop "$TOUCHPAD"    "$TRANSFORM" 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
      [ ! -z "$TOUCHSCREEN" ] && xinput set-prop "$TOUCHSCREEN" "$TRANSFORM" 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
      ;;
    inverted)
      [ ! -z "$TOUCHPAD" ]    && xinput set-prop "$TOUCHPAD"    "$TRANSFORM" -1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1
      [ ! -z "$TOUCHSCREEN" ] && xinput set-prop "$TOUCHSCREEN" "$TRANSFORM" -1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1
      ;;
    left)
      [ ! -z "$TOUCHPAD" ]    && xinput set-prop "$TOUCHPAD"    "$TRANSFORM" 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
      [ ! -z "$TOUCHSCREEN" ] && xinput set-prop "$TOUCHSCREEN" "$TRANSFORM" 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
      ;;
    right)
      [ ! -z "$TOUCHPAD" ]    && xinput set-prop "$TOUCHPAD"    "$TRANSFORM" 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1
      [ ! -z "$TOUCHSCREEN" ] && xinput set-prop "$TOUCHSCREEN" "$TRANSFORM" 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1
      ;;
  esac
}

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "No orientation given, toggle mode"
  CURRENT_MODE=`xinput --list-props "$TOUCHPAD" | grep "$TRANSFORM"`
  XDISPLAY=`xrandr --current | grep primary | sed -e 's/ .*//g'`
  echo "$CURRENT_MODE"

  if [ "${CURRENT_MODE//[$' \t\n\r']/}"  = "${NORMAL//[$' \t\n\r']/}" ]; then
    echo "Current mode: normal"
    echo "switching to: inverted"
    do_rotate $XDISPLAY inverted
  elif [ "${CURRENT_MODE//[$' \t\n\r']/}"  == "${INVERTED//[$' \t\n\r']/}" ]; then
    echo "Current mode: inverted"
    echo "switching to: left"
    do_rotate $XDISPLAY left
  elif [ "${CURRENT_MODE//[$' \t\n\r']/}"  == "${LEFT//[$' \t\n\r']/}" ]; then
    echo "Current mode: left"
    echo "switching to: right"
    do_rotate $XDISPLAY right
  elif [ "${CURRENT_MODE//[$' \t\n\r']/}"  == "${RIGHT//[$' \t\n\r']/}" ]; then
    echo "Current mode: right"
    echo "switching to: normal"
    do_rotate $XDISPLAY normal
  fi
fi

XDISPLAY=`xrandr --current | grep primary | sed -e 's/ .*//g'`
XROT=`xrandr --current --verbose | grep primary | egrep -o ' (normal|left|inverted|right) '`

do_rotate $XDISPLAY $1

if [ ! -z "$2" ]; then
  sleep $2
  do_rotate $XDISPLAY $XROT
  exit 0
fi

can you help me with this error after adding my input and touch device?

TOUCHPAD='LIZHI Flash IC USB Keyboard Mouse'
TOUCHSCREEN='Goodix Capacitive TouchScreen'

error is: warning: output --rotate not found; ignoring

MX Linux Wildflower/Nuvision tablet

The error looks like your Display is not found. Can you post the output of the following command?

xrandr --current | grep primary

(this is what is used to generate the variable XDISPLAY)

there is no output, nothing post's and just returns to the shell prompt after running the command " xrandr --current | grep primary "

Are you sure that you are on a X11 session? The script won't work with Wayland since it uses xinput and xrandr.
Is there some output if you just run xrandr without parameters and additional grepping?

I believe so, using MX Linux 21.3 XFCE

here is the output of xrandr output

For some reason your xrandr output does not include the word "primary" as it does in my setup:

 tuxflo@flo-x390 ~ % xrandr --current | grep primary
eDP-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 294mm x 165mm

maybe you could try it by replacing "primary" with "connected" (in Line 53) in the script, since this is present, based on you xrandr output.

instead of changing it to connected, i tried changing it to DSI-1 since when it greps it would include "disconnected" as well, if you understand

but still not working.

here us what i get:

mage@mx:/Desktop
$ ./rotate_desktop.sh right
xrandr: --rotate requires an argument
Try 'xrandr --help' for more information.
mage@mx:/Desktop
$ ./rotate_desktop.sh
No orientation given, toggle mode
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (182): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
warning: output --rotate not found; ignoring
mage@mx:~/Desktop
$

going to try another distro like ubuntu or mint

#!/usr/bin/bash

monitor-sensor | while read line; do
if echo $line | grep -E 'orientation changed:|Has accelerometer'; then
orientation=$(echo $line | sed -e 's/^.: //' -e 's/ .//' -e 's/[()]//g')
case $orientation in
normal)
xrandr --output eDP-1 --rotate normal
xinput set-prop "ELAN0732:00 04F3:0358" --type=float --format=32 "TransformationMatrix" 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "ELAN0732:00 04F3:0358" "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
;;
bottom-up)
xrandr --output eDP-1 --rotate inverted
xinput set-prop "ELAN0732:00 04F3:0358" --type=float --format=32 "TransformationMatrix" -1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "ELAN0732:00 04F3:0358" "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" -1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1
;;
right-up)
xrandr --output eDP-1 --rotate right
xinput set-prop "ELAN0732:00 04F3:0358" --type=float --format=32 "TransformationMatrix" 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "ELAN0732:00 04F3:0358" "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1
;;
left-up)
xrandr --output eDP-1 --rotate left
xinput set-prop "ELAN0732:00 04F3:0358" --type=float --format=32 "TransformationMatrix" 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
xinput set-prop "ELAN0732:00 04F3:0358" "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
;;
esac
fi
done