HowTo: Enable Auto Screen Rotation in the Gnome Shell for 2 in 1 Convertible Laptops [Solus 1.1]

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For those of you who have a 2 in 1 convertible laptop / tablet and want to take full advantage of it here’s how to enable things like auto screen rotation using iio-sensor-proxy.

This only works for those of you running Gnome 3.18 or higher and has only been tested on these models:

  • Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13
  • Microsoft Surface Pro 2
  • Lenovo Yoga Pro 2
  • Lenovo Yoga 2 13″
  • Onda v975w
  • Dell Venue 8 Pro
  • Dell Venue 11 Pro (7140)
  • Lenovo ThinkPad Twist
  • MacBook Pro (8.2)
  • Lenovo X1 Carbon 2014 (rev2)
  • MacBook Air (6,2)
  • MacBook Air (4,2)
  • Toshiba Portégé Z10t
  • HP Pavilion X360

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Install xbacklight in Solus Project 1.1

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My volume shortcut keys on my Acer C720 Chromebook were not working by default. I usually use xbacklight when adjusting screen brightness. Here’s how to install it.

 

1) Make sure your system is up to date and that you have all necessary development tools installed. If there is a kernel update reboot your computer and then begin again.

sudo eopkg ur && sudo eopkg up

sudo eopkg it -c system.devel

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Install Terminator Terminal in Solus 1.1

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This one is actually very easy. First up let’s make sure our system is up to date and that we have all necessary compilers and dependencies installed.

sudo eopkg ur && sudo eopkg up

sudo eopkg it -c system.devel

sudo eopkg it vte2

Now all we have to is just download the Terminator source code in your preferred directory (I’m creating and using a Builds directory for this tutorial.), open it and then navigate into the directory…

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Install Grive2 in Fedora 23 Cinnamon Edition

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1. Install all necessary dependencies.

sudo dnf update

sudo dnf install  git wget cmake gcc-c++ yajl yajl-devel libcurl libcurl-devel libstdc++ libstdc++-devel libgcrypt libgcrypt-devel boost boost-devel expat expat-devel

2. Clone the grive2 github repository and compile and install it. I place all github and source code builds into a “Builds” folder. You can put them wherever you wish…

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Fix Broken rtl8723be Wireless Driver in HP Pavilion X360 Convertible 11-k120nr [Solus 1.1]

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For those of you who have purchased the HP Pavilion X360 laptop you’ve probably noticed some problems with your ability to connect to wifi. Mainly that it doesn’t do that at all and wifi is completely broken under Linux. Here’s how to fix it.

1. Make sure you are using the latest version of the kernel. If there’s a kernel upgrade reboot your machine after installing  it and then continue.

sudo eopkg ur && sudo eopkg up

2. Prep your system by installing development tools…

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