No tablet mode supported on my Fedora 43 KDE for my device

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Hello,

I’m posting this message because I have a single issue with my Fedora 43 KDE Plasma. I have a Medion Akoya 2-in-1 convertible laptop (PC/tablet) with a foldable screen. The support is almost complete (touchscreen, webcamera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, fingerprint reader, etc.) except for tablet mode. In auto-rotate mode only, it works perfectly. However, when I enable the “tablet mode only” option for auto-rotate (KDE Plasma settings), it doesn’t work. I fold the screen completely and nothing happens. I then rotate the screen, still nothing. The system doesn’t recognize this mode. However, using the “monitor-sensor” tool and in tablet mode only, the accelerometers are correctly detected on the device. So, iio-sensor-proxy is working perfectly. I’ve concluded that I’m missing a driver for my device to be supported in tablet mode under Fedora 43 KDE. In this case, should I create a bug report on the Bugzilla Kernel website? Who should I contact in the community for this type of problem and get support? If necessary, I can provide information about the device. Finally, I noticed that Framework 12 (convertible laptop) uses the pinctrl_tigerlake and soc_button_array modules to enable the switch toggle. In my case, I have Gemini Lake. By enabling pinctrl_geminilake and soc_button_array, will I also get the switch toggle?

Thank you.

P.S.: I just got the Fedora 44 Workstation Beta. I’ll check with it (in live mode) to see if the problem is the same.

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It looks to me like tablet mode is locking your screen to your primary monitor.

In a way, KDE thinks this is the correct feature.

I would reach out to the KDE community to help get this fixed upstream with them.

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Hello,

I tried Fedora 44 Workstation Beta in live Usb but despite iio-sensor-proxy is installed in it, it doesn’t work.

In the Konsole, I see pinctrl_geminilake and soc_button_array. Soc_button_array is set to 0.

I contacted Kde community, I’m waiting a response. If someone else here have an idea.

Thanks in advance.

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I made a bug report in bugzilla kernel.