Tablet mode/autorotate doesn't work in one install, works in another on same machine

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Further testing has confirmed that linux-firmware-20260309 is the culprit.

If I install linux-firmware-20260221, then boot kernel-6.19.7, THEN rebuild initrd by runing $ sudo dracut -f --regenerate-all and reboot, then iio-sensor-proxy.service WILL START using linux-firmware-20260221 and kernel-6.19.7.

@willowow try downgrading your linux-firmware and associated packages to 20260221, reboot and run $ sudo dracut -f --regenerate-all and reboot again.

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Now the question is: where do I go to report linux-firmware issues?

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Okay, good to know. My laptop is also a Lunar Lake, 288v, and they share a similar controller for the accelerometer. I’ll try and install base Fedora later since I’m on an atomic Fedora distro now, and changing firmware alone is tricky.

Please share your findings here 2389025 – Intel Lunar Lake Communication Controller Driver Missing or make a new bug report. This bug is still left open, and is from august, with a similar firmware issue for Lunar Lake. Redhat bugzilla is where the fedora devs see and react to reports.

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@willowow He also has a Lunar Lake.

Seams to be a regression then ?!

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Already submitted my bug report: 2448048 – kernel-6.19.7 AND linux-firmware-20260309 broke iio-sensor-proxy.service (tablet mode)

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Yes, since august support was added, but this latest firmware update must have broken something

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Make sure you update your system with dnf like sudo dnf update --exclude=linux-firmware to avoid update to new one what stay in updates repo

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Hi I’m on Fedora 43 now but I can’t get this to work, when i try to downgrade to that package it gives:

Problem: conflicting requests

  • nothing provides linux-firmware-whence = 20260221-1.fc43 needed by linux-firmware-20260221-1.fc43.noarch from @commandline
    You can try to add to command line:
    –skip-broken to skip uninstallable packages
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sudo dnf downgrade https://riscv-kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/linux-firmware/20260221/1.fc43/noarch/linux-firmware-20260221-1.fc43.noarch.rpm

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link was broken … i fixed it.

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This command isn’t working for me.

What I did was go to the Fedora Koji archive (link: Making sure you're not a bot!) and download all of the linux-firmware-20260221 packages into a folder (30 packages), then open a terminal in that folder and run sudo dnf downgrade * and that worked perfect.

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Thank you so much! It now works for me! Maybe update your solution post with the note of needing to download all and the dracut steps and all lunar lake owners can refer to this thread ^^

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I’ve been in contact with one of the guys at Red Hat, running some tests for him, and have confirmed that it’s an issue with the way the kernel talks to the firmware packages.

There’s a patch coming soon to a kernel update that will resolve the issue.

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Let me know with a reply when the patch has been upstreamed. Thanks again.

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Just got news that kernel 6.19.10 has the fix and has been submitted to the update system for testing. Should be available in a few days.

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Kernel 6.19.10 is now available through updates and has resolved the issue!

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Sadly after updating the issue happens again for me. Should i send a log or my hardware to the bugzilla thread?

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Oh right you have an HP. A new bugzilla thread for yours might be the way to go. I’d suspect the root cause is similar but your firmware packages probably have a different maintainer.

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I’ve been busy up here before the holidays, but I made a bug report today

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I’m having this issue on F44 on my Framework 12

cpu: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i5-1334U (raptor lake?)

kernel 6.19.14-300.fc44.x86_64

It worked in F43. I don’t suppose if anyone knows if the cpu I have has the same accelerometer as the lunar lake one?

edit: actually. I downgraded to linux-firmware-20260309-1 and rebuilt drakut and it works again, so I’ll file a bug.

edit: 2467672 – Tablet mode not working after upgrading linux-firmware-20260410-1.fc44