Thinkpad X61 Tablet

I'm now using a Lenovo Thinkpad X61 Tablet as my main computer at school. So far, I like it a lot. I'm dual booting Windows XP and Kubuntu 8.04. I was able to get the tablet functionality working, with automatic screen rotation (nifty!), using information on the following web page:

http://www.krizka.net/2008/02/13/thinkpad-x61-tablet-automatic-screen-rotation-under-linux/

If you look down at the comments section, there's some information on running on Kubuntu (KDE) instead of Ubuntu (Gnome).

You have to have the "hdaps_ec" module loaded. I put it in my /etc/modules file.

You also have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Here's a link to the one I'm using (caveat emptor):

http://faculty.ycp.edu/~dhovemey/thinkpadX61t/xorg.conf

Finally, the "autorotate.py" script has a regular expression bug (fix is in the comments). Here's the fixed version:

http://faculty.ycp.edu/~dhovemey/thinkpadX61t/autorotate.py

The stylus is not calibrated terribly well, and the Debian/Ubuntu folks somehow forgot to include the utility that calibrates it. However, it works acceptably. I used the Xournal program to jot some notes, and while it's not exactly like writing on paper, it's not bad at all. I may try to use this in class rather than writing on the whiteboard.