673374 - Orientation support is broken on HP laptops

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P5)

Description

[Martey Dodoo]

I have a HP dm1-3000 laptop, which I run Debian on. The laptop's accelerometer is detected by the lis3lv02d module in the Linux kernel I am running, so bug 562175 leads me to believe that it should be working. However, accelerometer demos like the one at http://www.squarefree.com/smoother-orientation-demo.html do not work, even on the latest nightly - 8.0a1 (2011-07-21).

The current trunk version of dom/system/unix/nsDeviceMotionSystem.cpp contains a link to "/sys/devices/platform/lis3lv02d/calibrate", which does not exist on my system. Looking at the lm-sensors mailing list, it looks like this was removed from the kernel driver, because the lis3lv02d chip is pre-calibrated:

http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/2009-November/027166.html

Comment 1

[Josh Matthews [:jdm]]

I don't believe we support the prefixed orientation event anymore (ie. MozOrientation) that the test uses.

Comment 2

[Martey Dodoo]

I just found http://sandbox.juurlink.org/accelerometer/ , which supports both MozOrientation and DeviceOrientation, but it still did not work. If there is another demo that should be used to determine support, please let me know about it.

Comment 3

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1472046

Move all DOM bugs that haven't been updated in more than 3 years and has no one currently assigned to P5.

If you have questions, please contact :mdaly.

Comment 4

[smithNathan]

my Orientation sensor was not working after I replaced the screen of my laptop. it was fixed by contacting hp support if this is the issues of HP accelerometer then you may visit here https://hpetechnicalsupportnumber.com/blog/fix-hp-accelerometer-error-windows-10/ it might help you to understand or solve your issues.

Comment 5

[Sadie]

How to use or assign hotkeys or shortcuts to rotate your screen

For Windows 10 devices, you should be able to use the following rotate screen shortcut to change or flip your display.
Hold down the CTRL and ALT keys simultaneously and then press the Up Arrow key while you continue to press the CTRL and ALT keys

https://www.laptopstudies.com/

Comment 6

[Sadie]

The Rotation lock feature is not available when using the computer in desktop mode. Use Windows Settings to change the screen orientation.
In Windows, search for and open Settings.
In the Settings menu, click System.
Click the drop-down menu under Orientation and select an option from the list.

https://www.laptopicker.com/
https://www.laptopinspect.com/