Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

I loved this package and the way my phone was locked in portrait and still supports the blacklist at the same time. it's what I've always wanted. but Sadly I've been experiencing random sudden reboots since i installed this as well as other problems.
I tried reverting back by installing the CSSU HD package as mentioned in the 1st page but no go. is there any other way folks? reflashing is pain in the *** right now cuz if I backup using backup menu I'm afraid this package will remain there.

thanx in advance!

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

Is there anyway to keep portrait moded locked after a reboot using the custom package from @l32606.

Locking portrait mode has been working fine for me when it is enabled. However, my phone is setup to reboot everyday at 4am to improve it's overall reliability. It is not worth going through the motions to relock portrait mode everyday.

Why exactly is locking portrait mode being withheld from development?

Worst case scenario for me is that for some applications I just leave the slider keyboard open to force landscape mode.

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

one of the main reasons why this thread has been ignored i think is due to the troublesome this package has caused "ex. boot issues, phone suddenly restarts by itself several times a day" .
i faced this issue after a week of installation, then left me no choice but to reflash because the solution in the first page was not helpful.

now my device is as fresh as new because the last important rootfs/Opt back was done including this package. if i restore the backup the problem will comeback.
now having troubles in editing the backup manually by deleting and replacing rootfs/opt files from old backups. haven't done it yet, don't know the impact

STILL, i loved this package and i would install it if the issue it causes is solved

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

@K9999, since installing the "lock portrait mode" package I haven't noticed anymore system instability than before. Maemo has always been a little bit unstable for me (sometimes locking up when battery is low and/or the charger connection keeps connecting and disconnecting). Also, since I installed kernel power maybe like once every 2-3 weeks I get the "unexpected reboot: your custom kernel settings have not been loaded." Please note that my system automatically reboots everyday at 4am, which does seem to improve reliability.

Also, I don't really see how locking portrait mode would cause so many problems (other than cosmetic) if locking landscape mode doesn't.

Only issue I have left with locking portrait mode is maintaining portrait mode lock after rebooting. If someone knows how to make this happen please let me know!

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

@vask..i love this package functionality and agree with all you said, but the fact is that cssu devellopment team dropped it, because some kind of troubles..i am sad about that and for a user with no coding skill like me its also hard to understand why..but unfortunately i doubt this package will had any devellopments:(

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

I noticed this today for the first time and installed your package. Now my N900 is much more convenient to use as a phone, thank you!

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

As of now I have uninstalled the locking portrait mode package (per developer recomendation) and my phone is much more inconvenient to use. All I really needed from the old package was for locking portrait mode to persist across reboots.

The following is some dialog I had with one of the developers.

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

:(sad outcome...

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

em, I'd like to have this feature merged into CSSU upstream,
CSSU already provide a very excellent 'lock' function for Landascape mode, my gut feeling for support similar 'hard lock' for a group of specific supported apps in Portrait mode is feasbile.

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

This thread seems to have people reporting issues with this package so I doubt it will get merged any time soon.

Also it seems h-d has had more updates since the package posted here.

Maybe a better idea would be to ask to merge the modification with the latest h-d and post it here for beta-testing.

Someone in the CSSU-Dev team maybe willing to do this if they have some spare time.

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

can any1 give me the instructions how to install Hildon-desktop app manually.

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

Yes it's absolutely possible to lock on portrait mode, you can even set independent wallpaper for portrait :) . This is what i've done (I consider you're already have cssu installed). It's quite tricky, all you need is gconf-editor (get it from ham or fam). Open gconf-editor, once you in, you will see path structure at the left side of your screen. Then go to /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/ in the right side there is a lists of configuration related to hildon-desktop, you can define, off or on some features from this place. So since you are asking about the possibility of portrait lock, then scroll and find string "edit_mode_portrait" in the right side and tick the checkbox, next scroll and find "orientation_lock" and "orientation_lock_position", and tick the checkbox. For extra, if you want to set different wallpaper in portrait mode, then scroll to the end, and tick for "portrait_wallpaper" and "ui_can_rotate". After you've finished, exit gconf-editor then restart hildon-desktop by execute "killall hildon-desktop" from terminal. And you are done :)
To lock on portrait mode, you have to tilt your phone until the desktop turns into portrait then go to statusbar and activate the orientation lock. -cheers

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

Will the locked portrait mode persist across reboots? That was the hard part from the previous package.

Also, if I could just completely fool the hardware sensor to think it was always in portrait mode that would be fine too.

Edit: I was unable to lock portrait mode on my phone with CSSU installed using this method.

Re: [Announce]Hildon desktop package which supports lock in portrait mode
 

vask: It worked for me, but I noticed there was no "edit_mode_portrait" key as batarawatson said. Instead, I had to uncheck "orientation_lock_position" so that it would use the current orientation and not always switch to landscape.