I’m currently on kUbuntu 25.04, however I’ve applied the workaround, and before “Moving in” I tried a number of distros including Fedora 42 GNOME and Mint Cinnamon, all of which had the same problem.
Got what I believe is your ticket here. Working with you there.
From a ticket I replied to recently, for context:
Pardon the outside photos, working outside today.
For this photo, a USB loaded with the Fedora 42 ISO image. No changes, not installed. Just live USB boot. On screen keyboard automatically happens when a text area is touched.
For this photo, Kubuntu 25.04 (not the LTS). Fully apt updated and snaps updated, rebooted, as well (installed onto the nvme drive).
For Kubuntu 25.04, I made sure I applied this fix (pasted in entire top code box) and pressed enter, rebooted.
Onscreen keyboard for the tablet using Plasma is possible as well by installing and applying maliit-keyboard. On screen keyboard automatically happens when a text area is touched once this is installed and applied.
Remember, fold the screen back completely so the tablet is in portrait orientation; i.e., tablet mode.
Testing this is straightforward with a Live ISO of Fedora.
- New Fedora 42 Workstation GNOME ISO.
- Setup a USB key with the ISO.
- Boot into said USB key.
- Fold back screen, rotate with screen completely folded back.
Works as described above (Bazzite is based on Fedora Atomic).
Should you reproduce this, on a Fedora Live ISO as I described, fully folding back the tablet and using the correct orientation, please file a ticket as something hardware related may be wrong.
If your issue is with one of the distros NOT in the image, we will try to help in a ticket - but cannot promise your distro of choice is tested.
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Before I do send in an inquisitive support ticket:
- Does this only apply to different flavours/forks of supported distributions (Ubuntu & Fedora)?
- Figured asking as I do face an issue with OpenSUSE’s
iio-sensor-proxynot loading on my FWL12, which is not a supported distro at the moment and its roots being independent from any of the official/community supported distros.
- Figured asking as I do face an issue with OpenSUSE’s
- Which type of support category is fitting for those types of tickets? Problem with my Framework Laptop or Business user technical issue?