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Expand Up @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ sure it's loaded first by loading it from the initrd.
You can either use the nixos-hardware configuration mentioned above, or
configure it manually:

```
```nix
boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "pinctrl_tigerlake" ];
```

Expand All @@ -26,13 +26,18 @@ boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "pinctrl_tigerlake" ];
iio-sensor-proxy reads the accelerometer data from the kernel and passes it to the desktop environment via dbus.

Version 3.7 has a bug, making it incompatible with Framework 12.
NixOS 25.05 and NixOS 25.11 (unstable) are patched:
NixOS channels 25.05 and newer are patched:

- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/427476
- https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/427853

To enable the accelerometer:

```nix
hardware.sensor.iio.enable = true;
```

If you haven't got the patched version yet, you can apply the following workaround:
If you're using an outdated NixOS version, you can apply the following workaround:

```nix
nixpkgs.overlays = [
Expand All @@ -45,3 +50,18 @@ nixpkgs.overlays = [
})
];
```

## Disabling the touchscreen

It is possible to entirely disable the touchscreen while maintaining stylus functionality.
This can be done with an udev rule:

```nix
services.libinput.enable = true; # If not already present
services.udev.extraRules = ''
ACTION=="add|change", ENV{ID_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN}=="1", ENV{LIBINPUT_IGNORE_DEVICE}="1"
'';
```

This breaks auto-rotate using iio. A work-around for Gnome is to use `gnomeExtensions.screen-rotate`