[maemo-users] Deactivate buggy portrait mode on N900

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 13:53, Stephen Gadsby <stephen.gadsby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa at nokia.com> wrote:
>> No, it's a real bug: I have witnessed it without using the browser.
>
> I have also. I've been attempting to find a way of intentionally
> reproducing it, but I have not yet had success in that, so I haven't
> yet opened a bug report.

I saw this recently when trying to reproduce bug 8111 in Catorise.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
0) Ensure "Phone" is set to "always portrait"
1) As root, edit /etc/xdg/menus/hildon/applications.menu
2) Add an include of <Filename>rtcom-call-ui.desktop</Filename>
3) Launch "Phone" from the "More..." menu
4) Close "Phone".

EXPECTED OUTCOME
UI rotates back to landscape.

ACTUAL OUTCOME
UI stays in portrait mode.

OTHER COMMENTS
This seems to be a well known "exploit" for getting portrait mode in 1.2009.x:

    http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=443651

HTH,

Andrew

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