flipjarg you are using the wrong driver. To the best of my knowledge the evdev module does not work with the Fujitsu LBPS/2 Touchpad/Touchscreen controller found in these Panasonic Toughbooks. It could be that recent development has changed this, but it has been my experience that the only working driver is the evtouch module. I don't personally own a CF-29, but my CF-72 has the exact same input hardware. The evtouch module is somewhat stagnant and deprecated in some distros, so it may be worth the effort to figure out how to get evdev to work if you feel up to the challenge.
At any rate, here is a short list from my experience with the touchscreen; - evtouch is not compatible with fglrx, you will need to use the OS radeon module - configuration is done through hal; see previous post for the rules file - configuration utilities don't work with evtouch; you will have to manually change numbers |
Yet Another Upgrade...
Upgraded my CF-29 from kubuntu 9.10 to 10.04. You would think I would know better by now. But I figured that since I had the hal thing working, and the numbers tweaked to near perfection, that I was all set for a painless upgrade, touchscreen-wise. I was wrong.:cry:
Now it looks like the numbers are off a little, but the big issue is that it appears that the mouse pointer acceleration is being applied to the touchscreen output. If I touch a point on the screen, the pointer jumps to a position near that point. But if I then move quickly, the pointer shoots across the screen. If I move slowly, the pointer tracks more or less the way it is supposed to. I have checked the hal file, and the upgrade did not touch it. Anyone know where that acceleration setting is coming from? Flipjarg- Take a look at the dates on the beginning of this thread. It's older than dirt in internet time.;) A lot of that old stuff is obsolete. |
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When I run make, I get this: Code:
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Ordinarily no configuration is necessary, however odd hardware still needs to be manually configured. The new home for xorg.conf is /etc/ (eg "/etc/xorg.conf"), there is also support for "xorg snippets" that are placed in /etc/xorg.conf.d/. If you use xorg snippets you need to make several to cover all your inputs, I tried just one for the touchscreen and ended up with a functioning touchscreen and nothing else. Acording to this blog post you should be able to combine a general purpose xorg.conf with snippets, but I never had any luck with that. What did work for me was making three snippets; for the touchscreen: Code:
# /etc/xorg.conf.d/90-touchscreen.conf Code:
# /etc/xorg.conf.d/97-keyboard.conf Code:
# /etc/xorg.conf.d/99-evdev.conf digging a little deeper, both evdev and evtouch are used in conjunction for the touchscreen, but as far as Xorg is concerned it is evtouch. |
The 10.04 upgrade came with broken kernels that didn't even boot far enough to kick out an error message, so I had to go back to the last working kernel, 2.6.31-20. That probably makes no difference to this issue, but I thought I should mention it.
I have no /etc/xorg.conf nor an /etc/xorg.conf.d on this machine. There is also no /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Does that mean that hal is not deprecated in 10.04? |
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Thanks for all the input.
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root@llocalhost:# uname -r I am not too familiar with Linux anymore but its coming back slowly. Sorry if I am not understanding something correctly. This the hardest time I have ever had getting a device to work with Linux. I am not giving up though! Oh yeah, and where do I need to have the CF-29 DMI option? |
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I have no /etc/xorg.conf.d because for some unfathomable reason, (k)ubuntu has moved it out of /etc/. It is located at /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d . Now to figure out what to do with it...
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Here are the contents of my /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d. I have not modified any of these, they are stock kubuntu 10.04, after the installation of package xserver-xorg-input-evtouch.
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Section "InputDevice" :D JOY! JOY! JOY! :D This works here, on a CF-29 running Kubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). The calibration numbers are the same ones I had previously. |
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The only problem now is getting my touchpad to work. The mouse buttons next to the touchpad work. If I tap the touchpad it acts as a click but I cannot move the mouse cursor with the touchpad. I am shooting in the dark. I will keep playing with it and see what I come up with. If you have any ideas please let me know. Thanks again! |
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Can someone tell me in laymans terms how to do this? Im still learning and i have gotten my touchscreen to work but im at a loss on how to configure it. thanks in advance. |
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