Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[DavidBell]

I would like to see hotplug and touchkitusb included. I think they are part of 2.6.18 but I can't find them in Puppy. I tried compiling touchkitusb in Puppy2.14 but I had to modify it slightly, compiled and loads OK but still doesn't seem to work. DB

[tempestuous]

The "touchkitusb" module has apparently been replaced in newer kernels with the "usbtouchscreen" module.

UPDATE April 16 2009
Touchscreen HOWTO now consolidated in new thread here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=41286

[DavidBell]

Thankyou I'll try it this weekend. DB

[DavidBell]

I have usbtouchkit loading ... hotplug didn't seem to work but I fixed it by adding

[tempestuous]

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[DavidBell]

This still isn't working right, usbtouchklkit and evtouch seem to talk different languages. Can you please post me the usbtouchkit source you used, and the compile commands you used?

TIA. DB

[tempestuous]

[joeblack]

I am trying to use it with lilliput touchscreen display. egalax touch controller. after insmod touch glass begin to move w/o calibation. But when I set xorg.conf as described, it freezes with a blank screen while loaindg X11. Did anyone find a solution? thanks

[DavidBell]

[tempestuous]

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[DavidBell]

Thanks tempestuous, didn't see your post until today. It is now working following your last instructions. I don't really know why it's work, but the fact that it is makes me happy

I guess the main thing I was missing was that I wasn't loading evdev. Also I was using insmod instead of modprobe, don't know if that's important. Most of my other settings were the same.

I would still like to try hacking the usbtouchscreen module directly one day, so it works in XVesa. XOrg messes up my sound sometimes.

Thanks again David

[boklanio]

Hello All,

I'm sorry for asking this after all the info posted here, but I still need some assistance in setting up usb touchscreen device. I'm using puppy 2.17 which has kernel 2.6.21.5. I installed the posted package (new version) but when I execute the command modeprobe usbtouchscreen, bash reports:

FATAL: module usbtouchscreen not found

I think this might be because the pet package was compiled for kernel 2.6.18.1 (i think so because of the digits from the package title (file name). If this suggestion is correct, please suggest if there is a package for kernel 2.6.21.5 and please help me to compile one if it's not available.

If the package is not kernel-sensitive, please provide me with any suggestions that can solve this issue,

I began using Linux several days ago, so please accept my apologies if my suggestions seem stupid .

Many thanks to all of you in advance.

[tonylu9]

1. after execute
modprobe usbtouchscreen
modprobe evdev

I have to unplug the touchscreen usb cable and plug it in again, then I can see the event2 from the command "cat /proc/bus/input/devices"


2. the calibration
no idea why the touch will work so weird . dont know how to do that.

[boklanio]

Hello again I installed Puppy 2.15CE (kernel 2.6.18.1), followed the instructions posted by tempestuous (thank you very much, buddy! ) and my touch panel is now working perfectly!

the calibration values should be:

Option "MinX" "900"

Option "MinY" "1090"

Option "MaxX" "16090"

Option "MaxY" "16000"

After that all is working Thanks!

[tempestuous]

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