My final goal is runnig 2.8 and gmocappy and features with 7i76e. I have a egalax based touchscreen. It worked ok. Hi I used the latest strech based image. Im not a linux guru but it's not the first time i setup a touch in linux. Any hint how to go on? Mike Last edit: 31 Aug 2017 06:29 by Mike. Strech and touchscreen. Time to create.
I have installed the eGalax (touchkit) drivers with this touchscreen. The eGalax drivers are for both USB and serial inputs. When I use the serial driver, then even without the keyboard and mouse attached, the system boots perfectly fine and the touch screen functions successfully, as calibrated.
If the touchscreen is detected you should submit your devices' details (relevant lsusb line) to the linux-input mailing list. If the touchscreen is not working properly, you may need to install a specific driver for your touchscreen, see #Drivers.
How to get eGalax TouchScreen film (0eef:0001) working in Linux for Raspberry Pi This is an How-To guide on getting a Touch Screen Film working in Linux. The Touch screen I use here was purchased from Deal Extreme.
The eGalax drivers are for both USB and serial inputs. When I use the serial driver, then even without the keyboard and mouse attached, the system boots perfectly fine and the touch screen functions successfully, as calibrated. The serial device on which the touch screen is attached is /dev/ttyS0.
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I'm trying a Egalax touchscreen to work for a TPV on Ubuntu 18.04, but everything I tried didnt work at all. I tried to make it work with 'calibrate touchscreen' as Ubuntu seems to detect the screen correctly, but no input at all from calibration.I tried with the Egalax driver as this tutorial:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touchscreen
And This other:eGalax Touchscreen Configuration Ubuntu 14.04LTS
But no luck. Nothing happens when I touch the screen.Here is my lsusb:
xinput -list
and
Any help to make a Egalax touchscreen to work with Ubuntu 18.04 whould be appreciated.
Thanks
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Egalax Touchscreen Driver Linux
This is working on 5 of my machines and has the advantage that you can stop and start the touchscreen with systemD (systemctl status eGTouch.service)
Download the latest touchscreen driver from eGalaxUntar the files
I got it working for me. (USB connection, Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit)
Install eGTouch driver. Unpack the .tar.gz and run setup.sh as root. Answer the prompts according to your needs.
Run this as root: crontab -e
Add this line: @reboot /etc/init.d/eGTouch.sh
run this script at boot as root, will not work otherwise
reboot
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I have installed Fedora 7 on a VIA x86 compatible board. The touch screen that I have comes with both serial and USB input. I have installed the eGalax (touchkit) drivers with this touchscreen. The eGalax drivers are for both USB and serial inputs. When I use the serial driver, then even without the keyboard and mouse attached, the system boots perfectly fine and the touch screen functions successfully, as calibrated. The serial device on which the touch screen is attached is /dev/ttyS0. But with USB attached, the touch screen works only with the keyboard and mouse attached. If I boot the system with keyboard and mouse attached, the touch screen works as calibrated on the USB input. The USB input is /dev/event4. If after booting, I remove the keyboard and mouse, the touch screen still continues to work. However, if I remove the keyboard and the mouse and then booth the system, the touch screen function erratically, and seems totally out of calibration. For both USB and serial driver, I am using eGalax's provided X11 drivers and not the kernel modules. Is the problem I am facing is because of using the X11 drivers for the USB input? Someone gave me the idea that with keyboard and mouse attached, the kernel load into different configuration which changes when kernel boots without keyboard and mouse.