<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.17097" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried to post this yesterday but I am not sure if it showed up on the mailing list. I am trying to get an egalax touchscreen working on an embedded PowerPC target using Debian Lenny distribution and custom compiled kernel for 2.6.30.3. Xorg is 1.4.2 and evdev is 2.0.8 (See log below). </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011></SPAN><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyhow I have more data:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>Using HAL I was able to pass some information to the X server using this file:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2><?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><BR><BR><deviceinfo version="0.2"><BR><device><BR><BR><match key="info.product" contains="eGalax"><BR> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evdev</merge><BR> <merge key="input.x11_options.Calibration" type="string">32 3990 48 3990</merge><BR> <merge key="input.x11_options.InvertX" type="string">true</merge><BR></match><BR><BR></device><BR></deviceinfo><BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>The xorg server didn't seem to like loading the evdev driver though, and seems to be interpreting my touchscreen as a mouse with absolute coordinates, and the wrong calibration. See the following output:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>Log file output pertaining to input (I have a USB mouse and the USB touchscreen plugged in):</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>************************************************************************************************************</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011>(WW) Configured Mouse: No Device specified, looking for one...<BR>(II) Configured Mouse: Setting Device option to "/dev/input/mice"<BR>(--) Configured Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"<BR>(==) Configured Mouse: Protocol: "Auto"<BR>(**) Option "CorePointer"<BR>(**) Configured Mouse: always reports core events<BR>(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"<BR>(==) Configured Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50<BR>(**) Configured Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5<BR>(**) Configured Mouse: Buttons: 9<BR>(**) Configured Mouse: Sensitivity: 1<BR>(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"<BR>(**) Generic Keyboard: always reports core events<BR>(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"<BR>(**) Generic Keyboard: Protocol: standard<BR>(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"<BR>(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"<BR>(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbRules: "xorg"<BR>(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"<BR>(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbModel: "pc105"<BR>(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"<BR>(**) Generic Keyboard: XkbLayout: "us"<BR>(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"<BR>(**) Generic Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled<BR>(II) evaluating device (Configured Mouse)<BR>(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)<BR>(II) evaluating device (Generic Keyboard)<BR>(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Generic Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)<BR>(--) Configured Mouse: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"<BR>(II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded<BR></SPAN><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>(II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"<BR> compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 2.0.8<BR> Module class: X.Org XInput Driver<BR> ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0<BR>(**) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: always reports core events<BR>(**) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: Device: "/dev/input/event4"<BR>(II) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: Found x and y absolute axes<BR>(II) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: Found absolute touchpad<BR>(WW) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: Don't know how to use device<BR>(II) UnloadModule: "evdev"<BR>(EE) PreInit returned NULL for "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController"<BR>(**) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: always reports core events<BR>(**) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: Device: "/dev/input/event3"<BR>(II) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: Found x and y absolute axes<BR>(II) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: Found mouse buttons<BR>(II) eGalax Inc. USB TouchController: Configuring as mouse<BR>(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" (type: MOUSE)<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></FONT></SPAN> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>output of xinput list:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>***********************</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>"eGalax Inc. USB TouchController" id=4 [XExtensionPointer]<BR> Num_buttons is 32<BR> Num_axes is 2<BR> Mode is Absolute<BR> Motion_buffer is 256<BR> Axis 0 :<BR> Min_value is 42<BR> Max_value is 1981<BR> Resolution is 10000<BR> Axis 1 :<BR> Min_value is 42<BR> Max_value is 1981<BR> Resolution is 10000<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>The touchscreen does seem to work, but the input appears to be coming to my "Generic Mouse" Any clue as to how to troubleshoot this? </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2> </DIV></FONT></SPAN> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=573061215-19042011><FONT face=Arial size=2>~Ken</FONT></SPAN></DIV>  <P><SPAN class=365010914-13072007><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><EM></EM></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </P> <P><SPAN class=365010914-13072007><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><EM>This message contains confidential information and is intended solely for the individual named. 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