Touch Screen Calibration Tool

12-18-2008, 07:51 PM

Hello.

I have been using the Ubuntu Mobile distro in my Car PC and I love the new Hildon arrangement that makes it very touch friendly. However I cannot use my Touch Screen at all.*

Over at MP3Car.com here is a link to the forum where we have been trying to unearth an answer to our problems:*http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/linux/126313-linux-touch-screen-problem.html

The current calibration tool is useless and the current drivers are uninstallable. The tool that appears to have an answer only appers as a mock up and I cannot find a package that contains the magical tool. The tool I am referring to is on Ogra's blog on this page:http://ograblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/the-ubuntu-mobile-beta-images/#comments

If you have a solution, a few of us Linux junkies would love to test a beta solution.

Jeff****** (yam125)

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12-18-2008, 11:51 PM

Hi Jeff,

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Jeff <yam125@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have been using the Ubuntu Mobile distro in my Car PC and I love the new
> Hildon arrangement that makes it very touch friendly. However I cannot use
> my Touch Screen at all.
>
> Over at MP3Car.com here is a link to the forum where we have been trying to
> unearth an answer to our
> problems: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/linux/126313-linux-touch-screen-problem.html
>
>
> The current calibration tool is useless and the current drivers are
> uninstallable. The tool that appears to have an answer only appers as a mock
> up and I cannot find a package that contains the magical tool. The tool I am
> referring to is on Ogra's blog on this
> page:http://ograblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/the-ubuntu-mobile-beta-images/#comments
>
> If you have a solution, a few of us Linux junkies would love to test a beta
> solution.

Actually, I think I got the same touchscreen a work in a project I'm
working on.
I have Ubuntu Mobile (customized) working on a VIA EPIA Mini-ITX with
the touchscreen you were talking about on the forum:
root@rothera:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0eef:0001 D-WAV Scientific Co., Ltd eGalax TouchScreen

And is working. Actually was working from the begining, but the
calibrate was a mess. The cursor was doing weird things.
Now I almost have the perfect calibrate. I still testing options.

The driver I use is "evtouch" (xserver-xorg-input-evtouch) and I leave
hal to configure the Xorg. On Intrepid (at least) Hal gets the info of
the device from his database and the device itself and generate (on
the fly) the proper "virtual" xorg.conf.
Actually, the info for configuring the eGalax TouchScreen is stored
for this package on:
/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/50-eGalax.fdi

But, at least for my screen, were wrong, so I had to changed them.
My first step was detect the max a min with the script the driver provide:
/usr/bin/calibrate_touchscreen

This script gave me the max (X/Y) and min (X/Y), and with those
details I could change the defaults values on the fdi file. The best
way to change that is to copy
/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/50-eGalax.fdi into
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ and then, change the values you need.
On that way, you don't mess with the original files (which will be, or
try to be, changed on any update of this package) but still will be
used. In fact, the files on /etc/hal/fdi/* will have more priority
than from /usr/share/hal/fdi/.

To see is the changes were made you need to restart hal:
$ /etc/init.d/hal restart
and then you can see the x11 options changed by doing:
$ UDI=$(hal-find-by-capability --capability input.mouse)
$ lshal -u $UDI

Those command gives you something like:
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_eef_1_noserial_if0_logicaldev_input'
info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse'} (string list)
info.category = 'input' (string)
info.parent =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_eef_1_noserial_if0' (string)
info.product = 'eGalax Inc. Touch' (string)
info.subsystem = 'input' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_eef_1_noserial_if0_logicaldev_input'
(string)
input.device = '/dev/input/event1' (string)
input.originating_device =
'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_eef_1_noserial_if0' (string)
input.product = 'eGalax Inc. Touch' (string)
input.x11_driver = 'evtouch' (string)
input.x11_options.longtouched_action = 'click' (string)
input.x11_options.longtouched_button = '3' (string)
input.x11_options.longtouchtimer = '750' (string)
input.x11_options.maxx = '1912' (string)
input.x11_options.maxy = '1989' (string)
input.x11_options.maybetapped_action = 'click' (string)
input.x11_options.maybetapped_button = '1' (string)
input.x11_options.minx = '112' (string)
input.x11_options.miny = '76' (string)
input.x11_options.movelimit = '10' (string)
input.x11_options.oneandhalftap_button = '2' (string)
input.x11_options.rotate = 'ccw' (string)
input.x11_options.swapy = true (bool)
input.x11_options.taptimer = '30' (string)
input.x11_options.touched_drag = '1' (string)
linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event1' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
linux.subsystem = 'input' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/class/input/input1/event1' (string)

So you can see the options hal has for the device. Now you need to be
sure there is not a any configurtion about the "Input Device" on the
xorg.conf file, to let hal configuring the X.

I paste you my fdi file for the eGalax TouchScreen, in case this help you:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<match key="info.product" contains="eGalax">
<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evtouch</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.minx" type="string">112</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.miny" type="string">76</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.maxx" type="string">1912</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.maxy" type="string">1989</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.taptimer" type="string">30</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.longtouchtimer" type="string">750</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.longtouched_action"
type="string">click</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.longtouched_button"
type="string">3</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.oneandhalftap_button"
type="string">2</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.movelimit" type="string">10</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.touched_drag" type="string">1</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.maybetapped_action"
type="string">click</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.maybetapped_button"
type="string">1</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.rotate" type="string">ccw</merge>

<merge key="input.x11_options.swapy" type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>

Now I playing with "input.x11_options.swapx" and
"input.x11_options.swapy", because I got a half mirror effect. The
limits are now fine, the horizontal move is ok, but the vertical move
has a mirror effect. If anyone now the right solution, please tellme,
becouse I need to finish the calibration soon... :-/
I've also added the option rotate, which was the one who made the
cursor stoped of going crazy.

I hope some of this info help to some one. If anyone gets a better
solution, please tell me.
Thanks for your time.
Cheers :-)

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12-19-2008, 03:37 AM

@juan

you are awesome

heres what i did:

reinstalled the calibrate ts package in the repository

opened /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/50-eGalax.fdi

changed the max/min value (this took the longest to realize somethimg obvious)

after restarting X 50 billion times here is the final file for

*/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/50-eGalax.fdi

__________________________________________code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 

<deviceinfo version="0.2">
* <device>
*** <match key="info.product" contains="eGalax">
***** <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input">

******* <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evtouch</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.minx" type="string">70</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.miny" type="string">70</merge>

******* <merge key="input.x11_options.maxx" type="string">1900</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.maxy" type="string">1900</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.taptimer" type="string">30</merge>

******* <merge key="input.x11_options.longtouchtimer" type="string">750</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.longtouched_action" type="string">click</merge>

******* <merge key="input.x11_options.longtouched_button" type="string">3</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.oneandhalftap_button" type="string">2</merge>

******* <merge key="input.x11_options.movelimit" type="string">10</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.touched_drag" type="string">1</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.maybetapped_action" type="string">click</merge>

******* <merge key="input.x11_options.maybetapped_button" type="string">1</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.rotate" type="string">cw</merge>

******* <merge key="input.x11_options.swapx" type="bool">false</merge>
******* <merge key="input.x11_options.swapy" type="bool">false</merge>
***** </match>

*** </match>
* </device>
</deviceinfo>

__________________________________________________ __/code

the rotate needed to be clockwise
and i didnt swap x or y

the MAX abslt edge is is 2000 the min edge is 0

then i bumbed it inside so to give me some room to touch it.

Thanks so much for helping! i had no idea about those fdi files

good luck juan

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Juan Jesús Ojeda Croissier <juanje.ojeda@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Jeff,

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Jeff <yam125@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello.

>

> I have been using the Ubuntu Mobile distro in my Car PC and I love the new

> Hildon arrangement that makes it very touch friendly. However I cannot use

> my Touch Screen at all.

>

> Over at MP3Car.com here is a link to the forum where we have been trying to

> unearth an answer to our

> problems: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/linux/126313-linux-touch-screen-problem.html

>

>

> The current calibration tool is useless and the current drivers are

> uninstallable. The tool that appears to have an answer only appers as a mock

> up and I cannot find a package that contains the magical tool. The tool I am

> referring to is on Ogra's blog on this

> page:http://ograblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/the-ubuntu-mobile-beta-images/#comments

>

> If you have a solution, a few of us Linux junkies would love to test a beta

> solution.

Actually, I think I got the same touchscreen a work in a project I'm

working on.

I have Ubuntu Mobile (customized) working on a VIA EPIA Mini-ITX with

the touchscreen you were talking about on the forum:

root@rothera:~# lsusb

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0eef:0001 D-WAV Scientific Co., Ltd eGalax TouchScreen

And is working. Actually was working from the begining, but the

calibrate was a mess. The cursor was doing weird things.

Now I almost have the perfect calibrate. I still testing options.

The driver I use is "evtouch" (xserver-xorg-input-evtouch) and I leave

hal to configure the Xorg. On Intrepid (at least) Hal gets the info of

the device from his database and the device itself and generate (on

the fly) the proper "virtual" xorg.conf.

Actually, the info for configuring the eGalax TouchScreen is stored

for this package on:

/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/50-eGalax.fdi

But, at least for my screen, were wrong, so I had to changed them.

My first step was detect the max a min with the script the driver provide:

/usr/bin/calibrate_touchscreen

This script gave me the max (X/Y) and min (X/Y), and with those

details I could change the defaults values on the fdi file. The best

way to change that is to copy

/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/50-eGalax.fdi into

/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ and then, change the values you need.

On that way, you don't mess with the original files (which will be, or

try to be, changed on any update of this package) but still will be

used. In fact, the files on /etc/hal/fdi/* will have more priority

than from /usr/share/hal/fdi/.

To see is the changes were made you need to restart hal:

$ /etc/init.d/hal restart

and then you can see the x11 options changed *by doing:

$ UDI=$(hal-find-by-capability --capability input.mouse)

$ lshal -u $UDI

Those command gives you something like:

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_eef_1_noserial_if0_logicaldev_input'

*info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse'} (string list)

*info.category = 'input' *(string)

*info.parent =

'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_eef_1_noserial_if0' *(string)

*info.product = 'eGalax Inc. Touch' *(string)

*info.subsystem = 'input' *(string)

*info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_eef_1_noserial_if0_logicaldev_input'

*(string)

*input.device = '/dev/input/event1' *(string)

*input.originating_device =

'/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_eef_1_noserial_if0' *(string)

*input.product = 'eGalax Inc. Touch' *(string)

*input.x11_driver = 'evtouch' *(string)

*input.x11_options.longtouched_action = 'click' *(string)

*input.x11_options.longtouched_button = '3' *(string)

*input.x11_options.longtouchtimer = '750' *(string)

*input.x11_options.maxx = '1912' *(string)

*input.x11_options.maxy = '1989' *(string)

*input.x11_options.maybetapped_action = 'click' *(string)

*input.x11_options.maybetapped_button = '1' *(string)

*input.x11_options.minx = '112' *(string)

*input.x11_options.miny = '76' *(string)

*input.x11_options.movelimit = '10' *(string)

*input.x11_options. *(string)

*input.x11_options.rotate = 'ccw' *(string)

*input.x11_options.swapy = true *(bool)

*input.x11_options.taptimer = '30' *(string)

*input.x11_options.touched_drag = '1' *(string)

*linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event1' *(string)

*linux.hotplug_type = 2 *(0x2) *(int)

*linux.subsystem = 'input' *(string)

*linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/class/input/input1/event1' *(string)

So you can see the options hal has for the device. Now you need to be

sure there is not a any configurtion about the "Input Device" on the

xorg.conf file, to let hal configuring the X.

I paste you my fdi file for the eGalax TouchScreen, in case this help you:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 

<deviceinfo version="0.2">

*<device>

* *<match key="info.product" contains="eGalax">

* * *<match key="info.capabilities" contains="input">

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evtouch</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.minx" type="string">112</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.miny" type="string">76</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.maxx" type="string">1912</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.maxy" type="string">1989</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.taptimer" type="string">30</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.longtouchtimer" type="string">750</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.longtouched_action"

type="string">click</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.longtouched_button"

type="string">3</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.oneandhalftap_button"

type="string">2</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.movelimit" type="string">10</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.touched_drag" type="string">1</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.maybetapped_action"

type="string">click</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.maybetapped_button"

type="string">1</merge>

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.rotate" type="string">ccw</merge>

* * * *

* * * *<merge key="input.x11_options.swapy" type="bool">true</merge>

* * *</match>

* *</match>

*</device>

</deviceinfo>

Now I playing with "input.x11_options.swapx" and

"input.x11_options.swapy", because I got a half mirror effect. The

limits are now fine, the horizontal move is ok, but the vertical move

has a mirror effect. If anyone now the right solution, please tellme,

becouse I need to finish the calibration soon... :-/

I've also added the option rotate, which was the one who made the

cursor stoped of going crazy.

I hope some of this info help to some one. If anyone gets a better

solution, please tell me.

Thanks for your time.

Cheers :-)

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12-19-2008, 05:30 AM

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Jeff <yam125@gmail.com> wrote:
> @juan
>
> you are awesome
>
> heres what i did:
>
> reinstalled the calibrate ts package in the repository
>
> opened /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/50-eGalax.fdi
>
> changed the max/min value (this took the longest to realize somethimg
> obvious)
> after restarting X 50 billion times here is the final file for
>
> /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/50-eGalax.fdi
>
> __________________________________________code
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
> <deviceinfo version="0.2">
> <device>
> <match key="info.product" contains="eGalax">
> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input">
> <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">evtouch</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.minx" type="string">70</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.miny" type="string">70</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.maxx" type="string">1900</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.maxy" type="string">1900</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.taptimer" type="string">30</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.longtouchtimer"
> type="string">750</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.longtouched_action"
> type="string">click</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.longtouched_button"
> type="string">3</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.oneandhalftap_button"
> type="string">2</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.movelimit" type="string">10</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.touched_drag" type="string">1</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.maybetapped_action"
> type="string">click</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.maybetapped_button"
> type="string">1</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.rotate" type="string">cw</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.swapx" type="bool">false</merge>
> <merge key="input.x11_options.swapy" type="bool">false</merge>
> </match>
> </match>
> </device>
> </deviceinfo>
>
> __________________________________________________ __/code
>
>
> the rotate needed to be clockwise
> and i didnt swap x or y
>
> the MAX abslt edge is is 2000 the min edge is 0
> then i bumbed it inside so to give me some room to touch it.
>
> Thanks so much for helping! i had no idea about those fdi files

No, thanks to you for the clockwise and swapx/y thing. You save me
from restart the X server lots of time more :-)

Cheers :-)

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