Jim, Thanks for your prompt reply. On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 13:26 -0400, Jim McQuillan wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Ian Clancy wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to get an elotouch 1524L touch screen working on a LTSP thin > > client without too much luck. The touch screen can be connected to the > > terminal using either USB or a serial connection. At the moment the > > touch screen sort of works with USB. I can move the mouse pointer up and > > down on the Y axis but it seems to be inverted and there is no Y axis > > movement. I can also perform a left click action. I can see the elotouch > > drivers being loaded as the thin client boots. I also use a usb keyboard > > and mouse with the terminal which work without any problem. I have had > > no luck whatsoever getting it to work with the serial port. > > Here is my relevant configuration > > > > OS: Fedora Core 4 > > LTSP: 4.1.1 > > LTSP Kernel : 2.4.26-ltsp-3 > > > > relevant lts.conf for the particular thin client. > > > > [IT01] > > XSERVER = auto > > LOCAL_APPS = Y > > NIS_DOMAIN = yp.cel.org > > NIS_SERVER = 192.0.2.69 > > NFS_SERVER = 192.0.2.4 > > USE_TOUCH = Y > > X_TOUCH_TYPE = E > > #X_TOUCH_DEVICE = /dev/ttyS0 > > > > > > A few questions : > > > > 1. I would be happy to get the touch screen working via the serial port. > > However, i don't know what to set the X_TOUCH_DEVICE parameter to. The > > thin client is running sshd locally so i can log into it. How can i > > possibly find out which device the touchscreen is connect to ? > > With standard PC hardware, it's either going to be /dev/ttyS0 or > /dev/ttyS1, so try both. > I can log into the thin client via ssh. When i go to the /dev/ directory i can see lots of tty devices (tty0-61) but no ttyS* devices.
> > > > 2. Should i make any changes to the X_TOUCH_MINX / X_TOUCH_MAXX > > settings ? > > For the elotouch monitors, you are supposed to run the calibration > program. Last time I played with this, it was a DOS based utility that > you run, and it displays some things on the screen, and you have to > touch the monitor at various places, and when you are done, it spits out > the proper values to plug into the MIN/MAX X/Y values. > Thanks Jim. I will look into this and report back on success/failures > > > > > 3.Is their a way to log the info that is displayed as the thin client > > boots ? > > Currently no. The boot messages happen before the syslogd is running, > so it's too late to catch them. > That makes sense i suppose > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
