Public bug reported:
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a very old computer that has a
touchscreen (it's not a notebook, it's an almost-square one-block heavy-
as-shit computer with a built-in touchscreen and no keyboard). The
touchscreen is not working or enabled by default. It should, as it
should on EVERY computer that has a touchscreen.
Before I installed Ubuntu 12.04, there was Ubuntu 7.10 installed on the
same machine and it had the touchscreen working. That means support for
this touchscreen has been enabled for 6 years already. I guess some
additional package had been installed at that time, but nowadays, any
touchscreen should be detected and enabled by default without having to
install or setup anything.
I can't even see any settings under System Settings to enable it.
Ubuntu's System Settings is so poor. There are tons of settings that
actually exist that are not available there. You never know whether you
need to install some additional package or if it is already there to be
tweaked by editing some text file somewhere.
Some of this shit has already been improved in more recent ubuntu
versions, but 12.04 is LTS, isn't it? So these fixes should be made
readily available to 12.04.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47~precise1-generic 3.8.13.10
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.5
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDmesg: [ 31.621817] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1262)
terminated with status 1
Date: Fri Oct 25 19:23:51 2013
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device [8086:3582] (rev 02)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
[8086:3582]
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
[8086:3582]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386
(20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-32-generic
root=UUID=38300260-6723-4670-83ea-a309d2736a38 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p',
'-f'] failed with exit code 1: Error: OpenGL rendering is not supported by the
root visual
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/23/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: i852-F81216
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd08/23/2006:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rni852-F81216:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.12-0ubuntu2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu0.0.3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise running-unity ubuntu
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touchscreen not enabled by default
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