On Jun 5, 2016 8:20 PM, "Bill Kenworthy" <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > On 06/06/16 04:12, James wrote: > > Bill Kenworthy <billk <at> iinet.net.au> writes: > > > > > >> Has anyone been able to get the surface pro ntrig touchscreen to work > >> ... and if so how? > > > > Sorry, never tried... > > > >> MS recently changed from the wacom to a ntrig touchscreen (they > >> apparently bought the company!) for the latest pro models. The kernel > >> guys have a surface3_spi module being worked on which I have patched > >> into 4.6.1 ... but neither dmesg or lspci still shows a ntrig device. > > > > 'lshw' or other hardware scanning tools might show something. > > > > > > Also install sys-apps/hwids to the latest version and see if that > > hardware shows up. > > > > hth, > > James > > > > > > Unfortunately no ... the first device is 8086:9d3a which shows up, but > the touchscreen at 8086:9d3e dosent. The problem is that the detection > code does not enumerate secondary devices - there was a patch against > the spi bus in the kernel a few versions back, but it wont apply to > 4.6.1. This is the likely problem but the code is very opaque :( > > I'll try and manually add an appropriate stanza in tonight. > > BillK >
Please post your results. I am able to help. I'm also interested in knowing if you do it properly.
