On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Mike Bigalke <[email protected]> wrote: > Question 1: Has anyone tried to install a touch screen in Ubuntu or any > other flavor of linux for that matter?
Nope. I have use the wiimote to use my laptopscreen as a touchscreen, but that's not what you are looking for. > One minor problem... the touch screen is on com1 and not on usb. The > pre-compiled drivers I have found for Ubuntu are USB in nature and > restricted to the 2.4-2.6 kernel series. It may be possible to use a serial to USB converter: http://www.amazon.com/SIIG-US2308-9-Pin-Serial-to-USB-Adapter/dp/B0000C120V http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3120513 I have never had any luck with the PS/2 to USB converters, but maybe serial is different. > I installed Ubuntu 8.10 before paying attention to this.. The drivers have > been tested on 8.04. I don't know if they will work on 8.10. (Don't worry > Robert... I'll test that sudo init 1 before installing 8.04 over 8.10). No worries about the sudo test. I'm going to try it out in a VM later on. > Question 2: Shouldn't drivers that work for 8.04 also work for 8.10? Usually, it does, but not necessarrily. > And why not? Different kernel therefore different code. > If anyone knows anything I'd appreciate hearing from you. Wish I did. Please post back whatever you find out. Regards, - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
