Hello Andy, Thanks for your quick reply!
OK, I got it installed finally and I can go through the calibration for the screen. For some reasons I have 2 eGalaxy Inc. Touch devices listed according my Xinput output, device 11 and device 12. When I go through the calibration, click the 4 corners the Terminal opens with the settings but at this moment, the screen is still not calibrated correctly. I tried with both devices by running the calibration from the Terminal with -- device 11 and --device 12. Should the screen be calibrated right after the calibration finishes and spits out the proposed settings or will it only be calibrated when I save the parameters as instructed? I found the xorg.conf.d folder not where the instructions say it should be (/etc/X11/) but in /usr/share/x11. Inside the xorg.conf.d folder I have a few configurations from who knows where. They are Wacom configuration, vmmouse config etc. I think I should copy my settings into this folder in a configuration file called d99-calibration.conf if I am correct? But if my screen is not calibrated correctly at this time before I save the settings, will it be after reboot maybe? Last but not least, the dumbest question I guess since it is after 3am here now, how do I copy that file into that folder since I have no permission to copy into it? Making baby steps I guess but at least we are moving some. Let me know what you think the best approach is here. Thanks again! G21 On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:39 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2 May 2017 at 18:36, Jan Bos <rappyrip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I tried to install 'xinput-calibrator' to calibrate the touchscreen but > > when I enter in my terminal window: > > > > 'sudo apt-get install xinput-calibrator' I get the following feedback: > > I have it on my Wheezy machine, but even after enabling backports I > can't find it in Synaptic on my test VM. > > So, I assume I got it direct from: > https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xinput_calibrator/ > > I seem to remember it only being a partial success anyway. For example > it gets confused if you already have an Xorg.conf file with a > touchscreen calibration in it. > > This is the relevant section from my Xorg.conf. You could just try it > as-is. > > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "calibration" > MatchProduct "eGalax Inc. Touch" > Option "Calibration" "1565 265 259 1590" > Option "SwapAxes" "1" > EndSection > > It is possible to calibrate the screen iteratively by changing the > numbers by hand. Don't ask me how I know. > > The manpage says > > Option "Calibration" "min-x max-x min-y max-y" > Calibrates the X and Y axes for devices that need to scale to a > different coordinate system than reported to the X server. This > feature is required for devices that need to scale to a different > coordinate system than originally reported by the kernel (e.g. > touchscreens). The scaling to the custom coordinate system is done > in-driver and the X server is unaware of the transformation. Property: > "Evdev Axis Calibration". > > There is a good chance that my file will make things worse for you, as > it looks like my problems included an axis swap as well as in inverted > X. But I think that, by changing those 4 numbers, you can sort things > out. You will note that my min-x is larger than my max-x. That is one > way to flip the axis. The other way is to use > > Option "InvertX" "Bool" > Option "InvertY" "Bool" > > (All from https://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/man/man4/evdev.4.html ) > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
