On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Cedric Sodhi <man...@gmx.net> wrote: > I recently bought an ASUS EEE Slate which has a eGalax Touchpad and a > WACOM Digitizer (Stylus & Erasor). I did not know that. I thought it was > all WACOM, now I'm faced with the prolem that I have no driver for the > eGalax touchpad, I hope you can help, since I don't know any other > people on the internet who deal with these kind of things.
When you say "eGalax touchpad", you really mean touchscreen, right? If your hardware is being detected as a touchpad then thats your problem right there. Touchpad == relative mouse-like device handled by xf86-input-synaptics. Touchscreen == absolute mode touchscreen like device handled by xf86-input-evdev. > > I get an event node in /dev/input, do you have any suggestions how to > make the touchscreen work? In the worst case that there really is no > driver and I (god beware, I will rather return the tablet) would have to > write my own, is there anything in Wacom that can be reused? Based on your description of hardware, you should see two /dev/inputs. One for the wacom and one for the eGalax. Are you seeing one specifically for eGalax in your dmesg output? We need to make sure your really getting a kernel driver loaded for the eGalax part. I find the "evtest" program extremely useful in verifying the kernel side is working and which /dev/input goes to which hardware. You can google it for more info. What kernel driver is being used by this hardware? I hope its not a binary blob because then your pretty much on your own getting it working. > > I'm generally wondering why there is not ONE UNIFIED X > tablet/touchscreen driver for all touchscreens there are. They all have > mostly the same capabilities. Why is there no unified common interface > on the kernel level that exposes tablets through a unified interface to > the X server?! There is a unified X driver for generic touchscreen/mice/etc. Its called xf86-input-evdev. It all depends on the kernel driver used to which X driver gets loaded. We'd need that info to go any further. > > Thanks for your help, I'm stuck Good luck. Chris > -- > regards, ManDay > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. > Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Linuxwacom-devel mailing list > Linuxwacom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list Linuxwacom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
