Tom- I made a package for the elographics driver for Hardy that fixes the bug, and attached it to the bug report. You can also get it here:
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17475532/xserver-xorg-input-elographics_1.1.0-4_i386.deb Install in your chroot, remove the line in configure-x.sh that prints Option "AlwaysCore" "true", and you should be good-to-go. Enjoy, -Gadi On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 19:44 -0400, Gideon Romm wrote: > So, I just confirmed that the code that once worked on Gutsy for > touchscreen does not work on Hardy. Worse yet, the elographics driver > used in Hardy has a bug, see: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-elographics/+bug/218671 > > In order to get this going, you will need to upgrade the elographics > driver in your Hardy chroot, and remove the line > in /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/lib/ltsp/configure-x.sh that adds the: > Option "AlwaysCore" "true" > to the touchscreen configuration. The buggy elographics driver doesn't > work at all with that line in there. > > It looks like the elographics driver is getting fixed, if you follow > that thread, but unless a backport for hardy is requested when it is > fixed, you will need to use a different package (perhaps Debian's > package) in the chroot. > > Hope that helps explain things, > > -Gadi > > > On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 14:02 -0400, Gideon Romm wrote: > > Tom, > > > > Hi. I apologize. I have been on vacation from the computer for the > > past two weeks. Every now and then - ya gotta get away ;) > > > > Anyhow, I was the one who added the touchscreen code to configure-x.sh > > (the X configuration script used in Ubuntu LTSP5). At the time of the > > merge, I was on a Gutsy (7.10) chroot, and frankly still am for my > > development platform. > > > > I have begun retesting some things on a Hardy (8.04.1) platform, but > > have not touched touchscreen, yet. Frankly, I wasn't clear that I was > > not the only one in the galaxy using it. :) > > > > I will try to setup a test soon, so I can see what is going on. > > > > You should note that Gutsy uses X.org version 1.3, while in Hardy, they > > are up to 1.4. X.org and ubuntu have been changing a lot recently in > > the way various things are handled. Sometimes, options that made sense > > in previous versions, like "AlwaysCore" cause problems in later > > versions. To the X.org guys it's just something that a user should > > change in their configs. To LTSP, however, where we generate a config, > > it means modifying/updating the script. > > > > Thanks for testing - this is how we fix things from version to version! > > > > -Gadi > > > > > > On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 12:04 +0100, Tom Knowles wrote: > > > Kevin, > > > First of all, the non recognition of the lts.conf was down to my > > > stupidity. > > > That aside, I cannot get any touch on my 'other' system at all, doing, > > > as I perceive, all the same things. The screen is another ELO model, but > > > that shouldn't make any diff. Taking my previous experience of > > > touchscreens on ltsp<=4, I believe there is a fundamental issue, and, > > > unless we are very lucky, we'll not get to understand why & how to > > > comfortably reproduce it. That decidedly unnerves me. > > > I have tried reversing the MinX/MaxX in a number of combinations (on the > > > 'working' system) but with all alternatives, the cursor just disappears > > > when I touch the screen. So I'm back to the point of initial excitement > > > and then deflation, and my dodgy Y-axis. I'm very puzzled by the > > > differences and inconsistencies. Unless I/we can get some confirmatory > > > input from someone who KNOWS, then I may have to abandon for the time > > > being. You can only spend so much time reinventing the wheel, and, when > > > the discoveries are accidents, there isn't really much progress. Gideon > > > Romm seems to understand quite a lot, but at the mo, I don't know > > > whether that's practical or theoretical. I hope he responds, and, I > > > wonder, has anybody got this working consistently in a real environment? > > > Stay in touch, just maybe there will be answers before I concede. > > > Regards > > > Tom > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > > > challenge > > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > > > prizes > > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > > > world > > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. 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