Touch screen laptop

Sharpe, Sam J sam.sharpe+lists.redhat at gmail.com
Sat Mar 7 11:11:31 UTC 2009


2009/3/7 Philip Rhoades <phil at pricom.com.au>:
> Sam J Sharpe wrote:
>
>>> I have an older laptop that has a reversible screen so it can be used as
>>> a tablet PC but I have never used it like that (it currently has F10
>>> installed). Are there Fedora utilities I can use to check to see if I
>>> can get the touchscreen working with F10?
>>
>> In general, if you assume that it's a wacom touchscreen, you can install
>> the linuxwacom package and play with wacdump to see if your pen/finger
>> generates useful movement information - have a google for it, there's
>> planty of info out there.
>
>
> The reason I didn't mention the brand/model is that no-one would recognise
> it - indeed the model isn't even listed on the manufacturer's site anymore
> (T200C - http://www.clevo.com.tw/en).
>
> I tried using wacdump with /dev/event/input[0-7] with no luck . .
>
> Anything else to try?

This page says it's a Fujitsu Panel:
http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/showthread.php?p=203592

This page says the Linux drivers are available "on request":
http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/edevices/components/touchpanels/drivers.html

Googling gets these results:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fujitsu+touch+panel+linux

The Linux Touch Screen HOWTO eventually leads to this:
http://www.conan.de/touchscreen/index.html

So, have you tried that?

-- 
Sam




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