Touch screen laptop

[Philip Rhoades]

Sam,


Sharpe, Sam J wrote:
> 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?


Thanks for that! - I did see the evtouch stuff in my wanderings but 
wasn't sure if it was appropriate.  I will try the different options on 
the last URL and see how I go (I will post results if they are interesting).

Regards,

Phil.

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