POSTouch
Linux driver OSE installation
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(Last modify date: The
files are licensed under terms and conditions of GNU General Public license
v2, unless stated otherwise. This
distribution contain the below files:
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Install Guide:
POSTouch_OpenSourceDriver_InstallGuide.pdf ·
Note: The OSE version should be working on
any X server 1.6 ~1.8 Linux systems. If any problem please contact with us.
QUICK START
GUIDE (binary installation)
Index ·
1. Make sure serial port
work currently o 1.1 Check the serial port resource o 1.2 Verify the serial port setting under Linux o 1.3 Make sure the Linux serial port setting match with BIOS § 1.3.1 Adjust method when cannot turn on ttyS4 and higher § 1.3.2 Remove non-used serial port to let touch work on
ttyS0~ttyS3 § 1.3.3 Rebuild kernel for support more then 4 serial port ·
2. Xinput Driver
installation o 2.1 Check the version of the X-Server o 2.2 Xinput Driver installation for Xorg ·
3. Setup and run Touch
Utility 1. Make sure serial port work
currently
If
you connect the touch on COM1~COM2 and use the standard resource, go to STEP2. 1.1 Check the serial port resource
Check
the serial port resource usage first. You can into BIOS setup program
to check your setting.
1.2 Verify the serial port setting
under Linux
You
can check the resources used by the COM port with the "setserial"
command, as follows: 1.3 Make sure
the Linux serial port setting match with BIOS
1.
If port resources is not currently, use the
setserial command to adjust it. 2.
If all of serial port setting match with
BIOS, go to STEP 1.4.
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menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux recordfail insmod
ext2 set
root='(hd0,1)' search
--no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2624db8e-7d22-4b linux /boot/vmlinuz- initrd /boot/initrd.img- } |
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Note: if the parameter for boot menu is not
work, please refer below to rebuild kernel.
Before
rebuild the kernel, you can try to add the option “8250.nr_uarts=
There
show you the list for need / didn't need rebuild the kernel for support more
than 4 legacy serial ports by our test:
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Fedora Core 2 / 5 |
Need rebuild the kernel for support ttyS4 |
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Mandrake 9.x / 10.x |
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SuSe 9.0 / 9.3 / 10.0 |
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CentOS 4.0 / 4.4 |
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VectorLinux 5 |
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Debian 4.0R1 |
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RedHat 7 ~ 9 |
Didn't need rebuild the kernel for support ttyS4 |
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Ubuntu 6.06 |
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Novell Linux Desktop 9 |
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Slackware 11.0 |
If
you connect the touch controller at COM5 or higher, need make sure the
following features have been enabled in the kernel configuration.
After
you successful rebuild the kernel, go to STEP 1.3.
If
you cannot successful rebuild the kernel, go to STEP
1.3.2.
Add
the setserial command into /etc/rc.local file for let the setting always
available.
Example add the below lines to change the setting for COM3~COM6:
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0x3e8 uart
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0x2e8 uart
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS4 port 0x
/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS5 port 0x4e8 uart
Check
the version of the X-Server your system is running. If you are running the XFree86
server, type the following command:
XFree86 -version
If
you are running Xorg server, type the following command:
Xorg -version
1.
Extract the package.
#tar zxvf POSTouch_OSE_v
2.
Confirm the folder structure and please
make sure the necessary packages have been installed.
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Folder
Name |
Description |
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AP |
Application
for touch driver. Please confirm you device interface and into the folder
below. 1. RS232 2. USB And it
includes the Calib, FreeDraw and Linear tool. You can
into the folder and follow the steps below to make the utility. #./configure #make #make install |
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touch.calib |
The
configure file for utility use, please copy to /etc folder. #cp touch.calib /etc/ |
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USB_Kernel |
The USB
driver for USB touch. Into the foler v2.6.x/touch to build the kernel
driver. #cd v2.6.x/touch #make #cd touch/ #rm -f /lib/modules/$(uname
–r)/kernel/drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen* #install –o root –g root –m 666 touch.ko
/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/input/touchscreen |
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Xorg |
The
touch driver for X window. Please #cd 1.6.x-1.8.x/xdrv #./configure #make # |
3.
Add the following black lines into
xorg.conf file (maybe in /etc or /etc/X11).
If the configure file is not exists, please pressed
<ctrl>+<alt>+<F3> to console mode and the use the command
to create the configure file.
#X
–configure :1
#cp /root/xorg.conf.new
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
4.
If your system will not have a mouse, then
use "CorePointer" instead of "SendCoreEvents" in the
"ServerLayout" section.
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Section "ServerLayout" Identifier
"Default Layout" EndSection Section
"InputDevice"
EndSection |
5. *note: "Device" item is dependent
on user choice, COM1=/dev/ttyS0, COM2=/dev/ttyS1, ..., etc, USB= /dev/idtk0.
6.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace keys to restart X
server or reboot.
1.
Type the following command to get GTK
version:
rpm -qa | grep gtk
Example get result on Fedora Core 5: