RS232 POSTouch screen Linux
driver installation
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(Last modify date:2008/03/04) The files are
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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 o
1.4 Always use the currently setting
for serial port ·
2. Xinput Driver installation o
2.1 Check the version of the X-Server o
2.2 Xinput Driver installation for Xorg o
2.3 Xinput Driver installation for
xfree86 ·
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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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
command on your “grub.conf” or “menu.list”, and it will let your kernel
to support more then 4 serial port on your system.
* please edit
/boot/grub/menu.lst and add "8250.nr_uarts=6" to
the end of the kernel line then use /dev/ttyS4 in
xorg.conf
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. For .rpm package:
#rpm -ivh RS232CentOS4.x-v0.5-1.rpm
2. For .tar.gz package:
Decompress xfdrvtouch_drv*.tar.gz and place where your X is installed.
#tar zxvf xfdrvtouch_drv_xorg6.7.tar.gz
You need put Xinput driver file (xfdrvtouch_drv.o) in the same with file
"elographics_drv.*". Use the below command to find the
destination:
# find / -name elographics_drv.*
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Fedora Core 5 |
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Fedora Core 3 |
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ubuntu 6.06 |
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Debian 4.0R1 |
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Fedora Core 2 |
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CentOS 4.0 |
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Slackware 11.0 |
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3.
Example command for Fedora Core 5:
#cp xfdrvtouch_drv.o /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input
4. Add the following black
lines into xorg.conf file (maybe in /etc or /etc/X11).
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.
6. Press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
keys to restart X server.
1. Decompress
xfdrvtouch_drv*.tar.gz and place where your X is installed.
#tar zxvf xfdrvtouch_drv.tar.gz
2. You need put Xinput
driver file (xfdrvtouch_drv.o) in the same with file
"elographics_drv.*". Use the below command to find the
destination:
# find / -name elographics_drv.*
Example command:
#cp xfdrvtouch_drv.o /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input
3. Add the following black
lines into XF86Config file (maybe in /etc or /etc/X11).
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 |
4.
*note: "Device" item is dependent on user
choice:
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COM1=/dev/ttyS0
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COM2=/dev/ttyS1
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COM3=/dev/ttyS2
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COM4=/dev/ttyS3
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COM5=/dev/ttyS4
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COM6=/dev/ttyS5
5. Reboot.
1.
Type the following command to get GTK version:
rpm -qa | grep gtk
Example get result on Fedora Core 5: