Working on Linux

NextWindow Touch Screen Working on Linux

This page explains how to get a NextWindow touch screen working under Linux on the X Windows system. This has so far been tested on the Knoppix (based on Debian) distribution.

Requirements:

Linux 2.6 kernel series

Evtouch Touchscreen Driver installed

Example XF86Config-4 excerpt

Section "InputDevice"
     Identifier "touchscreen"
     Driver "evtouch"
     Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
     Option "DeviceName" "touchscreen"
     Option "MinX" "1"
     Option "MinY" "1"
     Option "MaxX" "32768"
     Option "MaxY" "32768"
     Option "ReportingMode" "Raw"
     Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
     Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
     Option "SendCoreEvents" "On"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
     Identifier   "Default Layout"
     Screen       "Default Screen"
     InputDevice  "Generic Keyboard"
     InputDevice  "touchscreen"
     InputDevice  "PSAUX Mouse"
     InputDevice  "USB Mouse"
EndSection

Calibration

Don't forget that once you have the USB communications working, the touch screen requires a simple calibration procedure.