I've been attempting for quite a long time to get a Serial 3M Touchscreen to work on Ubuntu 10.04.
The closest post I could find to what I needed was this one:
Unfortunately, I get to where I touch the screen and the mouse jumps to the top right corner and that is it. The calibration software doesn't really work (straight from 3M). Either sometimes it won't start, or there is something wrong with it.
It now looks like the problem has to do with the calibration software not recognizing the attached touchscreen. With some changes to the installation script, I was able to get the calibration software to install properly.
#!/bin/bash
#
# Copyright 2007-2009 3M. All rights reserved.
#
# This script installs the MT7 touch screen driver
# During installation, all directories must be writeable.
#
# These symbols point to where the MT7 software binaries and data reside.
# The script attempts to detect where the installation kit is. If this
# fails, you need to set BinDir.
# The data directory must be on writeable media. The script normally uses
# the directory where the installation kit resides as the data directory.
# If you need the data directory to be elsewhere, set DataDir.
BinDir=""
DataDir=""
# If desired, define a file to contain driver startup options and set
# the TwDrv_Cfg symbol to the full path of the file. Normally this is
# not needed.
TwDrv_Cfg=""
# This symbol points to where the Java VM binaries reside.
JavaBinDir=""
# These symobls point to system and applictaion directories other than
# those specific to the MT7 software
UdevDir="/etc/udev"
HotplugDir="/etc/hotplug"
XorgDir="/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input"
XFree86Dir="/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input"
LibDir="/usr/lib"
SEDir1="/usr/selinux/booleans"
SEDir2="/selinux/booleans"
LSBDir="/lib/lsb"
# The InitDir symbol points to where this script places an 'init' script.
# If left blank, this script first looks for /etc/init.d and then /etc/rc.d.
# If this is not appropriate or this script otherwise fails, set this value.
InitDir=""
# This symbol enables permission for some MT7 shared objects on
# SELinux systems. On most systems SEGivePermission is texrel_shlib_t.
# Change this variable if another security type is appropriate.
SEGivePermission="texrel_shlib_t"
# This symbol affects when the X input driver converts raw touch screen
# coordinates into screen coordiates. Normally, the X input driver reports
# the raw coordinates to the X server which then calls an conversion
# routine. Some versions of the X server expect the initial report to
# contain converted coordinates. If your touch behavior is off and
# calibration does not address the problem, set ConvertAtRead to true.
ConvertAtRead="false"
# This symbol defines the name of the xorg.conf file to generate if one is
# not found. Starting with X server version 1.5, this file is not
# automatically generated. This file is needed for MT 7 for Linux to work.
# If you want the file to reside elsewhere, set this symbol.
XorgConf="/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
# These symbols define where the 50MT7-xinit script needs to go and what
# suffix it requires. The script places this file automatically in
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d and /etc/X11/Xsession.d without a suffix. If
# your distribution requires another location or requires a suffix on the
# file, set these symbols.
XinitDir=""
XinitSuffix=""
# Determine the installation directory
if [ -z $BinDir ]
then if [ $(echo $0 | grep ^/) ] then BinDir=$0 else BinDir=$(echo $PWD"/"$0 | sed s#[.]/##) fi BinDir=$(echo $BinDir | sed s%/[^/]*$%%)
fi
# Determine if the system is compatible
$BinDir/TwCompat
if [ $? != 0 ]
then echo "ERROR: MT7 for Linux not installed - shared memory support not detected" exit
fi
# Determine the data directory
[ -z $DataDir ] && DataDir=$BinDir
# Create the data and fifo directories
if [ $DataDir != $BinDir ]
then [ -e $DataDir ] || mkdir $DataDir chmod a+w $DataDir ln -s $DataDir $BinDir/data
else [ -e $BinDir/data ] || mkdir $BinDir/data
fi
chmod a+w $BinDir/data
[ -e $BinDir/data/fifo ] || mkdir $BinDir/data/fifo
chmod a+w $BinDir/data/fifo
# Determine the init script directories
if [ -z $InitDir ] && [ -d /etc/init.d ]
then if [ $(ls -l /etc/init.d/ | sed -e /functions/d -e /^total\ [0-9]*$/d | wc -l) != 0 ] then InitDir="/etc/init.d" fi
fi
if [ -z $InitDir ]
then if [ -e /etc/rc.d/rc.local ] then InitDir=/etc/rc.d else InitDir=$BinDir fi
fi
# Install the init script
[ -e $InitDir/TWDrvStartup ] && rm -f $InitDir/TWDrvStartup
sed -e s#%BINDIR%#$BinDir#g \ -e s#%INITDIR%#$InitDir#g \ -e s#%LSBDIR%#$LSBDir#g \ -e s#%TWDRV_CFG%#$TwDrv_Cfg#g $BinDir/TWDrvStartup.ORIG \ >$InitDir/TWDrvStartup
chmod a+x $InitDir/TWDrvStartup
if perl $BinDir/TwIsThere.perl chkconfig
then chkconfig --add TWDrvStartup >/dev/null
elif perl $BinDir/TwIsThere.perl update-rc.d
then update-rc.d TWDrvStartup defaults >/dev/null
elif [ -e $InitDir/rc.local ]
then sed -e '$ a\
%INITDIR%/TWDrvStartup start
' $InitDir/rc.local >$InitDir/rc.local.TEMP rm -f $InitDir/rc.local sed -e s#%INITDIR%#$InitDir# $InitDir/rc.local.TEMP >$InitDir/rc.local rm -f $InitDir/rc.local.TEMP chmod +x $InitDir/rc.local
else echo "Cannot install the init script"
fi
# Test for USB support
if [ -z $(uname -r | grep ^2\.4\.) ]
then # Copy the udev rules script Hotplug=0 if [ -d $UdevDir/rules.d ] then if [ -e $UdevDir/rules.d/99-TwDriver.rules ] then rm -f $UdevDir/rules.d/99-TwDriver.rules fi sed s#%BINDIR%#$BinDir#g $BinDir/99-TwDriver.rules.ORIG \ >$UdevDir/rules.d/99-TwDriver.rules Hotplug=1 fi if [ -d $HotplugDir/usb ] && [ -e $HotplugDir/usb.agent ]d then [ -e $HotplugDir/usb/TwHotplug ] && rm -f $HotplugDir/usb/TwHotplug sed s#%BINDIR%#$BinDir#g $BinDir/TwHotplug.ORIG > $HotplugDir/usb/TwHotplug chmod a+x $HotplugDir/usb/TwHotplug [ -e $HotplugDir/usb.usermap ] || echo "# Created by MT7" >$HotplugDir/usb.usermap sed <$HotplugDir/usb.usermap >$HotplugDir/usb.usermap.TEMP '$ a\
# TwHotplug is for the MT7 for Linux software\
TwHotplug 0x0001 0x0596 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00000000
' rm -f $HotplugDir/usb.usermap mv $HotplugDir/usb.usermap.TEMP $HotplugDir/usb.usermap Hotplug=1 fi if [ $Hotplug == 0 ] then echo "Hotplugging of USB touch screen controllers is not supported" fi
else echo "USB touch screen controllers are not supported under kernel 2.4"
fi
# Test for the version of C++ standard libraries
if [ -e $LibDir/libstdc++.so.6 ]
then CppExt="6"
elif [ -e $LibDir/libstdc++.so.5 ]
then CppExt="5"
else echo "Cannot find needed libstdc++.so in $LibDir" CppExt=""
fi
# Link the libraries into /usr/lib
perl $BinDir/TwLibInstall.perl install $LibDir $BinDir/lib*.so
if [ x$CppExt != x ]
then perl $BinDir/TwLibInstall.perl install $LibDir $BinDir/so$CppExt/lib*.so
fi
# Link RnR sensitive files
if [ x$CppExt != x ]
then $BinDir/TwLibTest $LibDir/libTwSystemRnR12.so if [ x$? != x0 ] then rm -f $LibDir/libTwSystem.so ln -s $LibDir/libTwSystemRnR12.so $LibDir/libTwSystem.so ln -s $BinDir/TwMonitorRnR.bin$CppExt $BinDir/TwMonitor else $BinDir/TwLibTest $LibDir/libTwSystemRnR.so if [ x$? != x0 ] then rm -f $LibDir/libTwSystem.so ln -s $LibDir/libTwSystemRnR.so $LibDir/libTwSystem.so ln -s $BinDir/TwMonitorRnR.bin$CppExt $BinDir/TwMonitor else ln -s $BinDir/TwMonitor.bin$CppExt $BinDir/TwMonitor fi fi
fi
# Copy the X input driver
XCopyDefault=0
if [ -d $XorgDir ]
then XDir=$XorgDir if [ -z "$(X -version 2>&1 | grep X\.Org[^1]*1\.[4-9]\.)" ] then XSrc=$BinDir/twxinput_drv.so elif [ -z "$(X -version 2>&1 | grep X\.Org[^1]*1\.[5-9]\.)" ] then XSrc=$BinDir/twxinput_drv.so.1.4 else XSrc=$BinDir/twxinput_drv.so.1.5.1 XCopyDefault=1 fi
elif [ -d $XFree86Dir ]
then XDir=$XFree86Dir XSrc=$BinDir/twxinput_drv.so
else XDir="" echo "Cannot install the X input module"
fi
if [ -d $XDir ]
then [ -e $XDir/twxinput_drv.o ] && rm -f $XDir/twxinput_drv.o [ -e $XDir/twxinput_drv.so ] && rm -f $XDir/twxinput_drv.so ln -s $XSrc $XDir/twxinput_drv.so
fi
# Install the xinit scripts
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]
then sed s#%BINDIR%#$BinDir#g $BinDir/50MT7-xinit.ORIG \ >/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50MT7-xinit$XinitSuffix chmod a+x /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50MT7-xinit$XinitSuffix
fi
if [ -d /etc/X11/Xsession.d ]
then sed s#%BINDIR%#$BinDir#g $BinDir/50MT7-xinit.ORIG \ >/etc/X11/Xsession.d/50MT7-xinit$XinitSuffix chmod a+x /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50MT7-xinit$XinitSuffix
fi
if [ x$XinitDir != x ]
then sed s#%BINDIR%#$BinDir#g $BinDir/50MT7-xinit.ORIG \ >$XinitDir/50MT7-xinit$XinitSuffix chmod a+x $XinitDir/50MT7-xinit$XinitSuffix
fi
# Set up the SELinux security types
if [ -d $SEDir1 ]
then SEDir=$SEDir1
elif [ -d $SEDir2 ]
then SEDir=$SEDir2
else SEDir=""
fi
if [ x$SEDir != x ]
then chcon -t $SEGivePermission $LibDir/libTwSystem.so chcon -t $SEGivePermission $LibDir/libTwConfig.so chcon -t $SEGivePermission $LibDir/libTwIO_Utilities.so chcon -t $SEGivePermission $LibDir/libTwAppIO_JNI.so chcon -t $SEGivePermission $LibDir/libTwCommon_JNI.so chcon -t $SEGivePermission $LibDir/libTwConfig_JNI.so chcon -t $SEGivePermission $LibDir/libTwUI_JNI.so chcon -t $SEGivePermission $LibDir/libTwUICP.so [ -e $XDir/twxinput_drv.so ] && chcon -t $SEGivePermission $XDir/twxinput_drv.so
fi
# Set up the configuration
[ -d /dev/shm ] && rm -f /dev/shm/*TwConfig*
sed s#%BINDIR%#$BinDir#g $BinDir/TwFramework.cfg.ORIG >$BinDir/TwFramework.cfg
$BinDir/TwCfgUtil /u $BinDir/TwFramework.cfg
$BinDir/TwCfgUtil /u $BinDir/TwFactory.cfg
# Produce the Remove script
sed -e s#%BINDIR%#$BinDir#g \ -e s#%UDEVDIR%#$UdevDir#g \ -e s#%XDIR%#$XDir#g \ -e s#%LIBDIR%#$LibDir#g \ -e s#%SEDIR%#$SEDir#g \ -e s#%HOTPLUGDIR%#$HotplugDir#g \ -e s#%INITDIR%#$InitDir#g \ -e s#%XINITDIR%#$XinitDir#g \ -e s#%XINITSUFFIX%#$XinitSuffix#g \ $BinDir/Remove.ORIG >$BinDir/Remove
# Produce the X input script
sed -e s#%CONVERT%#$ConvertAtRead#g \ $BinDir/TWXinputInstall.perl.ORIG >$BinDir/TWXinputInstall.perl
# Produce the CP start script
sed -e s#%JAVABINDIR%#$JavaBinDir#g \ -e s#%BINDIR%#$BinDir# \ $BinDir/StartCP.ORIG >$BinDir/StartCP
# Set any necessary permissions
chmod a+x $BinDir/TwCalib
chmod a+x $BinDir/TWXinputInstall.perl
chmod u+x $BinDir/Remove
chmod a+x $BinDir/StartCP
# Copy the default xorg.conf
if [ $XCopyDefault == 1 ]
then $BinDir/TWXinputInstall.perl -find if [ $? == 1 ] then cp -a xorg.conf.ORIG $XorgConf fi
fiUsually this puts out this error, although I don't think the errors are critical (warnings?):
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/TWDrvStartup missing LSB keyword 'required-start'
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/TWDrvStartup missing LSB keyword 'required-stop'
update-rc.d: warning: TWDrvStartup start runlevel arguments (2 3 4 5) do not match LSB Default-Start values (2 5)
update-rc.d: warning: TWDrvStartup stop runlevel arguments (0 1 6) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (0 1 3 4 6)
ln: creating symbolic link `/home/kioskadmin/Desktop/twscreen/TwMonitor': File exists
root@kiosk1:/home/kioskadmin/Desktop/twscreen# I also asked this question on Super User quite a long time ago, although other than the link to the Ubuntu forums, nothing. If I recall correctly, no one on the Ubuntu Forum was very helpful beyond pointing me to the same post. It seems "touchscreens" is a specialized topic that not a lot of people know much about.
My questions:
1 Any tips to get this to work correctly? My major problem seems to be the newer boot process in 10.04.
2 Any alternative calibration software or touchscreen driver that may work or is worth trying? (serial, not USB).
It seems that the the driver is not initiating correctly. The calibration software and control panel do not detect the controller for some reason. My assumption at the moment is that the init script is not correct, most likely due to changes in Ubuntu's start-up process.
Edit:
It seems I can now run the control panel script correctly, I was having problems with Java, but I just had to execute it differently. Now I have the problem that the control panel and calibration software cannot detect the touchscreen. Everything runs, but just can't find it, even though it's connected and it responds if I enable the screen manually.
The error is, "touchscreen 1 is not present".
43 Answers
On maverick,add this PPA and try
ppa:utouch-team/utouch
Please see this to get help with MultiTouch in Ubuntu:
Make sure you include the result of lsusb when you ask your question there. Thank you!
However this may not be enough to properly configure your device drivers. I would suggest filing a bug.
Run the /opt/twscreen/Remove script.
edit the /opt/twscreen/TWDrvStartup.ORIG file and update the BEGIN INIT INFO to look like this:
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: TwDriver
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start: 2 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 3 4 6
# Description: Start the MT 7 touch screen driver
### END INIT INFORun the /opt/twscreen/Install
