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Aligning Zynthian Touchscreens (view source)
Revision as of 14:14, 7 January 2021
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'''There may be some historic interest here but Zynthian now provides touchscreen calibration from the admin menu so you shouldn't need to read this.
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For instance on my own machine, /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/98-screen-calibration.conf is the location that worked. Othere people have located it successfully in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf. So a certain amount of adaption is required...
For instance on my own machine, /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/98-screen-calibration.conf is the location that worked. Othere people have located it successfully in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf. So a certain amount of adaption is required...
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! style="text-align:left;"| Step
! style="text-align:left;"| Step
! Action
! Action
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|5.
|5.
|> apt-get install -y xinput-calibrator
|> apt-get install -y xinput-calibrator
|A generic touchscreen calibration program for X.Org —I’ve already got it but I’ve played around a bit
|A generic touchscreen calibration program for X.Org —I’ve already got it but I’ve played around a bit
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|6.
|> > apt-get install -y bc GNU bc
|> > apt-get install -y bc GNU bc
|3. copy and paste bash script from link above, create this as “calib” script (using vi [grrrr]… nano is a much easier windows like tool for people who have issues with vi . . . :-). Type nano calib, cut and paste the code into it. Cntrl O to write it Cntrl X to exit …)add this as first line on script:
|3. copy and paste bash script from link above, create this as “calib” script (using vi [grrrr]… nano is a much easier windows like tool for people who have issues with vi . . . :-). Type nano calib, cut and paste the code into it. Cntrl O to write it Cntrl X to exit …)add this as first line on script:
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|add export DISPLAY=:0.0 to script first line
|add export DISPLAY=:0.0 to script first line
|Easy withing nano . . . :slight_smile:
|Easy withing nano . . . :slight_smile:
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|8.
|> chmod 755 calib
|> chmod 755 calib
|make it executable; I agree with @Baggypants
|make it executable; I agree with @Baggypants
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|9.
|> ./calib
|> ./calib
|6. calibration will popup on screen, follow instructions and Play tap the dot :smiley:
|6. calibration will popup on screen, follow instructions and Play tap the dot :smiley:
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|> nano 99-calibration.conf
|> nano 99-calibration.conf
|7. calibration script will end up with output which should go into /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf [BEWARE! script recommends different file names, IDK if will work then] i already had details for this in the file so I overwrote them
|7. calibration script will end up with output which should go into /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf [BEWARE! script recommends different file names, IDK if will work then] i already had details for this in the file so I overwrote them