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| + | The following is a list of operations to be performed but the actual location of the script seems to vary between different installations. |
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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... |
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| ! style="text-align:left;"| Step | | ! style="text-align:left;"| Step |
| ! Action | | ! Action |
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| |5. | | |5. |
− | |> cp 99-calibration.conf 99-calibration.conf.backup
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− | |backup your current config
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| |> 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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− | |7. | + | |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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− | |8. | + | |7. |
| |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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− | |9. | + | |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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− | |10. | + | |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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− | |11. | + | |10. |
| |> 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 |