On Lucid, xserver-xorg-input-evtouch does not install ev_calibrate

[hackeron]

root@intercom1:~# ev_calibrate
The program 'ev_calibrate' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-evtouch
root@intercom1:~# apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-evtouch
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
xserver-xorg-input-evtouch is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

So it's impossible to tell evtouch to use a calibration config which makes the touchscreen pointless :(

[hackeron (hackeron)]

Actually, it's installed to /usr/lib/xf86-input-evtouch

But unfortunately then it shows a different error:

# /usr/lib/xf86-input-evtouch/ev_calibrate
XLoadQueryFont: failed loading font '*freemono*'

[hackeron (hackeron)]

Made a patch:

# cat debian/patches/07_fixfont.diff
--- xserver-xorg-input-evtouch.orig/ev_calibrate.c 2010-03-24 23:23:13.000000000 +0000
+++ xserver-xorg-input-evtouch/ev_calibrate.c 2010-03-24 23:25:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ int main (void)
         Pixmap cursor_pic;
         XColor cursor_fg, cursor_bg;
         XFontStruct* font_info;
- char* font_name = "*freemono*";
+ char* font_name = "*lucidasans*";
         char str[256];
         unsigned int cursor_width, cursor_height;
         int hotspot_x, hotspot_y;

This seems to make ev_calibrate start and /usr/lib/xf86-input-evtouch/calibrate.sh work.

But what happened to /etc/init.d/xserver-xorg-input-evtouch ?

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

I just upgraded and to my suprise ev_calibrate is gone.

Marking as "confirmed".

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

I meant to write "gone from the menu".

@hackeron, Lucida Sans does not seem to be part of a default Lucid Install and it's not a mono font. Deja Vu Sans Mono seems a better candidate to fix that. I am not even sure the font should be hardcoded, but should rather use the system's defaults.

[DarkJavi (darkjavi)]

Same here, can't calibrate my touchscreen and is useless with 90º degree rotation between image and touch. on karmic I overided it by setting ccw on the fdi file but is no longer avaiable.Where can I manually rotate it until the calibrator is fixed?

[DarkJavi (darkjavi)]

This looks a typo problem, on my system I got FreeMono font instead freemono

[george (georgebroodryk)]

hopefully you guys can help me out. Got Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx - released in April 2010 that uses emc2 set up on a PC that needs to operate an CNC machine but cant seem to configure my touchscreen to what the net gave me so var... I'm using a "LG FLATRON L1730SF touchscreen" axis seemed to shrink and that damn config file not on the PC nor do seem to be able to add it ( limited Linux experience )