Comment 34 for bug 549447

I used the livecd Maverick Alpha 3 Netbook. Without the usbhid.quirks
option, the cursor stays in the upper left corner. With the
usbhid.quirks option, I can use xinput_calibrator, set the 'Evdev Axes
Swap' and the 'Evdev Axis Inversion' to 1 and have a working
touchscreen.
Now I've installed the backported kernel (same kernel as in Alpha 3, I
believe) on my existing installation, without any custom boot options
and the cursor still goes to the upper left corner.

On 8 August 2010 00:28, Ernesto Manriquez <email address hidden> wrote:
> Finishing my round of spam, according to this:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/76210/ this bug should be ancient
> history with Maverick Meerkat. If I remove all the quirks workarounds,
> and simply install the Maverick backported kernel from ppa:kernel-
> ppa/ppa , touchscreen will work OOTB, with only the configuration posted
> by cmd_ remaining. Can anybody confirm my thoughts?
>
> --
> eGalax touchscreen configured as tablet
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> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” package in Fedora: Unknown
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> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
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> from Xorg.0.log: (II) "eGalax Inc. Touch": Configuring as tablet
> The touchscreen is a 7" resistive vga monitor.
>
> Every touch makes the cursor move to the upper left corner and register the click there.
> My calibration values, coming from an ubuntu  8.10 installation using evtouch, are loaded through a udev rule. Changing them or using no values at all for calibration does not change anything.
>
> If I install the eGalax driver (http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eGalaxTouchDriver/linuxDriver.htm), the device is listed twice in "xinput list" and if I disable the device using evdev, I can calibrate the screen using the eGalax tool and everythings works. If I don't disable the device using evdev, everything works too, except that every touch is preceded by a touch to the upper left corner.
> But I'd rather get it working using only evdev.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sat Mar 27 11:07:38 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.3.2-3ubuntu2
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-17-generic root=UUID=a1d7d9b3-1a8f-4e55-b622-ec5497d7797c ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=en_US.utf8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
> SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 04/03/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
> dmi.bios.version: LF94510J.86A.0171.2009.0403.0118
> dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
> dmi.board.name: D945GCLF2
> dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
> dmi.board.version: AAE46416-106
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrLF94510J.86A.0171.2009.0403.0118:bd04/03/2009:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD945GCLF2:rvrAAE46416-106:cvn:ct3:cvr:
> glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> system:
>  distro:             Ubuntu
>  codename:           lucid
>  architecture:       i686
>  kernel:             2.6.32-17-generic
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