Comment 7 for bug 854445

Hey there, I will do this when I get the chance. If I remember correctly I
had to make a small change to the xorg configuration before the touchscreen
worked properly.

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Chinook Piroh, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an
> issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development
> release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
> the development release from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
> and attach updated debug information to this report:
>
> apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-input-evdev REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER
>
> Please note, given that the information from the prior release is
> already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one
> would not be helpful.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Helpful bug reporting tips:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-evdev (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/854445
>
> Title:
> Asus ep121 (eee slate) touchscreen not working
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-evdev” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> The Asus ep121 touchscreen is a two-finger (at the time) eGalax
> multitouch screen 0xeef:0xa001. It should function as such but does not.
> The pointers movement and position are relative and not absolute, like a
> giant laptop touchpad. The hardware logs say it is a touchpad and load the
> Synaptics module for it.
> Touching the screen causes a constant "mouse wheel up" issue as well as
> removing the ability to click even with a real mouse. The computer is
> unusable in this state until rebooted.
> There are a number of workarounds for other eGalax touchscreens such as
> http://samiux.blogspot.com/2011/04/howto-ubuntu-1104-on-gigabyte-touchnote.htmlbut nothing works.
>
> These issues occur on 10.10, 11.04, and the 11.10 beta released sept.
> 1. In the 11.10 beta, blacklisting the synaptics module allows the
> touchscreen to work with absolute coordinates but bad calibration. It
> also registers a constant "left mouse button pressed" event after
> being touched.
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