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gizmo005

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Registered: 2009-05-24

Posts: 37

Arch on touch devices

Hello all

Who else has tryed installing archlinux on a touch device (Tablet)?
Any success storys out there.

I owne a view sonic touch pad 10, I've tested it out with Ubuntu (witch was to heavy for my device), archlinux (run smoothly and very fast ) my problem with archlinux and a touch device was the desktop environments weren't touch friendly and the virtual keyboards suck.

But I would like to hear about your storys.

Padfoot

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Registered: 2010-09-03

Posts: 381

Re: Arch on touch devices

Acer Iconia Tab W501 here.

Running Xfce with a modified gtk theme to make widgets suitable for touch.
Easystroke for touch gestures.
Lightdm with the lightdm-gtk-greeter-osk greeter package (supports on-screen keyboard in DM)
Mousetweaks to enable right click triggered by long left click.
Onboard on-screen keyboard (with at-spi2 packages auto show/hide works when editable widgets are selected)
OrientX (my own custom package - still need to add to AUR - package can be found here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143055) for screen rotation with an accelerometer.

Also using libavg and kivy for multitouch - multitouch apps still need to be written, but a handful of multitouch games are available.

Works a treat, just having some issues with xf86-input-evdev-2.7.3, working through a bug report with xorg, so stick to xf86-input-evdev-2.72 for now.

Cheers.

bdalenoord

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Registered: 2012-06-14

Posts: 25

Re: Arch on touch devices

Well, I tried but wasnt succesfull... Take a look at KDE Plasma Active though... It might be just what you are looking for, a touch-friendly interface for Linux...

sneakin

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Registered: 2012-05-01

Posts: 3

Re: Arch on touch devices

I'm actively using Arch on an old HP TC1100. I went with Xfce, CellWriter, Midori, EasyStroke, and tons of tweaks. Getting CellWriter to appear within KDM and the screensaver was fun. I had to settle with gnome-screensaver and arcane configuration for the latter.

I made some packages to help during a reinstall if you need inspiration: http://git.oss.semanticgap.com/tc_arch.git

nomorewindows

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Registered: 2010-04-03

Posts: 3,362

Re: Arch on touch devices

Was able to install the xf86-input-* drivers for wacom and other serial input devices (light pen), and using xvkbd.  At the xdm/kdm/gdm screen and then again in the DE/WM.

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I may have to CONSOLE you about your usage of ridiculously easy graphical interfaces...
Look ma, no mouse.

Ochi

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Registered: 2010-04-06

Posts: 51

Re: Arch on touch devices

I know this is a very old thread, but maybe you're still the right people to ask. Since you mention on-screen keyboard support in lightdm: I tried to get "onboard" to work with the lightdm-gtk-greeter. It does show the on-screen keyboard alright in the login screen, but keystrokes do not seem to get through to the password entry field. Do you know how to get it to work correctly?

jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: Arch on touch devices

If you know it is a very old thread, why bump it? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … bumping.22

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