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