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inXistant

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2008-04-11

Posts: 51

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evtouch, touchkit and flipping on HP tx1420ca

Hi all,

I'm new to Arch... Before I start, note that tx1420ca is the same as txXXXXxx i.e. from the tx1000z series.

I was wondering, anybody has any luck in installing TouchKit or evtouch on a laptop? It seems that both clash with the current Xorg-server version... Any suggestion to remedy to that?

Another problem I have is when I flip the screen to turn my laptop into a tablet, the buttons on the tablet side cease to work. I initially tougth it was because acpid assumed that the lid was closed but it is not the case. Any c(l)ues?

Aside from that, everything work OK.

Thanks!

X

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inXistant

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2008-04-11

Posts: 51

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Re: evtouch, touchkit and flipping on HP tx1420ca

Nevermind the touchscreen issue. I found how to install the driver but it seems that I can't calibrate the screen correctly. I'll get around that. BUT:

Still, I have problems with my buttons. So again, when I flip the screen to put the laptop into tablet, all my buttons dies. Xev do not show any input anymore. When I am in laptop, it does show inputs. Any ideas?

Anyone?

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zouzou85

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From: hopefully some where peaceful

Registered: 2007-12-25

Posts: 29

Re: evtouch, touchkit and flipping on HP tx1420ca

hi inXistant,
How did you install the touchscreen driver on arch? are you using evtouch, or touchkit?

did you get around the buttons problem?
i have tx1410us which is the same as yours but for the US.

Thanx in advance

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scotbrady

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Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 2

Re: evtouch, touchkit and flipping on HP tx1420ca

Hi,
I have the original HP TX1000z.  The EETI touchkit egalax driver does not appear to support the current X version in Arch.  I am using the xf86-input-evtouch driver from AUR; it seems to work fine with the egalax touchscreen found in my model.  X did not require any further configuration, and evtouch installs a calibration utility.