Calibrator will only take the first input

[tias]

Calibrator will only take the first input

[tonio73]

Maybe you can turn on verbose (-v) and send us the command output.

[rdonnelly2]

src/xinput_calibrator -v
DEBUG: XInputExtension version is 2.0
DEBUG: Skipping virtual master devices and devices without axis valuators.
DEBUG: Skipping device 'Virtual core XTEST pointer' id=4, does not report Absolute events.
DEBUG: Skipping device 'HID 0a5c:4503' id=9, does not report Absolute events.
DEBUG: Skipping device 'Macintosh mouse button emulation' id=14, does not report Absolute events.
Warning: multiple calibratable devices found, calibrating last one (Elo TouchSystems Elo TouchSystems 2515 IntelliTouch Plus USB Touchmonitor)
use --device to select another one.
DEBUG: Selected device: Elo TouchSystems Elo TouchSystems 2515 IntelliTouch Plus USB Touchmonitor
DEBUG: Not usbtouchscreen calibrator: Not a usbtouchscreen device
DEBUG: Read axes swap value of 0.
Calibrating EVDEV driver for "Elo TouchSystems Elo TouchSystems 2515 IntelliTouch Plus USB Touchmonitor" id=13
current calibration values (from XInput): min_x=0, max_x=4095 and min_y=0, max_y=4095
DEBUG: Adding click 0 (X=1697, Y=782)
DEBUG: Not adding click 1 (X=1697, Y=782): within 7 pixels of previous click
DEBUG: Not adding click 1 (X=1697, Y=782): within 7 pixels of previous click
DEBUG: Not adding click 1 (X=1697, Y=782): within 7 pixels of previous click

[rdonnelly2]

I think my mouse may be interfering? I am able to hit the 4 cross hairs with the mouse and LMB. Here is the output.

Warning: multiple calibratable devices found, calibrating last one (Elo TouchSystems Elo TouchSystems 2515 IntelliTouch Plus USB Touchmonitor)
use --device to select another one.
Calibrating EVDEV driver for "Elo TouchSystems Elo TouchSystems 2515 IntelliTouch Plus USB Touchmonitor" id=13
current calibration values (from XInput): min_x=7, max_x=4092 and min_y=-4, max_y=4087

Doing dynamic recalibration:
Setting new calibration data: 18, 4084, -10, 4080

--> Making the calibration permanent <--
Install the 'xinput' tool and copy the command(s) below in a script that starts with your X session
xinput set-int-prop "Elo TouchSystems Elo TouchSystems 2515 IntelliTouch Plus USB Touchmonitor" "Evdev Axis Calibration" 32 18 4084 -10 4080

[tonio73]

What is your conclusion ?
Is it solved selecting manually the device to be calibrated?

Antoine

[rdonnelly2]

It is still open, I accidentally closed the case and there in no undo.

https://github.com/tias/xinput_calibrator/issues/#issue/24

[tias]

Looking at your log, the program receives each of the 4 clicks at exactly the same location:
DEBUG: Adding click 0 (X=1697, Y=782)
DEBUG: Not adding click 1 (X=1697, Y=782): within 7 pixels of previous click
DEBUG: Not adding click 1 (X=1697, Y=782): within 7 pixels of previous click
DEBUG: Not adding click 1 (X=1697, Y=782): within 7 pixels of previous click

Can you check whether your touchscreen works correctly? E.g. if you touch it and drag your finger around, does the cursor at least move in 'some' way?
(could be a touchscreen driver problem)

[rdonnelly2]

Since this problem, I have installed the AMD Catalyst drivers. Now I can not get any input at all out of the calibrator. I was able to do this with the Xorg video driver. I am also using X.Org X server -- ELOGraphics input driver v 1:1.2.3-4. I have Oracle virtual box installed, and I can use the touch screen just fine from a windoze 7 VB session?

If I touch the screen from the Gnome desktop, the mouse cursor moves to the upper Left corner, and that is all it will do. It used to open the "+Add to panel" dialog when I had the Xorg video driver installed. I think I agree, the problem is not in the calibrator, it is on my PC, but there is very limited info on Linux touchscreen and configuration.

[dsamersoff]

Have exactly the same problem with Asus eepc 101MT. (AsusTek MultiTouch TTI). Any advice?

[tias]

Hi rdonnelly2,

When using virtualbox, it is windoze that handles the touchscreen and sends the coordinates to the virtual machine, so that is something different.
The AMD Catalyst driver is only for the video (images) not for the input (touch).

I searched on the name of your device and found that it is not yet supported by the linux kernel:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg13953.html
however, there is a patch available:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/522561/

You will have to either wait for the kernel guys to merge the patch, and your distribution to ship that kernel, or you will have to learn how to patch and compile a kernel yourself.

[tias]

Hi dsamersoff,

Please describe 'exactly the same problem' exactly ; )
Can you check whether your touchscreen works correctly? E.g. if you touch it and drag your finger around, does the cursor at least move in 'some' way?

When searching for your screen's name, there seems to be an extensive ubuntu thread which mentions calibration, so perhaps they describe how to make the device work. (better use xinput_calibrator to calibrate it then their script though : )

Closing this issue, feel free to reopen should there be a problem related to xinput_calibrator.