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Asus eeepc-1602 touchscreen not working

Asked by Giorgio Cittadini

In my Asus eeepc top I don't succeed in having the touch panel working. I successfully use for everything (with the above exception) Ubuntu 9.04 beta. The calibration program doesn't find any evtouch device. With XP it worked perfectly, but I fully removed that OS. Furthermore, how to call a virtual keyboard to be used by direct finger pressure? Sorry to disturb, but I'm sure only with your help I'll succeed. Many thanks for the time you will spend for my problem (but not only mine).

giocitta

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Best Tiago Faria (gouki) said : 		#1

From here: http://www.eeepc.it/en/guida-installare-ubuntu-su-asus-eee-top-1602/

apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-evtouch [INVIO]
Always terminal, type:

sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/69-touchscreen.rules

and incorporated in it the following:
KERNEL=="event*", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1bfd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1688", SYMLINK+="input/evtouch"
Do a final reboot and enjoy the touchscreen-enabled.

You may also want to look into easypeasy (http://www.geteasypeasy.com/). It's an Ubuntu-based distribution created for EEE netbooks.

Hope that helps.

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Giorgio Cittadini (gelsomin) said : 		#2

I did exactly what you've written me to do, and all was OK: the touchscreen was immediately enabled. This happens using Ubuntu-Remnick 9.04. Many many thanks. We live to learn, and it is never too late!

giocitta