HP TouchSmart, does the touch screen work with ubuntu?

**Favux** · September 3rd, 2009

Hi iboot,

Closest to what you want is this HOW TO: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1252492

The bad news is that with the ATI proprietary drivers and Compiz rotation doesn't work right. You can still use Compiz in landscape if you turn it off before rotating.

**iboot** · September 4th, 2009

Originally Posted by Favux

Hi iboot,

Closest to what you want is this HOW TO: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1252492

The bad news is that with the ATI proprietary drivers and Compiz rotation doesn't work right. You can still use Compiz in landscape if you turn it off before rotating.

Hi Favux,

Can I just follow the steps 5 and 6 to get touch and rotation to work, or do I need to do the n-trig and xconf changes as well? I already have the stylus working well, but just need the screen to start recognizing the touch by finger and change orientation to Potrait when rotated.

Will rotation work if I just follow step 5? The referenced HOW-TO presents many methods of doing it. Which one is the simplest?

Thanks!

**Favux** · September 4th, 2009

Hi iboot,

If you want touch you have to either patch the kernel or use the kernel deb.s and the xorg.conf. If you are happy with just the stylus we can add a line to the .fdi to give you the button click.

Well like it says in 5) Methods 1 and 3 will work. If you want Compiz you can use the Compiz off Rotation script attached to the bottom. Just read things through before deciding. Actually they are all pretty simple once you wrap your head around them.

If you want automatic rotation then either the script or the applet. You should be able to integrate Compiz off into either.

**iboot** · September 4th, 2009

I see. So I made the xconf changes as documented and my button click is working, but the touch is not. I tried to turn on touch using the command line, but no effect. any troubleshooting tips?

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "stylus"
    Driver        "wacom"
#   The by-path below is for the HP TX2z with Vista firmware
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:14.5-usb-0:2:1.0-event-mouse"
    Option        "Type"        "stylus"
    Option        "USB"        "on"
    Option        "Button2"    "3"    # make stylus button R mouse click
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "touch"
    Driver        "wacom"
#   The by-path below is for the HP TX2z with Vista firmware
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:00:14.5-usb-0:2:1.0-event-mouse"
    Option        "Type"        "touch"
    Option        "USB"        "on"
    Option        "Touch"        "on"
    Option        "TopX"        "0"
    Option        "TopY"        "0"
    Option        "BottomX"    "9600"
    Option        "BottomY"    "7200"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
    Screen        "Default Screen"
#    Identifier    "X.org Configured"    # New for Jaunty?
    InputDevice    "stylus"    "SendCoreEvents"
#   Remove the comment below if you have an eraser.
#    InputDevice    "eraser"    "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice    "touch"        "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

**Favux** · September 4th, 2009

Hi iboot,

I'd like to point out we are "hijacking" this thread. This is for the TouchSmart desktop pc not the tablet.

Good, at least you've got the stylus button along with the stylus. Well did you comment out the n-trig section in 10-wacom.fdi? Did you do the kernel patches or deb.s?