puppy 217 will hang up when "xinit" executes without keyboard. my application does not need keyboard, it operates with the touch screen.

I try to something setting in the .xinitrc, but fails....

Does anyone know how to do it ?

thanks in advance

I have a question , can we make the touchscreen stay at "event3"? if my computer has mice and keyboard, the touchscreen is /dev/input/event3" , if only has keybord , it will go to "event2" . no keybard and mice, it will go to "event1", it fores me to change the set...

my touch screen is able to be touched now. there is only one issue left now. the calibration , I have tried many many set of minx... maxy , but still can not get closer, can you tell what is the best way to do that, my touchscreen is 19", 1024x768 .. can not find the good setting.

hi tempestuous :

I have been working on touchscreen for two weeks, can not make it work, can you make a complete list of the steps starting from puppy 2.6.21.5 installation ? how many things should be installed and the commands .

thanks in advance. I need it really bad...

1. after execute modprobe usbtouchscreen modprobe evdev I have to unplug the touchscreen usb cable and plug it in again, then I can see the event2 from the command "cat /proc/bus/input/devices" 2. the calibration no idea why the touch will work so weird . dont know how to do that.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=129350#129350 I followed the instructions but I have not seen any differences (cat /proc/bus/input/devices ) before or after modprobe usbtouchscreen modprobe evdev ## (very important!) but , after execute the above two lines. and unplug and plug back ...

I have tried the link, but it has kernel 2.6.18. my kernel is 2.6.21.5
. still not working

and I try to find where the puppy with 2.6.18 is . can not be found either

I have puppy 2.6.21.5, and I need a driver for usb microtouch(17-8051-221 / Microtouch RO1 / TIO) touch screen, I have searched around internet for fourdays, still can not find anything . How can I make the touch work