Questions tagged [touchscreen]
A touchscreen is a computer display that responds to tactile input. Touchscreens are often used as a supplement or replacement for a mouse; the user touches the object onscreen to be manipulated directly rather than clicks on it with a mouse pointer.
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Is it possible to run Ubuntu on a Raspberry pi 4 with a small 3.5 inch screen running on its gpio pins?
I am making my own Raspberry pi computer and I want to know if I run Ubuntu on it, will it display on its 3.5 inch touchscreen and also will the touches get registered by the rpi? Thanks
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Does Ubuntu support the stylus on LG Gram 2-in-1 Touchscreen?
I'm considering an LG Gram 2-in-1 Touchscreen laptop with stylus to run Ubuntu. I want to use the stylus for whiteboard sketching (not art work).
Has anyone gotten Ubuntu to run on this laptop? If ...
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Touchscreen not seen after installing Ubuntu 23.10 on HP Envy x360 - 13-bf0047na
I have tried installing Ubuntu 23.10 as a fresh install on my newly purchased HP Envy x360 - 13-bf0047na (it is a 2-in-1 HP laptop). I cannot get the OS to see the touchscreen.
I have tried changing ...
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Disable touch screen
I just installed Ubuntu on an old Dell laptop where Windows 10 was out of service life. This computer is a touch screen. The screen has been cracked for years. Whenever I did a major window upgrade ...
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Resume results in black screen (LUbunutu 22.04, same result with swap partion and swap file)
Previously I used a swapfile after a fresh LUbunutu 22.04 install. I configured UUID etc in the startup parameters. Because resume resulted in black screen I changed to a swap partition. (see also ...
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Suggestion required for any lightweight Ubuntu OS supported with LattePanda SBC with touchscreen gesture support
I'm hoping to get some assistance with a touchscreen issue on a LattePanda board running Xubuntu20.04.6 LTS (XFCE4 environment). We have a Qt application designed for this setup, but we're ...
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Touchscreen is being recognized as a mouse
I plugged in a 3M touchscreen to my Linux PC. It appears as it recognizes it as a mouse. Here's my xinput output:
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⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
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Touch pad and touch screen are not working after upgrading to ubuntu 22.04
I have laptop Acer spin 5 "Spin SP513-54N" and had ubutnu 21.10 installed on it. At first, the touch pad and touch screen were not working so I followed the instructions in this page and it ...
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How to disable touchscreen in Raydium Touch System of Ubuntu?
I have Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on msi summit e15 laptop. This laptop has a touch screen. Whenever I force cpu for any analysis ghost touching starts. So, I have to go into device drivers and disable the ...
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what is the libinput calibration matrix?
I am trying to find the libinput calibration matrix and what data goes into the values. This is for a Panasonic CF-31 toughbook. I need to have the touchscreen device handled by libinput instead of ...
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libinput Ubuntu 22.04 question for touchscreen calibration
I have inherited a process that used Evdev as the touchscreen driver, It is from 7 years ago at least. Running on a Panasonic Toughbook. This is for touchscreen calibration. The issue is now we are ...
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Touchscreen Issues with Ubuntu 22.04
I recently updated my laptop from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04.
While the Touchscreen was OFF in Ubuntu 22.04 even when the system rebooted, it just doesn't go off in Ubuntu 22.04. I tried everything.
xinput ...
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Ubuntu 20.04, on-screen keyboard not showing when using touchscreen on LENOVO YOGA 500
Well, the title says it. I have a Lenovo yoga 500, recently updated to 20.04. When I was on 19.10, the keyboard used to show automatically when I touch a textbox. However, now it won't open, unless I ...
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How to disable touchscreen on a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 (Wayland)
I have an 5 year old laptop and I think the touchscreen is getting glitchy because my cursor is sometimes flickering and windows suddenly move and whatnot like my laptop is possessed. It started ...
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Use Ubuntu Frame to implement "apps"
Currently I have Ubuntu Frame running wpe-webkit-mir-kiosk displaying the Home Assistant webpage on a touch screen x86 machine. I'd like to have a way "swap apps" from the touchscreen, and ...
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How to edit .conf files when only the touch keyboard is working?
I set up a dual boot with my new laptop with touchscreen functionality. I'm having the same problem described in this thread:
Ubuntu 20.04 - keyboard not working
Essentially, it's a bug in the new ...
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How to use a touchscreen in a multi-monitor setting with Wayland?
I would like to connect an external touchscreen to my laptop (Ubuntu 18.10, GNOME).
The touchscreen works fine when used as the only monitor (disabling Laptop screen). However, I would like to use ...
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How can I disable touchscreen while using Wayland?
I am using Ubuntu Gnome 17.04. My touchscreen is glitchey; I think it is a hardware issue. I can disable my touchscreen when logged into Gnome using Xorg, but I can't figure it out when I login ...
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Jukebox Software/Distro
I've seen a couple older threads that don't provide any answers still in active production so I thought I would ask again. I am looking for a jukebox I can install on ubuntu, or I would even take one ...
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Configure Multi-Touch Gestures for Touchscreen on Ubuntu 23.10 Gnome Wayland
I'm running Ubuntu with Gnome, Wayland (Default Installation 23.10).
Touchscreen is running perfect. Multi-Touch Gestures are working out of the box but they are not really nice, or complete.
There is ...
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How to hide the mouse cursor
I'm building a kiosk using Ubuntu Precise on a touch screen. Now I'm looking for the appropriate way to make the mouse cursor disappear. As people know where they are pointing, displaying an arrow ...
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Calibrate Touchscreen/-pad Ubuntu 18.04
I am asked to setup a Touchscreen to work on a desktop install of 18.04. For now I have choosen the minimal install mode. I have tried as much as I could find to calibrate the touchscreen/-pad to work ...
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Touchscreen + screen keyboard + Sound + mic + speaker + screen Pen + headphone + external mic + touchpad right,left click, just nothing is working
I try everything, starting from down grating the kernel to installing ubuntu back to 20.04 to 22.04, 23.10, anything I can find over the net all the ideas people shared tried. for sound, mix, touch ...
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How do I enable the touchscreen in 22.04 on my HP laptop?
I recently bought a new laptop and the touchscreen is not recognized in Ubuntu. I am not sure how to proceed as on my old laptop (also an HP) and work laptop (a Lenovo) the touchscreens worked ...
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Touchscreen + Laptop pen is not working on HP Spectre Folio Convertible 13-ak0xxx
Even I try to search for details but there are not much information about this specific touch screen issue, HP Spectre Folio Convertible 13-ak0xxx.
After I change ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 my laptop touch ...
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No touch screen Ubuntu 22.04.3 Surface Pro 3
I am trying to dual boot Win10/Ubuntu on an old Surface Pro 3 (1796) (Intel Core i5-7300U, 8GB Ram). After installation, Ubuntu boots just fine, but I cannot use the touch screen. I then run the ...
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How to detect touchscreen devices from a script?
I'm looking for a reliable way to detect if a laptop has a touchscreen device from a script. I know I can parse the output of:
$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [...
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Touch on Surface Book
How can I make touch work on my Surface Book?
About my Surface Book:
Model: Intel Core i7-6600 U @ 2.60 GHz with 8 GB Ram and Nvidia GPU
OS: Ubuntu 17.04 Latest, kernel 4.10.0-13-generic
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Autorotation screen doesn't work after installing Ubuntu 23.04
Before installing Ubuntu 23.04, on my Lenovo laptop the autorotation property works and the button to enable and disable this property appears on the top right menu. I can rotate the screen and the ...
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NES11 touchscreen not working (getting Firmware Request error)
This is my first install and use of Ubuntu, so I don't know much about linux.
I installed Ubuntu on a NuVision NES11 and the touchscreen doesnt work.
I am getting an error at bootup
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Touchscreen functionality for Kogan Atlas C250 / Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
I've just installed Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS on a new Kogan Atlas C250
Is there a way to get the touchscreen working? I've tried to search but found nothing specific that helped. I've also followed the ...
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eGalaxTouch P80H84 2581 stops working after a while - Ubuntu 20.04
We changed the model of touch screen from old:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0eef:c000 D-WAV Scientific Co., Ltd
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
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Touch Screen not working on MS Surface Pro 4 after install (Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS)
I installed Ubuntu on a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and the touch screen doesn't work. All other answers for this question are of older versions of Ubuntu. Everything else works it's just the touchscreen.
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How to disable touch screen permanently on my Asus Notebook?
I just installed Ubuntu on an old Asus notebook which already had Windows 10 installed. Then somehow, the screen got damaged and touchscreen began working on its own. I disabled the touchscreen ...
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Touch sensor does not rotate after flipping the screen orientation
This question is for computers without a rotation sensor. For computers with a rotation sensor, autorotate can work in GNOME and KDE. See this question.
I have a touch screen Chromebook (natively) ...
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360' monitor touch screen is off when rotated, draws in the opposite side , what to do?
I have an Asus Rog Flow 13 and its a touchscreen laptop that you can rotate it 360 to draw with stylus, but when i have my laptop open in the tablet mode , it draws on the opposite side of where i'm ...
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Catch lid close and open events
I tried to write a script like this suggestion:
How do I configure the screen to lock when I close the lid?
I created a directory and a new script file:
mkdir /etc/acpi/local
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Onda Oliver Book Ubuntu lines on screen
I installed Ubuntu 22.10 Desktop on an Onda Oliver Book. This is a 10 inch Windows tablet with keyboard.
Intel Gemini Lake refresh, Pentium N5030 Intel® UHD Graphics 605
Installation and also ...
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How to show mouse pointer on a touched location?
I am using Ubuntu22.04 with a touchscreen.
By default, the mouse pointer is displayed when the user operates the mouse, but nothing is displayed when the user touches the touchscreen.
Is it possible ...
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Install Ubuntu 23.04 surface tablets
Installed Ubuntu 23.04 on Surface Go 3 and everything works.
Installed Ubuntu 23.04 on Surface Pro 7 no touch screen.
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Touchscreen Issue on Ubuntu 23.04
UPDATE: I perused dmesg some more and found the following that coincides every time I try to load the goodix_ts module.
[98756.097733] gpio gpiochip0: (INT3453:00): gpiochip_lock_as_irq: tried to flag ...
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Long press on touch screen does not perform long press action but opens context menu
I have a React application that i am running on Chromium. The application has a portion for connecting to VNC in which i need to perform a long press action on a touch display but instead it treats ...
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Keep keyboard from turning off in tablet mode (wayalnd) on 2 in 1 laptop
When I put my asus vivobook (running ubuntu 23.04, wayland) to tablet mode, the internal keyboard and touchpad turns off, which is expected behavior. However it also turns off my external (wireless) ...
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Update touchscreen config in Ubuntu 22 under Wayland
I've spent a considerable amount time attempting to invert my XY axis on a touchscreen monitor on Ubuntu 22.04 under Wayland to no avail. Adding configuration details in "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf....
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External Display screws up stylus pen cursor position
I'm working on a HP Envy X360 Ryzen Laptop(13-ag0xxx ) Ubuntu 20.04.
When I add an external (non-touch) screen to the laptop, the location of the HP pen on the laptop-screen is not correct anymore. As ...
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Why does X220 Tablet rotation work with stilus only while touch input does not rotate with screen?
I have a Lenovo x220 Tablet and have tried installing both Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10 on it, both with unity, and both have the same problem. When I install with unity and try to use the touch screen ...
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How to disable touchscreen on my Ubuntu 22 LTS version. It is booted alongside windows on my HP Pavilion 15T laptop
On running xinput list showing:
WARNING: running xinput against an Xwayland server. See the xinput man page for details.
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
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Rotate touch screen input to match display rotation on Wayland (Ubuntu 22.04)?
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 on a Raspberry Pi 4. I'm using a touch screen display (display is HDMI, touch is USB) which has a native Portrait orientation. The touch works perfectly out of the box in the ...
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Disable touchscreen fingerswipes on ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
I want to disable the possibility for the user that he can't use for example the 3-fingerswipe for changing workspaces. I want him to stay being locked in one program and can't access the OS.
I ...
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Drag and drop incompatible with scrolling in Firefox using touchscreen
I have been testing my touchscreen to perform some operations on web browsers and we are running into an issue. When we don't change the MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 then the drag and drop works but it doesn't ...
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