eGalax Touchscreen Configuration Ubuntu 14.04LTS, 16.04LTS, 18.04LTS

In order to configure the eGalax Touchscreen in Ubuntu 14.04LTS you need to perform the following steps:

the newest driver has a setup.sh file. just run it and it does all the work for you. For Ubuntu 16.04 & 18.04 see Page 6 below.

14.04LTS

Ensure the Kernel Modules start on boot

Modify the file /etc/modules to add the modules usbtouchscreen and usbhid. These must come after lp and before rtc.

=== /etc/modules ===

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

loop
lp
usbtouchscreen
usbhid
rtc

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Load the Kernel Modules (only the 1st time)

Then load the modules by hand the 1st time (or reboot)

sudo modprobe usbtouchscreen usbhid

Download the Files

http://www.eeti.com.tw/LinuxDriverDownload.html

Unzip the Files to your Downloads

gunzip /home/$USER/Downloads/eGalax*.zip

Move the Daemon and Calibration Files

Move al the files in the folder /home/user/Downloads/eGalax/eGTouch_v2.5.4330.L-x/eGTouch64/eGTouch64withX to

/usr/local/bin/  

*Note the following command is one line

sudo rsync -avz /home/$USER/Downloads/eGalax/eGTouch_v2.5.4330.L-x/eGTouch64/eGTouch64withX /usr/local/bin/

Place Upstart Job

place the following Upstart job in /etc/init

=== /etc/init/egalaxtouch.conf ===

#!/bin/bash

description        "Start the egalax touchscreen daemon on boot"

author                "globeone  Damiön la Bagh"

start on runlevel 2

exec /usr/local/bin/eGTouchD

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Reload the Upstart configuration files

initctl reload

Start the Touchscreen Daemon

Start the touchscreen daemon with the following command

        sudo service egalaxtouch start

Calibration

Calibrate the Touchscreen with eGTouchU

        sudo /usr/local/bin/eGTouchU

For Dual Screen Configurations:

Follow the onscreen prompts of the config program for dual screen setup choose Left or Right mode!

Then calibrate the screen

l

Enable the Touchscreen in Lightdm (the login screen)

1. copy ~/.config/monitors.xml to /var/lib/lightdm/.config

Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 has moved from Upstart to SystemD.

This changes how to install the eGalax touchscreens so they keep running even if the service crashes.

Setup.sh

Run the setup.sh file provided by eGalax

SystemD Setup

sudo systemctl edit --force --full eGTouch.service

Overwrite the file with the code here below:

############################################

########################################

Remove the SystemV init script from /etc/init.d/eGTouch.sh

sudo rm /etc/init.d/eGTouch.sh

Enable the new SystemD service

sudo systemctl enable eGTouch.service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl restart eGTouch.service

Check the status of the service

sudo systemctl status eGTouch.service

If you kill the service

sudo kill 906

You will see the touchscreen restarting.

Ubuntu 18.04

Download the latest touchscreen driver from eGalax

Untar the files

 tar xvzf eGTouch_v2.5.5814.L-x

Run setup

 sudo ./setup.sh

sudo systemctl edit --force --full eGTouch.service

Paste the following unit file modification

#######################################################

#### eGalax Touch Unit File for auto start on boot ####

#######################################################

[Unit]

Documentation=man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)

SourcePath=/usr/bin/eGTouchD

DefaultDependencies=no

Before=sysinit.target

After=apparmor.service

[Service]

Type=forking

Restart=always

RestartSec=5

StartLimitInterval=60s

StartLimitBurst=3

TimeoutSec=0

IgnoreSIGPIPE=no

KillMode=process

GuessMainPID=no

RemainAfterExit=no

User=root

Group=root

ExecStart=/usr/bin/eGTouchD start

ExecReload=/usr/bin/eGTouchD restart

ExecStop=/usr/bin/eGTouchD stop

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

################################################

Then enable it

sudo systemctl enable eGTouch.service

Then restart it

sudo systemctl restart eGTouch.service

Then reboot

sudo reboot