[Resloved]Touchscreen does not work with Pre-configured Image

[Damon1974]

My display looks fine as far as colors and resolution.

When I boot the pre-configured SD card image (1.6) I can get to the desktop and start the calibration utility, but I am not able to click the cross hairs with my stylus. It eventually times out and goes to the terminal session.

I purchased a pre-built screen from KickStarter. No assembly was required.

What do I need to do to get the screen replaced?

Also, the instructions that were on the site that detailed the manual installation, were not very clear. Example:

** Disable the FrameBuffer Driver: ** (That file did not exist on the system. Can’t comment out something that does not exist. 99-fbturbo.conf)

Also:

** sudo sh -c ‘echo “sudo /bin/sh /etc/X11/Xsession.d/xinput_calibrator_pointercal.sh” >> /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart’ ** (This command errored out after multiple cut and paste attempts)

And:

** ls -l /dev/input/event* + cat /proc/bus/input/devices ** You never tell us what we are looking for? What am I trying to get from these two commands you have us run?

Maybe the commands were not working because the touch capability of my screen is broke. Not sure.

Please let me know how to proceed.

– Damon Downing
me@damon1974.com

[Mark Williams]

Hi Damon
To help you, I need some information;
Are you using the image of our website or did you install the drivers manually?
Does the touchscreen work within the console?
Can you show me the output of;

dmesg
cat /etc/modules/

The other issues, I cant help with out see what you entered and the error messages.;
99-fbturbo.conf does not exist. If possible, can you show me what you entered to edit this file? you can use history to see your previous commands.

** sudo sh -c ‘echo “sudo /bin/sh /etc/X11/Xsession.d/xinput_calibrator_pointercal.sh” >> /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart’ ** There is a note under the text of this code “When copying and pasting the last line above, you will need to confirm that all the quotes get copied correctly” Are you also able to show me what you entered for this? and the error message.

** ls -l /dev/input/event* + cat /proc/bus/input/devices **
I have added some more info here… so it should help. You should still do some investigation on your part as I have no idea what you have connected to your Pi.
A file handle is created for each input device currently connected and can change depending on what is connected and how many input devices are connected.
If you have a keyboard and mouse connected, there should be 3 files.  One for the keyboard, one for the mouse and the last one for the touchscreen. If you have just a keyboard connected, there would be two. One for the keyboard and one for the touchscreen.
To see what file handle is used for the touchscreen, view the file below.

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices

Look for ADS7846 Touchscreen and within the same section you should see H: Handlers= followed by an eventnumber. This will tell you what file under /dev/input/ is used for the touchscreen.

Going forward, use the input event number associated to your touchscreen in the commands below.

Mark --OzzMaker.com --

[Mark Williams]

I just noted that you used the pri-configured image.
The last image had some bugs.
We have uploaded a new one.
https://ozzmaker.com/piscreen/PiScreenImage-SDCard-1.6.zip
Please try this new image.

Mark --OzzMaker.com --

[Damon1974]

For the Dmesg request:
http://pastebin.com/y3nMisjv

For CAT /etc/modules request:
http://pastebin.com/dj9T5gTG

For the cat /proc/bus/input/devices request:
http://pastebin.com/a9HC4ERh

++ sudo sh -c ‘echo “sudo /bin/sh /etc/X11/Xsession.d/xinput_calibrator_pointercal.sh” >> /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart’ ERROR
http://pastebin.com/8fmFDZ5Q

++ ** ls -l /dev/input/event* + cat /proc/bus/input/devices **
I have nothing else plugged in. I am using SSH to access the device. The screen does not accept touch screen response, and can’t calibrate either. I can’t test calibration from the console because the sudo command does not work. Probably due to not recognizing the touch screen capabilities at all.

The image you had me download is exactly the same as I was using last night. I restored your image and tested again with the same results. The results I provided tonight are with the new image you had me download.

Let me know what other information I can provide. Thanks.

– Damon Downing
me@damon1974.com

[Mark Williams]

I tested it
sudo sh -c ‘echo “sudo /bin/sh /etc/X11/Xsession.d/xinput_calibrator_pointercal.sh” >> /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart’
and it works.
You need to make sure that after you paste it in, you change the commas back to inverted commas.

In saying that, if you have downloaded the image then this would already be configured.

Does the calibration screen that runs before X windows work?

What about Evtest, do you get any feedback? You can run it with;
evtest /dev/input/event0
If it isnnt installed, you can install it with;
sudo apt-get install evtest

Mark --OzzMaker.com --

[Damon1974]

I have pasted the exact text in:

pi@rasp-temp ~ $ sudo sh -c ‘echo “sudo /bin/sh /etc/X11/Xsession.d/xinput_calibrator_pointercal.sh” >> /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart’
-bash: /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart’: Permission denied
pi@rasp-temp ~ $

I am in the US. Are you sure your image does not have a different keyboard loaded for another country. Britain or something?

I pasted it in directly from this forum using your exact text. See above. Same issue.

I can’t run EVTEST right now as the last firmware that was released makes the screen stop working. See my other new thread I started. I did try to run EVTEST, but it only see 0 as my mouse, 1 as my keyboard, 2 does not exist.

It acts like it does not see the touchscreen mechanism at all.

– Damon Downing

[Mark Williams]

Once you get the drivers working again, re-run evtest
evtest

After you select your touchscreen, you should see some data being printed to the terminal whenever you press the touchscreen.

Mark --OzzMaker.com --

[Damon1974]

OK. I just ran the EVTEST. I get no chance in the numbers on the screen when touching the display with the stylus:

pi@rasp-test ~ $ evtest /dev/input/event1
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x0 vendor 0x0 product 0x0 version 0x0
Input device name: “ADS7846 Touchscreen”
Supported events:
Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
Event code 330 (BTN_TOUCH)
Event type 3 (EV_ABS)
Event code 0 (ABS_X)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 4095
Event code 1 (ABS_Y)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 4095
Event code 24 (ABS_PRESSURE)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 255
Properties:
Testing … (interrupt to exit)

[Mark Williams]

This looks like a faulty touch panel. I will contact you privately

Mark --OzzMaker.com --

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