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Paul
Asked: 2012-03-27 14:03:59 +0800 CST

How do I get the touchscreen working on a VAIO VPCL237FX?

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Tried searching but no one has this model/series it seems. Anyone know of any working touchscreen drivers for the VAIO VPCL2XXX series desktop all in ones?

Device is NextWindow Voltron

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1 Answers

  1. Try this page. The file to edit is /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Be sure to have a backup of your original xorg.conf before you modify it. This could save your life.

    sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-backup-20120517-touchscreen-not-working

    Then edit the file accordingly to what is written in the above link.

    Remember that editing xorg.conf can lead to a broken X Windows System (no GUI) and thus is pretty dangerous if you're not fully comfortable with a bare command line.

    If you should have troubles, you can always:

    1. try to remove xorg.conf (sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and see if Xorg can start a decent X server without it
    2. issue a sudo Xorg -configure (see Configuring X11). It should create a xorg.conf.new in your /root directory. Then try to copy it to its original location with sudo cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    3. read a bit more about X configuration and expecially about display resolution configuration (and in your specific case also about input device configuration) and try to build yourself your first working xorg.conf

    Good luck.

    EDIT: sorry didn't see the previous comments. Also found a guy that probably did it:

    The touch screen is a NextWindow Voltron 23.6" touchscreen. It works great in windows and with a little configuring I can get it to work in Ubuntu. To get it working in Ubuntu I need to install the evtouch driver for X and then add a few lines to the X config.

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