If you see this you got the driver installed properly, congrats. The thing to note is in the I: line shows Driver=TouchKit. I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=TouchKit You should see something similar to below somewhere in there (I really should have looked into if this module would have worked properly)Īfter reboot check to be sure the touchscreen is detected and using the correct driver. We must blacklist the usbtouchscreen driver from loading. # This module may be renamed “usbtouchscreen”. Insert the following text into the /etc/rc.local file. Modify rc.local to load the module on bootup. Now copy the module to say /lib/modules and open /etc/rc.local for editing Make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18' You should see something similar to below KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build

Tar -xjvf linux-source-2.6.18.tar.bz2 # Once again change to your kernel versionĬhange to your home directory and get the Touchkit driver You will need the following packages to successfully compile the module for the touchkit driver.Īpt-get install gcc linux-source-2.6.18 makeīe sure to change the linux source to the kernel you are using. You will need to be the root user for most of this guide. It has been tested on Debian Linux but other 2.6 kernel based distros should be fairly similar. This describes how to set up an eGalax touch screen.

Egalax inc. usb touch controller driver