Linux Mint 19 + Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 = touchscreen calibration issue

[ant-tv]

Hello

My first ever in 5+ years question about Linux Mint.

So. Until last week I have LMDE2 on my CF-19 laptop. Everything works perfectly. Without any questions.
Then I updated to the LMDE3, and in a day to LM 19 Cinnamon.

So the problem occurred.

The touchscreen does not calibrate.

How I have tried to calibrate my touchscreen:

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$ xinput_calibrator --list
Device "Fujitsu Component USB Touch Panel" id=9

$ xinput_calibrator 
Calibrating standard Xorg driver "Fujitsu Component USB Touch Panel"
	current calibration values: min_x=0, max_x=65535 and min_y=0, max_y=65535
	If these values are estimated wrong, either supply it manually with the --precalib option, or run the 'get_precalib.sh' script to automatically get it (through HAL).
	--> Making the calibration permanent <--
  copy the snippet below into '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf' (/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ in some distro's)
Section "InputClass"
	Identifier	"calibration"
	MatchProduct	"Fujitsu Component USB Touch Panel"
	Option	"MinX"	"4379"
	Option	"MaxX"	"64068"
	Option	"MinY"	"1813"
	Option	"MaxY"	"57279"
	Option	"SwapXY"	"0" # unless it was already set to 1
	Option	"InvertX"	"0"  # unless it was already set
	Option	"InvertY"	"0"  # unless it was already set
EndSection

I'll provide the screenshots a bit later.


so, then I copied the snippet even in two places:

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$sudo mcedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf
$sudo mcedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf

then I reboot the system.

Nothing changed.
When I tap with a stylus in upper half of the touchscreen the cursor appeared lower from the place of tap, in the lower half - up to 3cm from the place of tap.

tap with a stylus on a target, cursor appears in another position

tap with a stylus on a target, cursor appears in another position

Any suggestions how to calibrate the touchscreena are welcome

[ant-tv]

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$ xinput_calibrator -v
DEBUG: XInputExtension version is 2.3
DEBUG: Skipping virtual master devices and devices without axis valuators.
DEBUG: Skipping device 'Virtual core XTEST pointer' id=4, does not report Absolute events.
DEBUG: Skipping device 'PS/2 Generic Mouse' id=11, does not report Absolute events.
DEBUG: Selected device: Fujitsu Component USB Touch Panel
DEBUG: Not usbtouchscreen calibrator: Not a usbtouchscreen device
DEBUG: Not evdev calibrator: Evdev: invalid "Evdev Axis Calibration" property format
Calibrating standard Xorg driver "Fujitsu Component USB Touch Panel"
	current calibration values: min_x=0, max_x=65535 and min_y=0, max_y=65535
	If these values are estimated wrong, either supply it manually with the --precalib option, or run the 'get_precalib.sh' script to automatically get it (through HAL).
DEBUG: Found that 'Fujitsu Component USB Touch Panel' is a sysfs name.
DEBUG: Adding click 0 (X=181, Y=103)
DEBUG: Adding click 1 (X=887, Y=101)
DEBUG: Adding click 2 (X=186, Y=589)
DEBUG: Adding click 3 (X=882, Y=590)
	--> Making the calibration permanent <--
DEBUG: Found that 'Fujitsu Component USB Touch Panel' is a sysfs name.
  copy the snippet below into '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf' (/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ in some distro's)
Section "InputClass"
	Identifier	"calibration"
	MatchProduct	"Fujitsu Component USB Touch Panel"
	Option	"MinX"	"4267"
	Option	"MaxX"	"64084"
	Option	"MinY"	"1771"
	Option	"MaxY"	"57236"
	Option	"SwapXY"	"0" # unless it was already set to 1
	Option	"InvertX"	"0"  # unless it was already set
	Option	"InvertY"	"0"  # unless it was already set
EndSection

[anxietyscroll]

Hello, I hope this is going to help you, I found it in the url providen. This works this way. First run the script, it will give you the configuration for the 98-screen-blah blah inside xorg conf directory. The directory is listed by the script, but the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ worked fine for me (Running Mint 19 Tara Mate x32)

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#!/bin/bash
#all credit to Mogwai. Script taken from url: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Talk:Calibrating_Touchscreen

device=$(xinput_calibrator --list)
device=$(sed -n 's/.*Device\s\"\(.*\)\".*/\1/p' <<< $device)

#reset xinput matrix
xinput set-prop "$device" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

out=$(xinput_calibrator)

device_name=$(sed -n 's/.*MatchProduct\"\s\"\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' <<< $out)

wtot=$(sed -n 's/.*max_x=\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' <<< $out)
htot=$(sed -n 's/.*max_y=\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' <<< $out)

minx=$(sed -n 's/.*MinX\"\s\"\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' <<< $out)
maxx=$(sed -n 's/.*MaxX\"\s\"\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' <<< $out)
miny=$(sed -n 's/.*MinY\"\s\"\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' <<< $out)
maxy=$(sed -n 's/.*MaxY\"\s\"\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' <<< $out)

wtouch=$(bc <<< "$maxx - $minx")
htouch=$(bc <<< "$maxy - $miny")

c0=$(bc -l <<< "$wtot / $wtouch")
c1=$(bc -l <<< "-$minx / $wtouch")
c2=$(bc -l <<< "$htot / $htouch")
c3=$(bc -l <<< "-$miny / $htouch")

tf_matrix="$c0 0 $c1 0 $c2 $c3 0 0 1"

#alter the setting for now
xinput set-prop "$device" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' $tf_matrix

echo "To make this permanent, save the following content under '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/98-screen-calibration.conf' or '/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/98-screen-calibration.conf'"
echo "Section \"InputClass\""
echo "	Identifier \"calibration\""
echo "	MatchProduct \"$device\""
echo "	Option \"TransformationMatrix\" \"$tf_matrix\""
echo "EndSection"

[imminentPepper]

Hi ant-tv,

Were able to find a solution for this? I also have a Toughbook CF-19, used to be on mint 17.3 Cinnamon and touchscreen would calibrate correctly. Just upgraded to mint 19.1 Cinnamon, tried using both the "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf", and "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/" to no avail. Thanks.

Edit:
I did manage to find a solution! see (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ta ... calibrator)

However the easier solution for me was to uninstall xserver-xorg-input-libinput and install xserver-xorg-input-evdev and configure using the old method. This seems to work on the toughbook with no ill effects. Hopefully the issue with libinput not respecting calibration gets resolved.

[t4thfavor]

I'm working on a CF-31, and found that the calibration is exactly the same as the prior post. The issue I'm having now is that there is no xorg.conf.d folder, and placing the calibration file in Xsession.d doesn't seem to be working properly.


Does anyone have any ideas how I can make the calibration permanent on late versions of Mint?


EDIT:
Maybe I've been out of Linux too long The fix is to create the xorg.conf.d folder and move the 99-calibration.conf file into it. After this, I have a perfectly calibrated touch screen after every reboot.