[opensuse] 2nd display with touch
I just connected one of these to my laptop running openSUSE 13.1: http://www.gechic.com/product_help_en.asp?s=14 Wow. It 'just worked'. I suddenly had a second display that looked great. And the touch also just simply worked. All hot plugged. It even took all the power it needs from the USB connector. Gotta say that the old days of fiddling with displays seem really to be gone. But one seldom posts when there is 100% good news and not at least some sort of pending question :). (Which is too bad because one gets the wrong impression of things when there are no success stories. This e-mail should be taken as a happy success. But I digress.) I have a question about the touch part of this. When the device is the only display, all works as expected. But on my laptop, it is the second display and the only one with touch. So, when you move the mouse sprite around, it is not actually under your finger. I am guessing that the touch is somehow dimensioned for the both screens, as is a mouse. Unlike a mouse, I can only move the touch over this display. So movement on the display should, I think, be restricted to the display with the touch. kcm-touchpad-list-devices lists the touch pad as: Name: ILITEK ILITEK Multi-Touch Type: TOUCHSCREEN Use: Extension Pointer When I try to configure it in the KDE desktop configuration program, the touch mouse goes wild. I get the feeling it is not designed to work with a dual display and only one touch pad. Maybe there is a more appropriate way to do this? -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/05/2015 10:33 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
I just connected one of these to my laptop running openSUSE 13.1:
http://www.gechic.com/product_help_en.asp?s=14
Wow. It 'just worked'. I suddenly had a second display that looked great. And the touch also just simply worked. All hot plugged. It even took all the power it needs from the USB connector.
Gotta say that the old days of fiddling with displays seem really to be gone.
But one seldom posts when there is 100% good news and not at least some sort of pending question :). (Which is too bad because one gets the wrong impression of things when there are no success stories. This e-mail should be taken as a happy success. But I digress.)
I have a question about the touch part of this. When the device is the only display, all works as expected. But on my laptop, it is the second display and the only one with touch. So, when you move the mouse sprite around, it is not actually under your finger. I am guessing that the touch is somehow dimensioned for the both screens, as is a mouse. Unlike a mouse, I can only move the touch over this display. So movement on the display should, I think, be restricted to the display with the touch.
kcm-touchpad-list-devices lists the touch pad as:
Name: ILITEK ILITEK Multi-Touch Type: TOUCHSCREEN Use: Extension Pointer
When I try to configure it in the KDE desktop configuration program, the touch mouse goes wild. I get the feeling it is not designed to work with a dual display and only one touch pad. Maybe there is a more appropriate way to do this?
Which version did you get? -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
The 1502I. If we had any additional wish it would be that the display had VESA mount holes on the back.But other than that it works quite nice. We will use it in a system that can be moved in and out of a car. So a light thin display fit the bill nicely. We will see how the mini connectors work. We are expecting to have to rig up something to be sure they stay secure. On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:59 PM, John Andersen <jsamyth@gmail.com> wrote:
On 02/05/2015 10:33 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
I just connected one of these to my laptop running openSUSE 13.1:
http://www.gechic.com/product_help_en.asp?s=14
Wow. It 'just worked'. I suddenly had a second display that looked great. And the touch also just simply worked. All hot plugged. It even took all the power it needs from the USB connector.
Gotta say that the old days of fiddling with displays seem really to be gone.
But one seldom posts when there is 100% good news and not at least some sort of pending question :). (Which is too bad because one gets the wrong impression of things when there are no success stories. This e-mail should be taken as a happy success. But I digress.)
I have a question about the touch part of this. When the device is the only display, all works as expected. But on my laptop, it is the second display and the only one with touch. So, when you move the mouse sprite around, it is not actually under your finger. I am guessing that the touch is somehow dimensioned for the both screens, as is a mouse. Unlike a mouse, I can only move the touch over this display. So movement on the display should, I think, be restricted to the display with the touch.
kcm-touchpad-list-devices lists the touch pad as:
Name: ILITEK ILITEK Multi-Touch Type: TOUCHSCREEN Use: Extension Pointer
When I try to configure it in the KDE desktop configuration program, the touch mouse goes wild. I get the feeling it is not designed to work with a dual display and only one touch pad. Maybe there is a more appropriate way to do this?
Which version did you get?
-- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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