How to configure the touchscreen of my laptop [Solved]

[Eadwine Rose]

@Stefmx You can post code on the forum like this:

[code]code output here[/code]

Thanks.

[Stefmx]

I'm happy to say that it works now. I have try CharlesV second method and changed /etc/rc.local according to your suggestion:

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#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
inputattach --w8001 /dev/ttyS0 &
exit 0

and because there was something of it that you have to make the file executable, I then executed the following command in the terminal:

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sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.local

After a restart, I can use the touch screen and the digitizer pen now directly.
Great thanks again to you for the great support CharlesV
I will not yet make this thread as solved, since the actual topic was to make the touchscreen input more comfortable.
Next, I will try to implement the proposals with Touchegg.
I will try it out and give a feetback then.

[CharlesV]

Excellent! Glad we got it! And your very welcome!

[Stefmx]

Here comes my feetback get with your suggestion you friendly wise send me.
First, I added the entry to the 30-touchpad-libinput.conf:

Add to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad-libinput.conf

Near the bottom, underneath
Option "Tapping" "on"

Add the following line
Option "TappingButtonMap" "lrm"

You therefore should end up with this block

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Section "InputClass"
  Identifier "touchpad"
  Driver "libinput"
  MatchIsTouchpad "on"
  Option "Tapping" "on"
  Option "TappingButtonMap" "lrm"
EndSection

Save the changes, refresh your Desktop or logout / login and test. It's very unlikely you'll get the same touch functionality you spoke of in Windows when you're operating in Linux and this has been reported both here and in other distro forums. This little add does assist with a handful of click to touch interpretations.

Because I fix and repair customer machines, I remaster the flagship Xfce ISO to include Touchégg and what I have above. It provides no harm to any non-touch system, but I use a portable monitor with touch on many of the Desktop and some laptop machines I work on, and there are times where a screen tap is a better option than a mouse, therefore, the option is available to me whereas it otherwise would not have been. Mind you, when there are two or more display devices and the Extended Desktop option is used, sometimes the touch mapping is applied to the whole desktop area, which is the same behaviour I see with Windows, so I can at least say we are on an ever par on this count.

After that, I restarted the desktop and checked the behavior of the touch gestures with the firefox browser.
It seems to be the same. It recognize my one finger touch and marked the content I swiped over but can`t scroll and zoom with 2 fingers.

Then I installed touchegg and after that touche to configure touchegg with gui I did a restart and configured some things and tried the behavior again
of my finger input in the Firefox browser. And again it seems for me nothings has changed. The only difference I noticed was the behavior when I come up
wiped the desktop with 2 fingers, the desktop changed from desktop 1 to desktop 2

Then I have the ide to test the behavior in other programs then firefox
Then I came up with the idea to try the behavior in other programs than in the Firefox browser. I tested the MX user manual in PDF Reader and
here I could scroll with one finger swipe through the document and zoom in and out with 2 fingers pinch in and out.
I installed chromium as an other internet browser and here it was the same behavior as in the PDF Reader. It works like I hope the have to work under
microsoft windows. And I think it works smoother now than it worked before with this laptop under microsoft windows.
Also in the kwriter I can scroll with one finger swipe through a document and if I do not immediately wipe with a finger I can marked text I swiped over with the
finger. The only exception seems to be the Firefox browser, but that`s not a big problem for me.

To know which of the 3 changes make the behavior I want, I uninstalled touche and touchegg again and restart the system.
I tested the behavior with the different programs once again and noted that the behavior has not changed. The only thing that`s different know, is the behavior when
I swipe with 2 fingers over the desktop it doesn`t changed from desktop 1 to desktop 2.

In summary, I would say that the functionality I was looking for was the entry in the 30-touchpad-libinput.conf. The installation of touchegg then brings
additional functions that have not all worked out for me. But without the great support of CharlesV with the connection of my serially connected Wacom
touchscreens would not have been possible at all.

I am very happy how well and quickly my 15 year old laptop works with a up to date and fully equipped MX Linux with KDE desktop and
would like to thank all the helpers once again.

[CharlesV]

@Stefmx Glad I could help and very glad that you have it working!