How to get ubuntu 8.04 working with the DigiPoS "Toccare" Bezel Free Touch Screen


August 2013.

Situation


Trying to use a DigiPoS "Toccare" Bezel Free Touch Screen with ubuntu 8.04.

Elements:

Configuration



Find the correct Modeline using gtf.

# gtf 1024 768 60

You will have to configure xorg manually.

Here are the relevant parts of xorg.conf

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
Modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
HorizSync 31.47-60.02
VertRefresh 56-75
Modeline "1024x768_60.00" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Defaultdepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
Modes "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

You can find the synchronization frequencies in the screen datasheet.