6.2.1. How to Recalibrate the TouchscreenΒΆ

Non-Weston based Graphic System

Where is the pointercal file?

The Processor SDK Linux moves the calibration file for the touchscreen from the default location of /etc/pointercal to instead be placed at /run/media/mmcblk0p1/pointercal if the SD device is present. This was done to allow user’s to easily delete this file and force a recalibration without requiring a Linux PC to mount the file system or a serial console to access the device. In this case the pointercal file is now written to a FAT partition of the SD card, which can be mounted on both Windows or Linux.

If the pointercal file is created at /run/media/mmcblk0p1/pointercal, and there is not already a file in /etc/pointercal then the file is also copied to the old default location. This is to prevent requiring the export of the TSLIB_CALIBFILE variable as described in later sections of this document.

In the case that there is no SD card available then the pointercal file will be written to the default /etc/pointercal location.

Recalibrating by Deleting pointercal

Because the pointercal file is now written to the FAT partition of the SD card recalibrating the touchscreen can be done by simply inserting the SD card into a PC and deleting the pointercal file found on the first partition (assuming the first partition is a FAT partition). When the system is then rebooted you will be asked to calibrate the touchscreen.

Recalibrating over Serial Console

If you do have access to the serial console you can always recalibrate the touchscreen using the ts_calibrate command as normal. However, in this case if you already have a pointercal file on the SD card you will need to export the TSLIB_CALIBFILE variable to point to that location before you run ts_calibrate. i.e.

target# export TSLIB_CALIBFILE=/run/media/mmcblk0p1/pointercal
target# ts_calibrate

NOTE: If you have Matrix or any other GUI application already running you should stop that application (How to Stop Matrix) before running ts_calibrate so that you can see the calibration screen.

Exporting TSLIB_CALIBFILE

The environment variable TSLIB_CALIBFILE is used by the tslib package to indicate the location of the pointercal file. The default value for TSLIB_CALIBFILE is /etc/pointercal. If you are writing a program that uses tslib you should make sure that you export TSLIB_CALIBFILE to point to the location of your pointercal file (as indicated in the previous section), or that you place a copy of the pointercal file at the default /etc/pointercal location.

Weston based Graphic System

Where is the ws-calibrate.rules file?

The Processor SDK Linux moves the Weston calibration file for the touchscreen from the default location of /etc/udev/rules.d/ws-calibrate.rules to instead be placed at /run/media/mmcblk0p1/ws-calibrate.rules if the SD device is present. This was done to allow user’s to easily delete this file and force a recalibration without requiring a Linux PC to mount the file system or a serial console to access the device. In this case the ws-calibrate.rules file is now written to a FAT partition of the SD card, which can be mounted on both Windows or Linux.

If the ws-calibrate.rules file is created at /run/media/mmcblk0p1/ws-calibrate.rules, and there is not already a file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ws-calibrate.rules then the file is also copied to the old default location.

In the case that there is no SD card available then the ws-calibrate.rules file will be written to the default /etc/udev/rules.d/ws-calibrate.rules.

Recalibrating by Deleting ws-calibrate.rules

To trigger touchscreen re-calibration, both ws-calbration.rules files need to be deleted. The ws-calbration.rules file which is now written to the FAT partition of the SD card can be deleted by simply inserting the SD card into a PC and deleting the ws-calbration.rules file found on the first partition (assuming the first partition is a FAT partition) and we also need to delete /etc/udev/rules.d/ws-calibrate.rules from the filesystem. After both ws-calibration.rules files are removed, you will be asked to calibrate the touchscreen when the Weston is launched at the first time or relaunched by issuing “/etc/init.d/weston start” command at the console.

Alternatively, you may delete the above listed files directly from the EVM’s console by issuing the following commands at EVM’s Linux prompt, and reboot the EVM to allow recalibration of the LCD.

rm /etc/udev/rules.d/ws-calibrate.rules
rm /run/media/mmcblk0p1/ws-calibrate.rules
reboot