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RH 7.2 on GCT -- Success and Questions
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New MessageRH 7.2 on GCT -- Success and Questions (modified 0 times) jsnorman
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Finally, got a new batch of GCT's off ebay. One of them had an intact IDE header so I decided to convert this one to a Linux box. Installed RH 7.2 using my laptop (by substituting hard drives). After installation, I just removed the HD and popped it into the GCT. Very easy. On rebooting Kudzu modified teh hardware configuration removing my old configs, and installing the new ALI etc. ones. Worked like a charm.

Also, and this may have been posted before but I certainly missed it: At least in linux, the "Instant AOL" key on the stock keyboard is the "Alt" key, and the keys across the top "Welcome ..." are F1, F2... No need for a new keyboard!!!!

I still cannot get X up and running though.

First, I need to know the input driver for the joystick on the keyboard. Anyone figured that out yet?

Second, I have not been able to configure teh Screen section properly. Anyone want to give me a hint? Have tried all the generic laptop and generic SVGA settings.

Third, I am looking for the driver for the touchscreen. Where can I download an RPM or at least the source to compile?

Thanks for any help you all can provide!!!

Jeff

07-08-2002 14:56:42

New MessageRE:RH 7.2 on GCT -- Success and Questions (modified 0 times) jsnorman
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Alright, I can now boot X -- yea! I simply ran:
XFree86 -configure
to generate a new XF86Config.new file (instead of using RH's stock configurator).

Mouse was tricky. Protocol is IMPS/2 NOT PS/2!!! Yes, I know, this is clearly not an intellimouse, but hey it works!

Screen was autogenerated. I added a simple Mode line to each depth subsection
Modes "800x600" "640x480"

But it is still defaulting to 640x480.

Any ideas how to specify the monitor to get full 800x600?

Still working in the mk712 driver issue. I know there is a driver for X but I cannot find any documentation on it which I need to actually set the thing up.

JSN

07-08-2002 16:00:05

New MessageRE:RH 7.2 on GCT -- Success and Questions (modified 0 times) chaezewhiz
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Grab the midori X4.03 mlz and look at the patches. Just apply the patches and you should be good to go.

Download the midori XF86Config file here:
http://gct.leeandjennifer.com/index.php?actionID=downloads

Good luck!
-chaeze

Miracle in a Can
07-08-2002 19:13:17

New MessageRE:RH 7.2 on GCT -- Success and Questions (modified 0 times) jsnorman
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More progress... now have 800x600!!!! Yea!!!!

Here is what I did (could not easily apply patches -- 4.1.0 was too different from the 4.0.x used in Midori):
-- upgrade to XFree86 4.2.0
-- started with a config file generated by X by running XFree86 -configure
-- Added the following to the Section "Monitor":
HorizSync 30-50
VertRefresh 70-80
ModeLine "800x600" 48.002 800 832 928 1024 600 604 608 624
##NOTE: I got these from another user that had gotten a different embedded system up on a LynxEM+ with a DSTN screen -- not the GCT but I assumed it must be correct for the GCT also; possibly there are more accurate mode lines to use


-- Added the following to the Section "Screen" under the Depth 8 SubSection:
Modes "800x600"
Viewport 0 0

-- And, works like a charm!

Still no touchscreen, but I am close.

The following sites give instructions for configuring touchscreens under 4.x series of XFree86:
http://www.elotouch.com/support/linux.asp
http://www.3m.com/3MTouchSystems/downloads/legacy.jhtml#Linux
http://www.burbong.com/linux/touchscreen.html

I have successfully loaded the mutouch driver that is included with XFree86 4.2.0 BUT I cannot figure out what port the touchscreen is hooked up to. I have tried /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1 to no avail.

Theoretically, the command
od -h -w10 < /dev/$DEVICENAME

should output characters whenever the screen is touched (where $DEVICENAME is the proper serial device to which the touchscreen is hooked up). Just cannot find the proper device name. I will probably have to create the device from scratch, but will need to know irq and port info. Any ideas?

07-09-2002 17:26:04

New MessageRE:RH 7.2 on GCT -- Success and Questions (modified 0 times) chaezewhiz
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Try this

mknod --mode=644 /dev/tscreen c 10 15

-chaeze

Miracle in a Can
07-09-2002 19:58:09

New MessageRE:RH 7.2 on GCT -- Success and Questions (modified 0 times) ian1386
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about the keyboard buttons. yes, the first top button is alt, then the next twelve are the F keys, and then there's four buttons left. From what I've found, the first of the four (fourth from the right) is the numlock key, which makes the keys under 7,8 and 9 a number pad (so "O"=6, "I"=5, etc.). You'll probably be familliar with this type of keypad if you've ever used a laptop, which works the same way.

As for the last 3 buttons, I'm pretty sure they're just the regular Print Screen, Scroll Lock, and Pause/Break buttons. I havn't really looked into it, but not many things use those buttons, so it doesn't really matter. I guess it COUlD matter though, say if you had a windows manager installed that could bind keys to commands, so that you could bind say, pause/break to open up mozilla or something...

just my two cents,
ian

07-10-2002 11:40:53

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