Libreelec on S905x - how to use a touchscreen?

**_Jackson_** · February 17, 2018 at 6:15 PM

hello, I want to replace my nuc in my bathroom with an s905x device but I can't get the touchscreen working - on my nuc with libreelec it is working like a charme!

Is there anything I am missing? I hope there is a possibility to get this working? Any ideas?

Thanks in advance...

**vpeter** · February 17, 2018 at 7:36 PM

Which type?

**_Jackson_** · February 17, 2018 at 7:53 PM

eGalax

I had the same issue with my nuc, you helped me that time...

Touchsupport

**_Jackson_** · February 17, 2018 at 8:55 PM

can I just follow the instructions from Grruhn and you to make it work on this device? Or is there something else I am missing?

**vpeter** · February 18, 2018 at 6:52 AM

From what I see touchscreen stuff is not enabled on Amlogic kernels. I assume this is the first problem.

**_Jackson_** · February 18, 2018 at 11:14 AM

Fu*k

**vpeter** · February 18, 2018 at 12:19 PM

Tell me which image exactly you are using and I will try to rebuild with them enabled.

**_Jackson_** · February 18, 2018 at 12:31 PM

Oh, thank you!

I thought that if it is not enabled in the kernel I have no chance to get it work...

I am using this image.

**vpeter** · February 18, 2018 at 2:08 PM

Some parts needs to be enabled in kernel config to enable touchscreen drivers. Then it may work. I ask GDPR-2 for a help how to build this image (I'm not familiar with amlogic projects).

**_Jackson_** · February 18, 2018 at 3:53 PM

hopefully it works, thank you very much for your work!!!

**vpeter** · February 18, 2018 at 6:49 PM

Here I put the image and addon if needed: Index of /S905/

I assume you already know how to use it

**_Jackson_** · February 18, 2018 at 6:59 PM

THANK YOU!!!

I will try it in a minute!

**_Jackson_** · February 18, 2018 at 8:29 PM

So, touch is working but needs to be calibrated.

Unfortunately, the calibrating addon is not loading - do you have any ideas?

Do you need a log?

**vpeter** · February 19, 2018 at 7:35 AM

Could you install addon? But it doesn't run? In this case I need kodi log file - there should be a clue.

Also what you get

Code

systemctl status service.touchscreen -l

Do you have some backup from nuc? Then you could use calibration file from there.

**_Jackson_** · February 19, 2018 at 8:35 AM

Yes, I installd the addon - but somehow it doesn't run.

Logfile

Code

● service.touchscreen.service - Touchscreen support daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/storage/.kodi/addons/service.touchscreen/system.d/service.touchscreen.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Mon 2018-02-19 08:19:28 UTC; 9min ago
  Process: 3086 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c exec /bin/sh /storage/.kodi/addons/service.touchscreen/bin/ts_uinput_touch.sh service (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 3079 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c exec /bin/sh /storage/.kodi/addons/service.touchscreen/bin/ts_calibrate.sh service (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 3086 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad sh[3086]:       TSLIB_PLUGINDIR: '(null)'
Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad sh[3086]:   TSLIB_CONSOLEDEVICE: '(null)'
Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad sh[3086]:        TSLIB_FBDEVICE: '(null)'
Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad sh[3086]:       TSLIB_CALIBFILE: '(null)'
Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad sh[3086]:        TSLIB_CONFFILE: '(null)'
Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad sh[3086]:           TSLIB_RES_X: '(null)'
Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad sh[3086]:           TSLIB_RES_Y: '(null)'
Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad sh[3086]: TSLIB_TOUCH_HOME_TIME: '(null)'
Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad sh[3086]: resolution: 0x0
Feb 19 08:19:28 Bad systemd[1]: Started Touchscreen support daemon.

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**_Jackson_** · February 19, 2018 at 8:36 AM

By the way, I did this on a freshly installed and not configured system...

**_Jackson_** · February 19, 2018 at 8:41 AM

Of course I have a backup from my nuc, but on the nuc I don't had to calibrate anything - everything worked perfect out of the box after compiling...

But I have another system in the kitchen, I will install the addon there and see what happens.

Thanks for your ongoing help

**vpeter** · February 19, 2018 at 8:57 AM

You need to copy two files as described here: Touchsupport

And you need to adjust TOUCHSCREEN_NAME which is get by evtest program.

But it is strange you need calibration now. Wondering why it worked on nuc without.