I use Windows 7 and Ubuntu on my Lenovo Ideapad S10-3t. Last time I shared a way to install Ubuntu within windows. But the touchscreen feature doesn’t work on Ubuntu operating system by default.
To enable multitouch drivers on Ubuntu you need to install multitouch drivers on Ubuntu. Here is the way to add touchscreen support for Ubuntu. But this package is experimental. Its working fine on my Netbook.
Here is the source for the package:
https://launchpad.net/~chasedouglas/+archive/multitouch
To enable touchscreen for Ubuntu follow this steps:
1. At first open the terminal from Ubuntu. Genome users go to Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal.
2. Now type in the commands bellow to install touchscreen driver on Ubuntu.At firsts type in
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chasedouglas/multitouch
Then
sudo apt-get update
Then
sudo apt-get install multitouch-kernel-source
3. Then restart Ubuntu Linux … After restarting touchscreen should work.
I hope You guys gonna enjoy the touch experience on Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu remix.
Wonderful! works on Gateway ZX4800 Desktop Series. But how do we calibrate the screen now that it responds to touch?
I also have a Lenovo S10-3T, nice little machine. I am new to linux but loving it so far. I am using ubuntu 11.04, the touchscreen worked with the installation drivers but doesn’t support gestures. I am somewhat hesitant to install your experimental drivers for fear of breaking something by accident, but I suppose I’ll try it when I feel more comfortable with linux.
I was wondering if you’ve found any solution to the problem of getting the screen and user interface to both rotate when in tablet mode … either automatically as with windows7 or even manually?
Thanks in advance … appreciate the work you’re doing.
I tried to follow your directions, but the message I’m getting says
Reading package lists… Done
Reading dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package multitouch-kernel-source
user@user:~$
any idea what might be going wrong?
Same problem here, cant find the package. Is server diffrent now or? Help? 🙂
Same problem here, cant find the package.
Solved
When I see the source website on: https://launchpad.net/~chasedouglas/+archive/multitouch
The source package is different with in this tips, the correct command is :
$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-evdev
its work for me, may be this can be works for others too
worked.
Err:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chasedouglas/multitouch/ubuntu cosmic Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Reading package lists… Done
E: The repository ‘http://ppa.launchpad.net/chasedouglas/multitouch/ubuntu cosmic Release’ does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
I’m running Ubuntu 18.10. As you can see from the above results of running the command you suggest above in Terminal, it won’t add your repository without a Release file, which I guess is a way to protect the new code from older Release code. Could you update for 18.10 and add a Release file so I can see if this solution works for me, I’m going nuts with this touchscreen issue not working. Thanks.
Still doesn’t work