Absolute 1.1.0 review

Absolute is an XFree86 driver for absolute positioning pointer devices, such as tablets and touchscreens. Absolute project current

License: LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) File size: 29K Developer: Ian Gulliver

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Absolute is an XFree86 driver for absolute positioning pointer devices, such as tablets and touchscreens.

Absolute project currently supports arbitrary-point calibration and several types of hardware. It also includes calibration utilities for touchscreens and tablets.

Installation:

Driver:

sudo apt-get install xorg-dev
cd xorg
PREFIX=/usr ./configure
make
sudo make install
Add the driver to your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 using examples from xfree86/example-configs

Calibration Utility:

./configure
make
sudo make install

Then, start (or restart) X, and run "calibrate" or "sudo calibrate"

Supported Software:

Tested:

X.Org Debian GNU/Linux 7.0.14

Supported Hardware:

Tested:

KeyTec MagicTouch USB-X
ELO 1525L
JamStudio KG-TAB1

Untested, but believed to work:

Anything properly supporting the Linux Input Event interface

What's New in This Release:
Support for axis flipping and device hot-plugging was added.
The driver was ported to X.org 7.0.