nanogui: calibration & ts in raw mode
Subject:
Re: [nanogui] calibration & ts in raw mode
From:
"Massimiliano Turco" ####@####.####
Date:
18 May 2004 09:58:43 +0100
Message-Id: <09e701c43cb6$87e14b60$7e0614ac@tecne126>
Thanks Greg for the precious suggestions. I'll test them asap on my board.
Again, thanks.
m
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Haerr" ####@####.####
To: "Massimiliano Turco" ####@####.####
Cc: ####@####.####
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [nanogui] calibration & ts in raw mode
> : What do you exactly mean when you wrote "The nxcal program should be
run
> : first, before running other programs.".
>
> Nxcal should be run once, before anything else, in one of
> two modes, Initial Calibration, and Set Calibration.
>
> Initial Calibration: running nxcal without -d argument will ask
> the user to calibrate the screen. The mouse driver is placed
> in raw mode, and user presses various points, an nxcal.dat file
> is generated, and the calibration transform is set in the nano-X server.
>
> Set Calibration: running "nxcal -d nxcal.dat" reads a previous calibration
> transform, and sets the server to use that transform. This would
> normally be run every startup, unless a new calibration is required.
>
> : If I put it in the launcher.cnf as $startup nxcal is this right? Or not?
>
> It would appear not, since you're not setting the calibration, but instead
> asking for a new calibration each time. Try running "$startup nxcal -d
> nxcal.dat"
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
>
