On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:16:31 -0400 (EDT) Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, netdevil77 wrote: > > > On September 20, 2011 10:57:17 AM Alan Stern wrote: > > > On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, netdevil77 wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > the device worked on another system with Windows XP running, yet > > > > failed to do so with Linux (I tried various openSUSE and Ubuntu > > > > versions and kernels) - it always produced the same dmesg > > > > output and error code. > > > > > > > > Would it be of any use to monitor the USB under Windows (e.g. > > > > with SnoopyPro) and post the logs? If so, can you suggest any > > > > specific program / output format that would make things easier > > > > for you? > > > > > > SnoopyPro's plain text output would be fine. It's verbose and > > > awkward to handle, but it contains all the necessary information. > > > > > > Alan Stern > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > attached you will find the two USB logs SnoopyPro "produced" and > > which I converted into txt files. I hope this helps! > > The logs are very clear. Unfortunately, the Windows driver > communicates with the device using a vendor-specific protocol, not the > standard HID protocol. > > Unless you can find a Linux driver that understands this protocol, or > get the protocol information from the vendor (or reverse-engineer > it) and write a driver, there's no way to use the touchscreen under > Linux. > > Good luck, > > Alan Stern > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" > in the body of a message to > majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info > at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Hi Many thanks for the information, looks like we (as in myself and Goetz) will need to see if we can rebuild the manufacturers old driver with the newer kernels.... -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop up 8 days 23:26, 5 users, load average: 0.82, 0.40, 0.25 GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - Driver Version: 280.13 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
