htcpen: HTC Shift Touchscreen Driver for Linux

Here’s my first attempt to make the HTC Shift touchscreen working under Linux

To use it you must boot Windows Vista first, then reboot to Linux and the touchscreen will work.

If someone knows how to initialize the hardware properly (hint: disassemble htcpen.sys and ecdrv.sys) please let me know.

Feel free to send me patches and ideas to improve the driver

Download

htcpen version 0.3
htcpen-0.3.tar.gz
eGalax Xorg driver + TouchKit version 2.03
TouchKit-2.03.172.tar.gz

Install instructions

Download the tarball, extract it to some temporary directory, compile and install it:

# tar zxvf htcpen-0.3.tar.gz
# cd htcpen-0.3
# make
# make install

Load the module:

# modprobe htcpen

X.org configuration:

   # tar zxvf TouchKit-2.03.172.tar.gz
   # cd TouchKit
   # cp egalax_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and configure the following:

   Section \"InputDevice\"
         Identifier \"htcpen\"
         Driver \"egalax\"
         Option \"Device\" \"/dev/input/event8\"
         Option \"Parameters\" \"/var/lib/egalax.cal\"
         Option \"ScreenNo\" \"0\"
   Endsection
	
   Section \"ServerLayout\"
         InputDevice \"htcpen\" \"CorePointer\"
   EndSection

Restart your X session and run “TouchKit”, then do the 25 point calibration and enjoy

htcpen demonstration video

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