Penmount linux compatibility
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:54 am
I have been stuck on getting the penmount driver working in debian "lenny". It seems that everything goes fine with the installation. The installer even offers to make my xorg.conf file. How nice. Only when tested the touch panel does not operate. Quitting X I can see a module mismatch error dealing with the penmount module. That leads to many more errors.
So when in doubt read the manual. I downloaded the install manual from penmount and found interesting things.
Manual:
http://www.penmount.com/Download/DataSheet/PenMount%209000%20Controller%20Installation%20Guide%20V1.0.pdf
In the manual there is one page dedicated to linux and here is a copy of it:
Chapter 4 Software Functions
3.7. Linux X Window RS-232 Driver Installation for
9000 Boards
Before installing the Linux X Window RS-232 driver for PenMount 9000 boards, you
must have the Linux X Window installed and running on your computer. You must
also have PenMount Serial Interface either 9026BH or 9036BH controller boards
installed.
Linux X Window RS-232 driver for PenMount 9000 boards supports the following
operating systems:
O.S. Supported:
Ubuntu 8.04 Red Hat 9.0
Ubuntu 7.10 Red Hat 7.3/8.0
Ubuntu 6.06/6.10/7.04 Suse 11
Debian 3.1 Suse 10.2/10.3
Fedora 9 Suse 10.1
Fedora Core8 Suse 10.0
Fedora Core5/6/7 Suse 9.3
Fedora Core4 Suse 9.2
Fedora Core4_64bit Suse 8.0/9.0/9.1
Fedora Core3 Linux XFree86 4.x.x
Slackware12.0 Linux XFree86 3.3.6
Slackware10.0 Linux For GPM
Based on this I can understand why lenny is not going so well for me.
Just a reminder, when in doubt, read the manual
quotaholic
So when in doubt read the manual. I downloaded the install manual from penmount and found interesting things.
Manual:
http://www.penmount.com/Download/DataSheet/PenMount%209000%20Controller%20Installation%20Guide%20V1.0.pdf
In the manual there is one page dedicated to linux and here is a copy of it:
Chapter 4 Software Functions
3.7. Linux X Window RS-232 Driver Installation for
9000 Boards
Before installing the Linux X Window RS-232 driver for PenMount 9000 boards, you
must have the Linux X Window installed and running on your computer. You must
also have PenMount Serial Interface either 9026BH or 9036BH controller boards
installed.
Linux X Window RS-232 driver for PenMount 9000 boards supports the following
operating systems:
O.S. Supported:
Ubuntu 8.04 Red Hat 9.0
Ubuntu 7.10 Red Hat 7.3/8.0
Ubuntu 6.06/6.10/7.04 Suse 11
Debian 3.1 Suse 10.2/10.3
Fedora 9 Suse 10.1
Fedora Core8 Suse 10.0
Fedora Core5/6/7 Suse 9.3
Fedora Core4 Suse 9.2
Fedora Core4_64bit Suse 8.0/9.0/9.1
Fedora Core3 Linux XFree86 4.x.x
Slackware12.0 Linux XFree86 3.3.6
Slackware10.0 Linux For GPM
Based on this I can understand why lenny is not going so well for me.
Just a reminder, when in doubt, read the manual
quotaholic