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xf86-input-tslib package

Xorg tslib package broken (fails)

Asked by Craig Lafferty

I have a USB built in touchscreen for my Dell Mini 9. When I freshly install Ubuntu 11.04 and install updates, it works for a couple of days. Then it just stops working and when I try to reinstall the xorg tslib touchscreen driver, synaptic gives me an error saying that the package is broken. I attempted to download the package my self but the software manager says "Dependency is not satisfiable: xorg-input-abi-13. Also, it doesn't crash while I'm using it; it just won't work once I reboot the computer. When I press on the screen now, the mouse shoots all over the screen to different places really fast.

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Craig Lafferty (craig-lafferty) said : 		#1

How can I reinstall?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

From terminal type:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install xserver-xorg-input-tslib

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Seems there are some broken dependency so we cannot reinstall or install package xserver-xorg-input-tslib

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xf86-input-tslib/+bug/714353

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Craig Lafferty (craig-lafferty) said : 		#4

Thank you very much for the information. Is there anyway to "fix" the broken package? And if not, should there be a solution soon since there is a bug report on it? I paid a lot of money for the touchscreen and really need it for my classes. Thanks again.

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