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Touchscreen issues
If the screen is connected over USB, issues with the cable may cause similar symptoms. For that, please see this guide.
Touch not working on RaspberryOS and derivatives
Some DSI screens have issues where touch doesn't work with the default configuration. The current workaround/temporary fix involves changing the kernel driver module used for these displays.
Open /boot/config.txt for editing using sudo nano /boot/config.txt and change
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
to
dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d
Close the nano editor using ctrl+x (exit), then y for yes (save).
Reboot to apply changes.
If that doesn't fix it, you can try commenting these lines out, resulting in:
# dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d
# max_framebuffers=2
Reboot to apply changes.
Touch rotation and matrix
If the touch works but registers touch input in a different location from the input, then you may need to apply an input transformation matrix.
First you will need your device name. On a terminal, run:
DISPLAY=:0 xinput
Output:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ADS7846 Touchscreen id=6 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
In this case the device is the ADS7846 Touchscreen, yours may be different
You can test a change by running:
DISPLAY=:0 xinput set-prop "<device name>" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' <matrix>
Where the matrix can be one of the following options:
| Rotation | Matrix |
|---|---|
| 0° | 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 |
| 90° Clockwise | 0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 |
| 90° Counter-Clockwise | 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 1 |
| 180° (Inverts X and Y) | -1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1 |
| invert Y | -1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 |
| invert X | -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 |
| expand to twice the size horizontally | 0.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 |
For more in-depth guidance on using Coordinate Transformation Matrices:
To make this permanent, modify /etc/udev/rules.d/51-touchscreen.rules:
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/51-touchscreen.rules
ACTION=="add", ATTRS{name}=="<device name>", ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="<matrix>"
Close the nano editor using ctrl+x (exit), then y for yes (save).
!!! example
Test:
```sh
DISPLAY=:0 xinput set-prop "ADS7846 Touchscreen" 'Coordinate Transformation Matrix' -1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1
```
Permanent modification:
```bash
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/51-touchscreen.rules
```
```sh title="51-touchscreen.rules"
ACTION=="add", ATTRS{name}=="ADS7846 Touchscreen", ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="-1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 1"
```
Close the nano editor using `ctrl`+`x` (exit), then `y` for yes (save).
!!! example "Alternative"
As an alternative **if the above doesn't work**:
```bash
sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
```
```sh title="40-libinput.conf"
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "libinput touchscreen catchall"
MatchIsTouchscreen "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "libinput"
Option "TransformationMatrix" "0 -1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1"
EndSection
```
Close the nano editor using `ctrl`+`x` (exit), then `y` for yes (save).
Touch is expanded:
This can be due to other framebuffers being active, for example the composite output of Raspberries may be enabled automatically as a fallback when no HDMI device is plugged in. If this is the case:
Open /boot/config.txt for editing:
sudo nano /boot/config.txt
add at the bottom (in the [all] section)
enable_tvout=0
max_framebuffers=1
Close the nano editor using ctrl+x (exit), then y for yes (save).
Reboot to apply changes.