TimTheNoob
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PEOPLE OF THE FUTURE: Ubuntu 18.04 supports the Acer T232HL. You do however need to connect both the HDMI cable AND the USB for visual and touch respectively.
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Hi all. Firstly I'm a total Linux noob, sick of Windows and wanted to do something different; have literally just now assembled my rig and installed the most vanilla Linux that presented itself, ie Ubuntu 18. I gathered that GNOME 3 (which to my understanding I have by default) was pretty decent with touchscreens but I've got zero touch functionality. Nada zip. On closer inspection I think they mean it's good with phones and so on rather than PCs with standalone monitors.
So the question: can I get my big touchscreen monitor to work, on this or indeed any version of Linux? Where would I even begin to search for a driver? I'm perfectly open to changing distro, and maybe even, if it were absolutely necessary, swapping the monitor for one that is known to be supported.
Acer T232HL touchscreen monitor. Works fine as a regular monitor but doesn't register touch.
Connected via HDMI to Intel NUC i5-8259 @ 2.3GHz x 8
Ubuntu 18.04.02 with GNOME 3.28.2 straight off the website BUT I'm totally open to trying a different build.
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Hi all. Firstly I'm a total Linux noob, sick of Windows and wanted to do something different; have literally just now assembled my rig and installed the most vanilla Linux that presented itself, ie Ubuntu 18. I gathered that GNOME 3 (which to my understanding I have by default) was pretty decent with touchscreens but I've got zero touch functionality. Nada zip. On closer inspection I think they mean it's good with phones and so on rather than PCs with standalone monitors.
So the question: can I get my big touchscreen monitor to work, on this or indeed any version of Linux? Where would I even begin to search for a driver? I'm perfectly open to changing distro, and maybe even, if it were absolutely necessary, swapping the monitor for one that is known to be supported.
Acer T232HL touchscreen monitor. Works fine as a regular monitor but doesn't register touch.
Connected via HDMI to Intel NUC i5-8259 @ 2.3GHz x 8
Ubuntu 18.04.02 with GNOME 3.28.2 straight off the website BUT I'm totally open to trying a different build.
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