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I have tried different softwares for drawing using my touchscreen (e.g. Gimp or Krita). However, when I touch and drag (to draw a line) what happens is that only the mouse pointer moves from one place to the other, but as I was not "clicking" to draw.

I also cannot use some gestures such as zooming a picture.

I have installed Touchegg, but I'm not sure how to use it and if it can help me solve this problem.

cinico
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First install touchegg:

sudo apt-get install touchegg

Install the dependencies for the GUI tool (for TouchEgg) using this command

sudo apt-get install build-essential libqt4-dev libx11-6 libx11-dev

Download the GUI touchegg-gce from GitHub. Then:

  1. Change to the directory holding the .zip file.
  2. Issue the command unzip Touchegg-gce-master.zip to extract the file.
  3. Change into the Touchegg-gce-master folder.
  4. Issue the command qmake
  5. Issue the command make
  6. Copy the touchegg-gce file to /usr/bin

Source: How to Configure a Touchscreen on Linux

Under "Touchegg" it shows you how to configure the program, maybe this'll allow you to draw on your touchscreen. I am sorry I am unable to help further as I don't know much about this program.

wjandrea
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HelpMeee
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A workaround is to hold down the mouse button while drawing. This gives you the advantage of not clicking accidentally when bumping the screen for example.

Dev
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