SLEPOS 11 installation procedures
To use the posIBM_setserial utility in SLEPOS, you can use the normal installation procedure for SLED or
SLES, but you can also include it in your image creation so that an image loaded through SLEPOS
Branch server to the terminal automatically runs the posIBM_setserial utility.
To integrate the package into the image:
1. Start and run the YaST2 Image Creator provided with SLEPOS. Refer to the SLEPOS 11 guide at
http://www.novell.com/documentation/slepos11/ for more information.
2. From the Image Creator Configuration Overview, edit the image in which you want to include the
rpm package:
a. From the Image Preparation, select Add and Local Directory.
b. In Path to Directory section, browse to the directory in which the RPM is located.
c. Click Add to return to the image configuration screen.
d. Click Change to make changes to the image.
e. Select Filter > Search and look for posIBM_setserial.
f. Check the box so that the package is included in the SLEPOS image.
3. Click Yes to save the image configuration and start building the image. Refer to the SLEPOS 11 guide
at http://www.novell.com/documentation/slepos11/ for information about image deployment.
RS-485 touch screen configuration
To configure an RS-485-attached touch screen:
1. Install the latest JavaPOS package.
2. Edit the /etc/aipsys.conf file to remove the ! under the # RS-485 Touch Emulation line:
# RS-485 Touch Emulation. To enable, remove the "!" and set to "on".
# Valid values are "on" and "off"
mouse=on
3. Reboot the system with the RS-485 touch screen attached. You should see these lines in the
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
[...]
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "evdev"
Identifier "Touchscreen"
Option "evBits" "+1 +3"
Option "keyBits" "-272-274 +330"
Option "absBits" "+0-1"
Option "Pass" "3"
EndSection
[...]
Section "ServerLayout"
[...]
InputDevice "Touchscreen" "SendCoreEvents"
[...]
EndSection
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