Installing XXX.src.rpm on Mint (Ubuntu)

[Stephen W. Clarke]

Len,

Thank you.

It is a usb device.
lsusb shows the device as correctly identified as Bus 001 Device 004.

Stephen


On Fri, January 23, 2009 13:40, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:17:18PM -0500, Stephen W. Clarke wrote:
>
>> I've got a Planar PT1701MU touchscreen monitor that I want to use with
>> a Mint (Ubuntu) system. Unfortunately, the manufacturer (3M) only
>> provides the drivers in an .src.rpm file. Can anyone on this list
>> explain to me how to install this on my Mint system?
>>
>> alien -k XXX.src.rpm didn't appear to work, and my googling attempts
>> have so far proven futile.
>>
>> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>>
>
> It may even be that you don't need that driver.  Perhaps X already
> supports it.  Is it USB or serial or what?  What does lsusb show when it is
> plugged in?
>
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