Display is inverted, touch control is backwards

[MABeatty1978]

Describe the bug I have this running on a raspberry pi 3, attached to the pi is a 5" touch display. Everything works fine with the raspberry pi. When WeatherFlow PiConsole is running the touch/mouse is inverted on the y axis. If I touch the screen in the top right, the mouse moves to the bottom right. If I drag the mouse to the top, the mouse drags to the bottom. This only happens in this app, this doesn't happen when the app isn't running, works fine with the desktop and other applications.

[peted-davis]

Sorry you are having issues. This seems to be a bug that occurs with some particular touch screens. I will do some investigating and see if I can find a fix. If you are handy with linux, this link may help you find a solution quicker:

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/79858/kivy-on-rpi-how-to-correct-rotated-touch-screen

[peted-davis]

OK, I have done some testing and I might have a fix available.

Open a terminal on your pi and run this command to open the Kivy configuration file:

nano ~/.kivy/config.ini

Scroll or page down right to the bottom and you should see two lines under [input] that look like this:

mtdev_%(name)s = probesysfs,provider=mtdev
hid_%(name)s = probesysfs,provider=hidinput

You need to add an extra parameter (param=invert_y=1) on the end of these lines so that they look like this:

mtdev_%(name)s = probesysfs,provider=mtdev,param=invert_y=1
hid_%(name)s = probesysfs,provider=hidinput,param=invert_y=1

To save the changes press ctrl-x followed by y (for 'yes' to confirm the changes) and then enter. Restart the console. Does this fix the issue?

[MABeatty1978]

That did not work, but your link got me in the right direction. I ended up leaving the mtdev% line as is and editied the hid% line to be

hid_%(name)s = probesysfs,provider=hidinput,param=invert_y=0

It's working as expected now. Thanks for your help