egalax touchscreen not working

[james85]

xbian@xbian ~ $ sudo start uimapper
uimapper start/running, process 2791
xbian@xbian ~ $ evtest
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Not running as root, no devices may be available.
Available devices:
/dev/input/event2: eGalax Inc. USB TouchController
Select the device event number [0-0]: 2
USAGE:
Grab mode:
evtest /dev/input/eventX

Query mode: (check exit code)
evtest --query /dev/input/eventX <type> <value>

<type> is one of: EV_KEY, EV_SW, EV_LED, EV_SND
<value> can either be a numerical value, or the textual name of the
key/switch/LED/sound being queried (e.g. SW_DOCK).
xbian@xbian ~ $ ^C
xbian@xbian ~ $ sudo start xbmc
xbmc start/running, process 2853

After this it loaded kodi. It then apparently automatically updated 'stuff' as I was typing this in. Didn't look back at the screen in time to see what updated. That being said there doesn't seem to be any changes. And again I seriously appreciate your replies.