Hi hotdog,
all these written on lupu-528 + USB wacom volito tablet + 0.15.0 wacom.ko + xf-86-input-wacom_k2.6.33.2
hmm..given without warranty
attached pieces: just drop the .gz extension as also the «-0.15.0» version to read them as text files, and to get the .ko drivers.
I compiled the input-wacom-0.15.0 driver just to see ... what could happen as the linuxwacom-project website tells it is an USB-driver (...and i have here only USB-wacom tabets...i am not interested at all, am i
? ).
IMHO, the drivers present with the lupu-5.2.8.iso might work with your serial tablets, if these have been included in the development of the driver.
So go to step 2. hereunder; for using the latest input-wacom-0.15.0 driver go to step 1. hereunder;
1. Compile went good and i found 2 drivers:
- wacom.ko driver compiled for USB use (42K against 32K for the one in lupu528's iso)
and something that mightinterest you ...
- wacom_w8001.ko driver compiled for SERIAL use (8492B against 6469B for the one in lupu528's iso)
Read «how to» in the attached piece «wacomdotko_readme.txt»
which are instructions for use of the driver, which come at the end of the make step.
2. I believe you should do in a console
sh-4.1# depmod
sh-4.1# modprobe wacom_w8001
to activate the driver.
Now, if all went good, I assume your tablet could work as a mouse. (I am assuming the tablets behaviour to be indifferent whether USB or SERIAL pluging).
3. For full use of your tablet you need now the X driver i.e. xf86-input-wacom-0.17.0_k2.6.33.2 driver.
3.1. do install its pet (download hereunder);
3.2. then edit the xorg.conf
In order to know which are the options for serial tablets, go to the legacy linuxwacom-project:
http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index ... o/inputdev
there you will find the complete bits to copy to xorg.conf for serial or USB ones. Just comment what is USB relevant, and uncomment what is SERIAL.
A tip: delete the comments beginning with # at the end of an option line (example «#for USB only» etc...).
attached is my xorg.conf for a USB tablet;
In the «Section "Input Device"» cursor, stylus and eraser, COMMENT the lines
Option "USB" "on"
and UNCOMMENT the lines having
# Serial Tablet PC ONLY
4. Option "CursorProx"
here have set the value of
Option "CursorProx" "5" for the stylus
Option "CursorProx" "100" for the cursor
cursors value has to be adjusted: if this line is commented, the cursor does not move, except if the mouse hovers about 5mm over the tablet.
5. before restarting X, make a copy of your new xorg.conf (for instance xorgdotconfwacom), to help recover it afterwards if X hangs up.
(if X don't start, you got the console mode; there you might edit xorg.conf using the mp command; or replacing the wrong xorg.conf by a previous made backup using the mv command ...but i believe your are already aware of this).
hope this helps
Charlie
To check if the tablet is recognized , just open
/proc/bus/input/devices
and look for a paragraph telling
...
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=056a Product=0060 Version=0142
N: Name="Wacom your-tablet"
...
- compilation using the lupu_devx.sfs (ibiblio repo) and the linux-kernel-source.sfs (see smokey01 repo)
http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index ... o/inputdev