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wacom-tools package

  1. Bug #260675
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 260675

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Markus Pfeiffer (markus-pfeiffer) wrote : Re: [intrepid] Wacom Xorg module is incompadible with the kernel module shiped in kernel packages.

I was able to get the tablet working by rebuilding the kernel module, using the current beta sources from the Linux Wacom Project (linuxwacom-0.8.1-4). This includes pressure sensitivity in GIMP (You have to manually enable the tablet: "Preferences/Input Devices/Configure Extended Input Devices...").

I'm currently using Intrepid Alpha 6 x86_64 + latest updates (kernel is "linux-image-2.6.27-3-generic"). Here's what I did:

$~: sudo apt-get update
$~: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential x11proto-core-dev libxau-dev libxdmcp-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev xtrans-dev libx11-dev x11proto-xext-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev linux-libc-dev libc6-dev libncurses5-dev xserver-xorg-dev tk-dev tcl-dev -y
$~: wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linuxwacom/linuxwacom-0.8.1-4.tar.bz2
$~: tar xjf linuxwacom-0.8.1-4.tar.bz2
$~: cd linuxwacom-0.8.1-4
$~: ./configure --enable-wacom
$~: sudo make
$~: cp /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko wacom.ko.$(uname -r)
$~: sudo cp src/2.6.26/wacom.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko
$~: sudo depmod -e
# Add InputDevices to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, see previous post
# Reboot, enjoy =)

Sorry for being this verbose, it was done in the hope that it will help those who haven't done this kind of thing before.

@Rocko: The module seems to work just fine with 2.6.27. It would be nice if someone could confirm this. Sorry if my comment about xorg.conf was misleading. All I intended to say was that it removes the freeze but does not enable clicking/pressure sensitivity. In other words: The pointer no longer gets stuck but still doesn't work properly.