On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 07:46 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 09:45 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 19:21:29 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 23:16 +0100, Emmanuele Massimi wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/wacom-kernel-source.postinst has a couple of mistakes
> > > relating to recent kernels.
> > >
> > > line 48 needs to look like this:
> > >
> > > kvers="`head -n 1 $ksrc/include/linux/utsrelease.h | cut -c 22- | rev | cut -c 2- | rev`"
> > >
> > > But the build still fails for anything after 2.6.16... since that is the
> > > last update for the wacom-kernel-source and 2.6.18 (or 20 for me)
> > > doesn't exist.
> > >
> > > Plus, AFAICS, it isn't needed anymore.
> > >
> > > modprobe tells me:
> > >
> > > /lib/modules/2.6.18-4-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/input/wacom.ko
> > >
> > > Also found in for me in:
> > > /lib/modules/2.6.20-1-k7/kernel/drivers/usb/input/wacom.ko
> > >
> > > So, this here results in, what are you trying to do? The following
> > > commands, as needed should help you out.
> > >
> > > "sudo /sbin/modprobe wacom" or "modprobe wacom" should do the trick for
> > > you.
> > >
> > > Sorry Florian, I believe you went off on a wild goose chase with
> > > Emmanuele, without even knowing it.
> >
> > Are you sure that the wacom-kernel-source package is completely
> > obsolete? The package description of xserver-xorg-input-wacom sounds
> > like wacom-kernel-sources is still needed for some models.
>
> Go look at them. 2.6.16 is the latest the one in the Debian repository
> supports. I took the time, looked and actually went through them and
> found the problems, fixed the postinst script, went through the
> buildlog. Found that "/usr/src/modules/wacom/src/2.6.[17|18|19|20] were
> all missing.
>
> is a quick listing of the directories in the wacom-kernel-source, which
> isn't a "real" kernel-source as I've come to know it, it is actually a
> "kpkg" building of the modules.
>
> princess:/usr/src/modules/wacom/src# ls -l
> total 504
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-04-18 07:30 2.4
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 119 2007-04-18 07:30 2.4.22
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 119 2007-04-18 07:30 2.4.28
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 85 2007-04-18 07:26 2.4.30x86-64
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 70 2007-04-18 07:30 2.6
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 70 2007-04-18 07:30 2.6.10
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 70 2007-04-18 07:30 2.6.11
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 70 2007-04-18 07:30 2.6.13
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 70 2007-04-18 07:30 2.6.14
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 70 2007-04-18 07:30 2.6.15
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 70 2007-04-18 07:30 2.6.16
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 70 2007-04-18 07:30 2.6.8
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 70 2007-04-18 07:30 2.6.9
>
> Do you see anything missing?
>
> The latest version in the /usr/src/modules/wacom/src/2.6.* tree is
> v1.44.
>
> Looked at the actual source in the 2.6.18-12 Linux Kernel source
> in /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18/drivers/usb/input.
>
> v1.45 is the version in 2.6.18
>
> Looked at the actual source in the 2.6.20-2 Linux Kernel source
> in /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.20/drivers/usb/input.
>
> v1.46 is the version in 2.6.20
>
> So, it looks like it has either been accepted into the mainline kernel,
> or it has been patched into the Debian source. Either way,
> wacom-kernel-source is obsoleted or deprecated.
One other thing, you MUST have wacom-tools installed to configure and
work with the wacom tablets.
And YES Emmanuele, I have read the WHOLE thread. Yes, I understand you
are not getting input from your tablet. Yes, once you do the "modprobe
wacom" you are not getting any input yet.
Have you installed wacom-tools? Have you used them to configure or check
to see that your tablet is working properly. the wacom tools include:
/usr/bin/wacdump
/usr/bin/xidump
/usr/bin/xsetwacom
And you are sure you are using a **USB** Wacom tablet, not an older
**SERIAL** Wacom tablet?
One last thing, have you restarted your machine once you have done a:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
And specifying you wacom tablet as an input device. You can have
multiple input devices.
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