On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Sameer Verma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sameer Verma wrote: > > Michael Stone wrote: > >> Friends, > >> > >> Over a month ago, Blake and I pieced together some software to turn on > >> PenTablet support. At Kim's and SJ's urging, I have prepared > >> > >> http://teach.laptop.org/~mstone/fix-tablet.sh > >> > >> which makes it a bit easier to install the relevant pieces. I believe it > >> will enable the PT on both 656 and 703 and I'm not _aware_ of any side > >> effects, but it's definitely experimental software. > >> > >> Enjoy, unless you prefer to help out further by testing Andres' 2.6.25 > >> kernels. > >> > >> Michael > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Devel mailing list > >> Devel@lists.laptop.org > >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > >> > > Hi Michael, > > > > I ran your script without a hitch, but I am unable to see it work in > > Paint. Which activity will support its use? > > > > Sameer > > > > Following up on my post...I upgraded my G1G1 from 656/Q2D07 to 703/Q2D14 > and updated the activities using Bert's script. I re-ran Michael's > pen-tablet script. I still didn't see the pen-tablet feature working in > Paint, until...I applied a lot more pressure than I had anticipated. The > cursor moved! So, I guess the pen-tablet script makes it work, but the > amount of pressure needed is a lot more than what I would apply to my > Nokia 770 or 810. > > Is this expected?
Yep. For whatever reason, the OLPC tablet requires quite a bit of pressure to work -- much more than conventional graphics tablets. Pat -- Patrick Dubroy http://dubroy.com/blog - on programming, usability, and hci _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel