On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 19:05 -0500, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST) > "Jon Mercer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, June 10, 2005 12:14, Mario Hoerich said: > > > # Vulpes Velox: > > >> "Jon Mercer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > [ graphics tablet and FreeBSD? ] > > >> > Only restriction is that it has to be relatively recent (i.e. > > >> > still in the shops) and most of the functionality should work. > > >> > PS2 or USB doen't matter. > > > [...] > > >> Not sure about tablets. You may want to check on the USB list to > > >> see what the status of the Wacom ones are. > > > > > > USB tablets won't work, I think (see > > > <URL:http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/all>). > > > | > > > | I recognize that FreeBSD and similar systems have USB support; > > > | however, until someone can bridge the gap between the FreeBSD > > > | kernel and the XFree86 driver, the problem is largely unsolved. > > > > > > I've googled quite extensively for that a while back and came up > > > with pretty much nothing (except for some posters whose questions > > > about tablets remained unanswered). > > > > > > I'd actually love to be proved wrong here. ;) > > I remember doing the same several months back. From what I remember > finding is that it was fixed in netbsd. No clue if it ever got copied > over. > > > > Cheers, > > > Mario > > > -- > > > "Für Gegner der Reform wird ein Wagen, der an die Wand gefahren > > > wurde, nicht dadurch wieder flott, dass man zwei seiner Räder > > > für intakt erklärt." > > > -- Hermann Unterstöger, SZ, über die Rechtschraipreform > > > > > > > Well I've done a bit of research now and decided on a Logitech > > Optical Trackman and given up on the idea of a tablet, the serial > > ones cost around £400 and that's too much for the use it'd get. > > Shame, I'd have enjoyed a new toy... > > See if you can find a old Acecad Acecat Flair. It is serial but works > pretty decent.y
I'll keep an eye out. Shame about the Wacom USB ones (albeit they're not cheap), they look pretty good. A case of the more you see the more you want... On a really positive note I have to retrain myself to use a scroll wheel with the trackman optical cordless now I got it working. I'm still going to the right every time I want to move down. In fact the documentation or getting odd rodents working under X is not well documented in the handbook. Anyone wanna take me up on that in the doc list? Jon PS. Not actually subscribed to the doc list. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Achean Ltd http://www.achean.com Jon Mercer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
