[SLUG] Graphic tablet
Someone was having problems with defining the screen size for use with a tablet. I just found this information (SuSE 9.2) which maybe of use. /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.3/Documentation/input/input.txt CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_[XY] in the kernel configuration are the size of your screen (in pixels) in XFree86. This is needed if you want to use your digitizer in X, because its movement is sent to X via a virtual PS/2 mouse and thus needs to be scaled accordingly. These values won't be used if you use a mouse only. Also in the Kernel parameters mousedev.xres= [MOUSE] Horizontal screen resolution, used for devices reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets mousedev.yres= [MOUSE] Vertical screen resolution, used for devices reporting absolute coordinates, such as tablets I suggest you do a search through the kernel documentation to see if there are any further details on tablet related configuration. -- Regards, Graham Smith - -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
Matt, As you probably saw in my last post, I'm still trying to get it work better. It's still only matching a 2 area to the whole of the screen. I've got some more 'figuring' before I annoy everyone with my post-failure requests :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 08:31:53AM +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Well, you are having more success than I with a Wacom Tablet. Linux recognises it as a keyboard then then X locks up. What did you do to try and use it? I discovered a wacom ultrapad serial in my garage the other day and am going to try it out. Wacom say they supply the developers at linuxwacom.sourceforge.net hardware and info. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet
Visser, Martin wrote: Of course I have found most of my *specific* answers at http://acecad.sourceforge.net/README . But it stills doesn't help me with the *generic* issue of mapping physical device, how they are seen through facilities such as dmesg and /var/log/messages, and even usbview, and how one *knows* which /dev/device to specify. Dmesg obtains info from kernel ring buffer. Kernel ring buffer gets updated each time the kernel discovers hardware and/or driver(software or module). As to how kernel discovers hardware and updates kernel ring buffer is a black art. This might be done by reading from specific hardware address and figuring out the device from any data read. This might be done by writing some patterns into specific hardware addresses, and see what happens. Some, kernel components are software-only. For example, TCP/IP or File Systems. Once these kernel components are loaded, info is written to the kernel ring buffer that can be displayed using dmesg. Some tools that one may use to load and unload modules: insmod modprobe rmmod depmod Also check /etc/modprobe.conf. Regarding, /var/log/messages check: # man syslog.conf -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet
Okay. Sorry for the delay... It wasn't caused by the XF86Config suggestions :)) Now, I have two suggestions going simultaneously (for which I'm very grateful) - one from Darren and one from James and Ben. 1. James suggestion didn't fskc my X... everything SEEMS okay and it sems to start fine. The pen is the same... no different. 2. Darren... Your suggestion had been: # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. #** Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout en_US Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 6 7 EndSection # # The Tablet stuff, here we define what the tablet is # what drives it and some configuration options. # Here is where you will fiddle a bit to get the # settings correct. # Section InputDevice Identifier stylus Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type stylus Option Mode absolute Option Cursorstylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier cursor Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type cursor Option Mode absolute Option Cursorpuck Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier eraser Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type eraser Option Mode absolute Option Cursorstylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection # # End os Tablet stuff # Section Monitor Identifier monitor1 VendorName Plug'n Play ModelName Compaq V70 Color Monitor HorizSync 30-69 VertRefresh 50-150 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName ATI BoardName ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC #Driver nv Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection Display Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer # Now enable the tablet stuff on the server InputDevice stylus AlwaysCore InputDevice cursor AlwaysCore InputDevice eraser AlwaysCore # end tablet stuff Screen screen1 EndSection X wouldn't start. I copied the XF86 logs This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before
FW: [SLUG] Graphic tablet ADDENDUM TO LAST POST
Duh, my big... There was NO XF86Config file when I looked (per James's suggestion about deleting it and putting a soft link to XF86Config-4 for any other program). So, the changes I made per James's suggestion were merely to alter the XF86Config-4 file and boot X on that. Sorry for the cross posts and confusion. -Original Message- From: Elliott-Brennan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 17 October 2004 9:57 PM To: 'James Gregory'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'Ben de Luca'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet Okay. Sorry for the delay... It wasn't caused by the XF86Config suggestions :)) Now, I have two suggestions going simultaneously (for which I'm very grateful) - one from Darren and one from James and Ben. 1. James suggestion didn't fskc my X... everything SEEMS okay and it sems to start fine. The pen is the same... no different. 2. Darren... Your suggestion had been: # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. #** Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout en_US Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 6 7 EndSection # # The Tablet stuff, here we define what the tablet is # what drives it and some configuration options. # Here is where you will fiddle a bit to get the # settings correct. # Section InputDevice Identifier stylus Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type stylus Option Mode absolute Option Cursorstylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier cursor Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type cursor Option Mode absolute Option Cursorpuck Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier eraser Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type eraser Option Mode absolute Option Cursorstylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection # # End os Tablet stuff # Section Monitor Identifier monitor1 VendorName Plug'n Play ModelName Compaq V70 Color Monitor HorizSync 30-69 VertRefresh 50-150 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName ATI BoardName ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC #Driver nv Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection Display Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet
I didn't catch the original messages, but how does one determine definitively which device to use for USB peripherals? I have been delaying trying out my Acecad Flair graphics tablet until I managed to get a Xfree with it all built in. (I had tried some earlier patches that included the acecad driver but never seem to be able get them to build. Anyways, it seems that my SuSe 9.1 pro has the acecad driver built in. (It has /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/acecad_drv.o at least). Now I know that there is supposed to a serial version of the tablet but mine, as most are I expect is USB. The log from /var/log/messages shows it is there :- Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 3 disabled Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 3 Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using address 4 Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: usb 1-1: Product: USB Graphics Tablet Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ACECAD Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hi ddev Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [ACECAD USB Graph ics Tablet ] on usb-:02:0e.0-1 Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hi d Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core Driver But it really isn't clear what device I should us in XFree86 is /dev/usbmousenn or /dev/usb/hiddevnn or what? (In fact based on past experience with USB mice it seems that a choice of a number of devices may work.) RANTMaybe it is me but it all seems pretty opaque unfortunately. Isn't something like LSB being built for /dev? My top level /dev has 7437 entries which I think is just slightly over the top/RANT Anyone have a clear cluestick as to how this should definitively we worked out. (BTW SuSe autodetects the hardware but when I allow it to run Yast to presumably configure, it manages to crash the whole X session) Martin Visser ,CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 3 Richardson Place North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia Phone: +61-2-9022-1670 Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elliott-Brennan Sent: Sunday, 17 October 2004 9:57 PM To: 'James Gregory'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Ben de Luca'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet Okay. Sorry for the delay... It wasn't caused by the XF86Config suggestions :)) Now, I have two suggestions going simultaneously (for which I'm very grateful) - one from Darren and one from James and Ben. 1. James suggestion didn't fskc my X... everything SEEMS okay and it sems to start fine. The pen is the same... no different. 2. Darren... Your suggestion had been: # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. #* * Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout en_US Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 6 7 EndSection # # The Tablet stuff, here we define what the tablet is # what drives it and some configuration options. # Here is where you will fiddle a bit to get the # settings correct. # Section InputDevice Identifier stylus Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type stylus Option Mode absolute Option Cursorstylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection Section
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet
Of course I have found most of my *specific* answers at http://acecad.sourceforge.net/README . But it stills doesn't help me with the *generic* issue of mapping physical device, how they are seen through facilities such as dmesg and /var/log/messages, and even usbview, and how one *knows* which /dev/device to specify. Martin Visser ,CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 3 Richardson Place North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia Phone: +61-2-9022-1670 Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Visser, Martin Sent: Monday, 18 October 2004 2:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet I didn't catch the original messages, but how does one determine definitively which device to use for USB peripherals? I have been delaying trying out my Acecad Flair graphics tablet until I managed to get a Xfree with it all built in. (I had tried some earlier patches that included the acecad driver but never seem to be able get them to build. Anyways, it seems that my SuSe 9.1 pro has the acecad driver built in. (It has /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/acecad_drv.o at least). Now I know that there is supposed to a serial version of the tablet but mine, as most are I expect is USB. The log from /var/log/messages shows it is there :- Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 3 disabled Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 3 Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using address 4 Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: usb 1-1: Product: USB Graphics Tablet Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ACECAD Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hi ddev Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [ACECAD USB Graph ics Tablet ] on usb-:02:0e.0-1 Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hi d Oct 16 15:59:03 mau019b kernel: drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core Driver But it really isn't clear what device I should us in XFree86 is /dev/usbmousenn or /dev/usb/hiddevnn or what? (In fact based on past experience with USB mice it seems that a choice of a number of devices may work.) RANTMaybe it is me but it all seems pretty opaque unfortunately. Isn't something like LSB being built for /dev? My top level /dev has 7437 entries which I think is just slightly over the top/RANT Anyone have a clear cluestick as to how this should definitively we worked out. (BTW SuSe autodetects the hardware but when I allow it to run Yast to presumably configure, it manages to crash the whole X session) Martin Visser ,CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 3 Richardson Place North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2113, Australia Phone: +61-2-9022-1670 Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elliott-Brennan Sent: Sunday, 17 October 2004 9:57 PM To: 'James Gregory'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Ben de Luca'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet Okay. Sorry for the delay... It wasn't caused by the XF86Config suggestions :)) Now, I have two suggestions going simultaneously (for which I'm very grateful) - one from Darren and one from James and Ben. 1. James suggestion didn't fskc my X... everything SEEMS okay and it sems to start fine. The pen is the same... no different. 2. Darren... Your suggestion had been: # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. #* * Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)
Title: Message Hi Ben, Sorry for the off group post. I got the tablet for a present about 18 months ago (my wife bought if for me). I think it was less than $100, but if not it wasn't much more (I know that I'd said I DIDN'T want a Wacom as they were a lot more expensive :))) - more fool me. It's about 6" by 5" 14.93cm by 11.12cm (I just measured it). I think it was from Dick Smiths but I just had a quick look and can't find it. It's calleda Dolphin Graphix. Maybe I'll be in the market for a second-hand Wacom if this bugger doesn't work. If it does, I'll be happy to run the whole process past you - I'll be posting it all to SLUG anyway, as I go, and on some other sites so other people can see what's worked (or not). Thanks for your suggestion. I'm going to go with O Plamera at the moment as he seems to have one working,though I'll certainly be keeping what you've said in mind. From the little I know about this stuff, it seems like this is what's needed - or something like it - and if what OP suggests doesn't work, I'll certainly be giving it a go. Where do you think the entry lines you've suggested should go? (I've read your suggestion - I have a xfree86-4 config file ??) My mouse is a ps/2, so there shouldn't be any conflict. This is what I got after modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: Module Size Used by aiptek 5152 0 Usbcore 99132 9 usbmouse, aiptek, hid, uhci-hcd Thanks for you help, Patrick -Original Message-From: Ben de Luca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 8:20 AMTo: elliott-brennanCc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)Quickly looking through the mailing list archive on the site you mentioned I wonder if you need to alter your xorg/Xfree config to look some thing likeSection "ServerLayout"Identifier "single head configuration"Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"InputDevice "stylus" "AlwaysCore"EndSectionSection "InputDevice"Identifier "stylus"Driver "aiptek"Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"Option "Type" "stylus"Option "Mode" "Absolute"Option "Cursor" "stylus"Option "USB" "on"Option "KeepShape" "on"Option "AlwaysCore" "on"EndSectionIf you do getting working, I think it might make a good alternative to the wacoms that I buy at work, what size/cost was it?bdOn 04/10/2004, at 10:13 PM, elliott-brennan wrote: Hi,I've been trying to configure a graphic tablet in Linux (as those who've seen my previous posts will know).I'm 95% there but need some help understanding some material I've found. At:http://aiptektablet.sourceforge.net/I've found some information, but "I don't quite understand what they're suggesting to do" :(Mandrake 10.0 official, Kernel 2.6 (no changes - I wouldn't know how) reads this as a USB device (which it is) and I can do everything I can in the 'other O/S' except... the tablet area needs to be read as the same size as the monitor screen (called 'absolute' in somethings I've read), rather than reading it like a mouse. As I said, everything else works, which is great, but if I move the mouse 2", it moves across the entire viewable area of the screen!Any help/suggestions/referrals most appreciated.Patrick-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need helpunderstanding:)
James, Thanks. I'll look at this. Umhh - how do I find 'man aiptek' Thank god I don't need to rebuild the kernel - everytime I see something that mentions this, I think it should come with a warning don't try this at home or This was performed under strict professional supervision :) I can't even begin to understand any of it - though if there's a site that has a newb'ish language explanation, I'd be fascinated. Also, Ben earlier suggested something like: Section ServerLayout Identifier single head configuration Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDevice Mouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard0 CoreKeyboard InputDevice stylus AlwaysCore EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier stylus Driver aiptek Option Device /dev/input/event0 Option Type stylus Option Mode Absolute Option Cursor stylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option AlwaysCore on EndSection -Original Message- From: James Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 12:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'O Plameras'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need helpunderstanding:) On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 10:35 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Just btw, rebuilding the kernel here is unnecessary. The Mandrake kernel ships with the aiptek module. modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: ModuleSizeUsed by aiptek51520 The 'used by' column is how many things are using the driver. It says '0', so there's an additional step there. Once there's something talking to the driver, that number will increase. So, if you look at man aiptek it will give you details of some stuff you'll need to add to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Then it should work. I suspect that's the missing piece of the puzzle here. The aiptek X drivers appear to ship with Mandrake as well. Keep a copy of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file so you've got a way to get things running again if you break it. HTH, James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need helpunderstanding:)
This may be of some use to you. http://www.linuxnetmag.com/en/issue7/m7tablett1.html -- Regards, Graham Smith - -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
--- Now, if any of that makes sense :))) Thanks for the help. The more reading I've done, the more reading I've done! LOL Damn, the web is big place!!! :) Patrick -Original Message- From: James Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 8 October 2004 12:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:) On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:26:21PM +1000, elliott-brennan wrote: I could quite likely be putting it in the wrong place Should I post the two parts (my XF86Config-4 file and your suggestion)? That's a good idea. We can probably give you a config file to drop in that should work. Then, if it doesn't, it'd be awesome to see the log files; then we can diagnose the fault. It'll be great. James. -- Now, there are no problems only opportunities. However, this seemed to be an insurmountable opportunity. - http://www.surfare.net/~toolman/temp/diagram.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Hi Elliott-Brennan On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Okay guys, here's the whole thing: Here's the XF86Config-4 file details: (Do you also need the XF86 config file too, or just -4?) Below that is something that I'd found in a file online, but I'm not sure how useful it is. Below that again is the suggestion from Ben. - # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ** Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout en_US Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 6 7 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier monitor1 VendorName Plug'n Play ModelName Compaq V70 Color Monitor HorizSync 30-69 VertRefresh 50-150 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName ATI BoardName ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC Driver ati Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection Display Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer Screen screen1 EndSection -- *Extra bit that I found on line* -- +Section InputDevice + Identifier stylus + Driver aiptek + Option Device/dev/input/event0 + Option Type stylus + Option Mode absolute + Option Cursorstylus + Option USB on + Option KeepShape on + Option debuglevel20 +EndSection + +Section InputDevice + Identifier cursor + Driver aiptek + Option Device/dev/input/event0 + Option Type cursor + Option Mode absolute + Option Cursorpuck + Option USB on + Option KeepShape on + Option debuglevel20 +EndSection + +Section InputDevice + Identifier eraser + Driver aiptek + Option Device/dev/input/event0 + Option Type eraser + Option Mode absolute + Option Cursorstylus + Option USB on + Option KeepShape on + Option debuglevel20 +EndSection -- Section ServerLayout Identifier single head configuration Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDevice Mouse0 CorePointer InputDevice Keyboard0 CoreKeyboard InputDevice stylus AlwaysCore EndSection Section InputDevice
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Patric There is a small error in the file delete the following line in the file I give you earlier. EndSubsection Virtual 1024 768 Darren # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. #** Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout en_US Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 6 7 EndSection # # The Tablet stuff, here we define what the tablet is # what drives it and some configuration options. # Here is where you will fiddle a bit to get the # settings correct. # Section InputDevice Identifier stylus Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type stylus Option Mode absolute Option Cursorstylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier cursor Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type cursor Option Mode absolute Option Cursorpuck Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier eraser Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type eraser Option Mode absolute Option Cursorstylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option debuglevel20 EndSection # # End os Tablet stuff # Section Monitor Identifier monitor1 VendorName Plug'n Play ModelName Compaq V70 Color Monitor HorizSync 30-69 VertRefresh 50-150 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName ATI BoardName ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC #Driver nv Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection Display Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer # Now enable the tablet stuff on the server InputDevice stylus AlwaysCore InputDevice cursor AlwaysCore InputDevice eraser AlwaysCore # end tablet stuff Screen screen1 EndSection -- Darren Williams dsw AT gelato.unsw.edu.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.gelato.unsw.edu.au -- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 07:13:27AM +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Okay guys, here's the whole thing: Here's the XF86Config-4 file details: (Do you also need the XF86 config file too, or just -4?) Below that is something that I'd found in a file online, but I'm not sure how useful it is. I think that will be useful, but let's get the standard, minimalist case working first. That config snippet appears to give you separate input devices for the writing and erasing parts of the tablet. Below that again is the suggestion from Ben. I've attached my best guess at what should be in that file. I am fairly sure that what you're saying about X scanning for config files in that order is correct. I would get rid of the /etc/X11XF86Config file and just use the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. Add a symlink for good measure in case some application tries to write config data to the wrong place. So, run this: rm /etc/X11/XF86Config ln -s /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config Now, make a backup of the config file that's in place before you do anything. You always want a way to roll back. Put the file I've attached to this email in place of what you've got and restart X (killall X should do the trick). If either your tablet, or all of X fails to work, please make a copy of /var/log/XFree86.0.log available for us to inspect. It will be a large file, so I suggest putting it up on a website somewhere and posting a link if that's possible. Otherwise, just send it to me directly I guess. HTH, James. -- Now, there are no problems only opportunities. However, this seemed to be an insurmountable opportunity. - http://www.surfare.net/~toolman/temp/diagram.html # File generated by XFdrake. # ** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # # this file. # ** Section Files # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath unix/:-1 EndSection Section ServerFlags #DontZap # disable CrtlAltBS (server abort) #DontZoom # disable CrtlAltKP_+/KP_- (resolution switching) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Double-Buffering Extension Load v4l # Video for Linux Load extmod Load type1 Load freetype Load glx # 3D layer EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard1 Driver Keyboard Option XkbModel pc105 Option XkbLayout en_US Option XkbOptions EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse1 Driver mouse Option Protocol ExplorerPS/2 Option Device /dev/mouse Option ZAxisMapping 6 7 EndSection # Tablet stuff: Section InputDevice Identifier stylus Driver aiptek Option Device /dev/input/event0 Option Type stylus Option Mode Absolute Option Cursor stylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option AlwaysCore on EndSection Section Monitor Identifier monitor1 VendorName Plug'n Play ModelName Compaq V70 Color Monitor HorizSync 30-69 VertRefresh 50-150 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine 1024x48065.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine 768x576 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section Device Identifier device1 VendorName ATI BoardName ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC Driver ati Option DPMS EndSection Section Screen Identifier screen1 Device device1 Monitor monitor1 DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection Display Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection Display Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section ServerLayout Identifier layout1 InputDevice Keyboard1 CoreKeyboard InputDevice Mouse1 CorePointer InputDevice stylus AlwaysCore Screen screen1 EndSection -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
That I will do. Great??? I think the quote at the bottom more accurately reflects MY thinking of the possibilities : Before I go and trash X again: how, from a crash, does one record/locate the logs of a crash for posting? What I'll also post will be another possible config that I've located... This'll be one big post! Finally, I read online that the XF86Config is read before XF86Config-4 file and that both need to be changed...or something like that?? -Original Message- From: James Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 8 October 2004 12:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:) On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:26:21PM +1000, elliott-brennan wrote: I could quite likely be putting it in the wrong place Should I post the two parts (my XF86Config-4 file and your suggestion)? That's a good idea. We can probably give you a config file to drop in that should work. Then, if it doesn't, it'd be awesome to see the log files; then we can diagnose the fault. It'll be great. James. -- Now, there are no problems only opportunities. However, this seemed to be an insurmountable opportunity. - http://www.surfare.net/~toolman/temp/diagram.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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After inserting the new lines, I decided to try it out on my 'testing' HDD - well, I forgot to save the config file for THAT machine and ... buggered... wouldn't/couldn't start X at ALL. Tried all sorts of things, searched web, looked in mags at home... damn. Thought I'd have to completely reinstall, then... remembered that I HAD saved a copy (some days ago) cp'd that back to /etc/X11 and bingo... back in business :)) (not bad for a newbie - rescued myself!). So back to the inserted lines and ... X fails again. I could quite likely be putting it in the wrong place Should I post the two parts (my XF86Config-4 file and your suggestion)? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
Matt, All I did was plug it in. It uses software to match pad size to screen size. Some of the Wacom's seem to have buttons to do this (just from the pictures I've seen and what I've been told). I'm using Mandrake 10.0 Official. If you get your's going properly (and same here) let me know. I could be in the market for a second-hand Wacom pad - I've been using this for two years and there's NO-WAY I'd go back to a mouse for graphic work... Just have to keep my other O/S going. The major problem is that Photoshop is VERY resource hungry and so I'd have to keep it on my fastest machine and thus couldn't run Linux to it's best ability :( -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 7 October 2004 1:53 PM To: Elliott-Brennan Cc: 'Kevin Waterson'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:) On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 08:31:53AM +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Well, you are having more success than I with a Wacom Tablet. Linux recognises it as a keyboard then then X locks up. What did you do to try and use it? I discovered a wacom ultrapad serial in my garage the other day and am going to try it out. Wacom say they supply the developers at linuxwacom.sourceforge.net hardware and info. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
This one time, at band camp, Elliott-Brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using Mandrake 10.0 Official. If you get your's going properly (and same here) let me know. I could be in the market for a second-hand Wacom pad - I've been using this for two years and there's NO-WAY I'd go back to a mouse for graphic work... Just have to keep my other O/S going. The major problem is that Photoshop is VERY resource hungry and so I'd have to keep it on my fastest machine and thus couldn't run Linux to it's best ability :( Currently I do all my graphics on the a G4 iMac using PS. I would like to use The GIMP on linux but cannot get anywhere with it. I even tried a new install with the tablet plugged in but it then could not find the mouse. *sigh* Kevin - Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:26:21PM +1000, elliott-brennan wrote: I could quite likely be putting it in the wrong place Should I post the two parts (my XF86Config-4 file and your suggestion)? That's a good idea. We can probably give you a config file to drop in that should work. Then, if it doesn't, it'd be awesome to see the log files; then we can diagnose the fault. It'll be great. James. -- Now, there are no problems only opportunities. However, this seemed to be an insurmountable opportunity. - http://www.surfare.net/~toolman/temp/diagram.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
I've turned off shorewall on the mandrake box (I'm behind a smoothwall box for net access), and access has returned. I'm not sure how it even started to get in the way. Any ideas? Apologies for the rapid posts - I've got parent's brain at the moment (both kids waking in the middle of the night %) and parent's time (bits here and there). I'll try to be more complete and clearer in my posts :) I'll post the outcome of entering the lines of code in the xfree86-4 file. -Original Message- From: James Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 3:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:) On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 15:28 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: I can't turn off the smoothwall, as that provides access - when it's off, there's no access to the net. I didn't realise it was a separate machine. What I meant was to disable the firewalling functionality to see if that restores access. I could never get the USB modem to work in Mandrake :( Route -n gives [...] That looks sane. I assume 192.168.0.1 is your smoothwall machine? can you ping it? run ping 192.168.0.1 from a terminal. James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
This one time, at band camp, Elliott-Brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, After running modprobe aiptek (as root) and then lsmod (as root), and nothing else, I have lost net connection and connection to my server (home network). Well, you are having more success than I with a Wacom Tablet. Linux recognises it as a keyboard then then X locks up. Kevin - Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
Kevin, Which distro are you using and which tablet - I've searched a few sites of late and may have come across something useful (then again... :) -Original Message- From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 6:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:) This one time, at band camp, Elliott-Brennan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, After running modprobe aiptek (as root) and then lsmod (as root), and nothing else, I have lost net connection and connection to my server (home network). Well, you are having more success than I with a Wacom Tablet. Linux recognises it as a keyboard then then X locks up. Kevin - Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 08:31:53AM +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Well, you are having more success than I with a Wacom Tablet. Linux recognises it as a keyboard then then X locks up. What did you do to try and use it? I discovered a wacom ultrapad serial in my garage the other day and am going to try it out. Wacom say they supply the developers at linuxwacom.sourceforge.net hardware and info. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What did you do to try and use it? I discovered a wacom ultrapad serial in my garage the other day and am going to try it out. Yeah it will need a driver. Just make sure that when you back it out of the garage the driver should look left, then right, left again, exit and don't go over the speed limit for the digital highway :-) -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1725 Fx: 9514 1460 -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 08:31:53AM +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Well, you are having more success than I with a Wacom Tablet. Linux recognises it as a keyboard then then X locks up. What did you do to try and use it? I discovered a wacom ultrapad serial in my garage the other day and am going to try it out. Wacom say they supply the developers at linuxwacom.sourceforge.net hardware and info. ( USB ) Wacom Intuos/Graphire tablet support is defaulted into Linux 2.6.x. I have Linux 2.6.9-rc3 and it is compiled into kernel as module. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Hi Ben, I've looked (VERY closely) at the mouse and tablet. There are no buttons of any form on the tablet and the pen buttons relate only to the buttons on a mouse (bugger). I'm not sure how to reset the factory settings - they seem to relate to something that Mandrake have installed. There is a file located: /lub/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/input/aiptek.ko.go I've not the vaguest idea of what it is and therefore haven't touched it (I steer clear of anything that has 'Kernel' in the line!). I know there's *something* in Mandrake that needs configuring but... ??? -Original Message- From: Ben Donohue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 2004 11:09 AM To: elliott-brennan Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:) Hi Elliott, The reason the mouse moves across the entire screen when you move it 2 is because it's set that way on purpose. (however this is resettable) Imagine a graphics tablet 4 feet high x 6 feet wide. (you can get them). If you had an absolute setting you would have to move the cursor/pointer 6 feet just to get the from one side of the monitor screen to the other side. Thats why you can set a small square the same size as the screen on a large tablet so that you don't have to move your pointer 6 feet every time. you move the pointer to that small square when you want to do something on the screen or move it away when tracing a map (for instance). you can even make that small square 2 x 2 to corrospond to the screen if you like and the pointer will cross the screen in two inches (if held within that square). Perhaps you could reset the tablet to factory settings and it may remove the 2 area (relative mode) and (if the tablet is an A4 or A3 tablet) you will end up in absolute mode with having to transverse the entire tablet to get across the screen but on a small tablet this should not be much of a problem. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need helpunderstanding :)
On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 19:48 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi James, The tablet and pen worked 'out of the box' in the (problematic) manner I've described. The site I mentioned: I don't have the *vaguest* idea of how to implement what they suggest (it may make sense and it's just that I lack the experience to grasp it ??). Their graphic of the GUI looks nice though :)) How do I work with the xset program (I've found the location of the files, but it's nothing I've so far played-with/damaged/accidentally-deleted-and-am-too-embarrassed-to-tell- anyone-about :) and so... !? the xset program sets X 'properties' (I think that's what they're called). One of the many things it can do is alter the ratio of mouse-distance to screen distance. For example, to slow the mouse way down, you might try a command like: xset m 1/10 which means to apply a 1x multiplier to speed, and a 10x divisor. It sounds like that's the wrong way to do it but it's worth a shot. Linux reads the tablet and the pen (and therefore picks up the feedback from the pen). The pressure point works and so do the buttons on the pen... Confused/perplexed? Moi? ok. We need to find out what drivers are running this thing so we can find out what can configure it. Can you send the output of lsmod and lsusb? I can't think of a program that would tell us about your X config, so can you take a look through that and see if there's any references to stuff that looks like it might be your tablet? I realise that's not very helpful but I don't know what to look for. If it turns out that Mandrake has automatically loaded the driver from that page (which is not unlikely), then it may just be a case of getting an rpm of that configurator program and installing it. In fact, getting that installed may not be a bad next move. The worst it will do is tell you that it won't work. Does anyone know where one can procure such an rpm? HTH, James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? needhelpunderstanding :)
Hiya, Here's the output: lsmod Module Size Used by ipt_pkttype 1536 4 ip_nat_irc 3984 0 ip_nat_tftp 3248 0 ip_nat_ftp 4592 0 ip_conntrack_irc 71124 1 ip_nat_irc ip_conntrack_tftp 3348 0 ip_conntrack_ftp 71668 1 ip_nat_ftp sg 38044 0 st 38616 0 sr_mod 17028 0 sd_mod 16832 0 scsi_mod 114648 4 sg,st,sr_mod,sd_mod autofs414656 2 nfsd 173152 8 exportfs5920 1 nfsd md5 3872 1 ipv6 232352 8 snd-seq-oss31232 0 snd-seq-midi-event 7552 1 snd-seq-oss snd-seq51024 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event snd-pcm-oss51812 0 snd-mixer-oss 17952 1 snd-pcm-oss snd-ymfpci 57536 1 snd-ac97-codec 58148 1 snd-ymfpci snd-pcm93156 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-ymfpci snd-opl3-lib9984 1 snd-ymfpci snd-timer 24484 4 snd-seq,snd-ymfpci,snd-pcm,snd-opl3-lib snd-hwdep 8928 1 snd-opl3-lib gameport4480 1 snd-ymfpci snd-page-alloc 11972 2 snd-ymfpci,snd-pcm snd-mpu401-uart 7072 1 snd-ymfpci snd-rawmidi23616 1 snd-mpu401-uart snd-seq-device 8008 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq,snd-opl3-lib,snd-rawmidi snd52484 16 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-pcm- oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-ymfpci,snd-ac97-codec,snd-pcm,snd-opl3-lib,snd-tim er,snd-h wdep,snd-mpu401-uart,snd-rawmidi,snd-seq-device soundcore 9248 1 snd af_packet 20520 2 ide-floppy 18752 0 ide-tape 34864 0 ide-cd 40548 0 cdrom 37184 2 sr_mod,ide-cd floppy 59444 0 ipt_TOS 2240 12 ipt_REJECT 6464 4 ipt_LOG 5312 8 ipt_state 1728 8 ipt_multiport 1856 0 ipt_conntrack 2304 0 iptable_filter 2624 1 iptable_mangle 2624 1 iptable_nat23116 3 ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack 31152 9 ip_nat_irc,ip_nat_tftp,ip_nat_ftp,ip_conntrack_i rc,ip_conntrack_tftp,ip_conntrack_ftp,ipt_state,ipt_conntrack,iptable_na t ip_tables 16704 10 ipt_pkttype,ipt_TOS,ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,ipt_stat e,ipt_multiport,ipt_conntrack,iptable_filter,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat eepro100 29740 0 mii 4992 1 eepro100 supermount 37876 1 intel-agp 17372 1 agpgart31016 1 intel-agp joydev 10240 0 tsdev 7168 0 evdev 9504 0 usbmouse5216 0 hid53312 0 uhci-hcd 29104 0 usbcore99132 5 usbmouse,hid,uhci-hcd rtc11576 0 ext3 110408 2 jbd54328 1 ext3 lsusb Bus 001 Device 005: ID 08ca:0010 Aiptek International, Inc. Tablet Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04a5:2060 Acer Peripherals Inc. (now BenQ Corp.) Prisa 620U+/640U Bus 001 Device 001: ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED] patrick]# NB. The first entry is the Tablet - it's quite impressive that it says this clearly. The second is the scanner - thanks to Darren and James!! -Original Message- From: James Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 5 October 2004 11:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? needhelpunderstanding :) the xset program sets X 'properties' (I think that's what they're called). One of the many things it can do is alter the ratio of mouse-distance to screen distance. For example, to slow the mouse way down, you might try a command like: xset m 1/10 which means to apply a 1x multiplier to speed, and a 10x divisor. It sounds like that's the wrong way to do it but it's worth a shot. Linux reads the tablet and the pen (and therefore picks up the feedback from the pen). The pressure point works and so do the buttons on the pen... Confused/perplexed? Moi? ok. We need to find out what drivers are running this thing so we can find out what can configure it. Can you send the output of lsmod and lsusb? I can't think of a program that would tell us about your X config, so can you take a look through that and see if there's any references to stuff that looks like it might be your tablet? I realise that's not very helpful but I don't know what to look for. If it turns out that Mandrake has automatically loaded the driver from that page (which is not unlikely), then it may just be a case of getting an rpm of that configurator program and installing it. In fact, getting that installed may not be a bad next move. The worst it will do is tell you that it won't work. Does anyone know where one can procure such an rpm
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Elliott-Brennan wrote: /lub/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/input/aiptek.ko.go The above file appears, aiptek.ko in Fedora. But you have Mandrake. In your /boot directory check for a file that says config-2.6.x In this file, check if you have a line that says, CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=m then your tablet driver is compiled as a module. And you should be able to load it using #modprobe aiptek If it says CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=y then it is compiled into the kernel and there is no need to load it. If it says #CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK is not set then it is not part of the kernel at all and you have to re-compile your kernel after setting it to *CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=m** * I am using 2.6.9-rc3 and AIPTEK driver included supports AIPTEK 6000U/8000U tablet. If your tablet is of a different model you have to find the driver for that; patch that driver into your kernel; configure your kernel to activate; and re-compile. Once done your tablet will just work after re-starting you computer with this new kernel. As you know Sourceforge.net in the link you have shown has driver support for *Aiptek HyperPen 4000U*, *5000U*, *6000U*, *8000U*, and *12000U. * The patch is for 2.6.5. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)
Quickly looking through the mailing list archive on the site you mentioned I wonder if you need to alter your xorg/Xfree config to look some thing like x-tad-bigger Section ServerLayout Identifier single head configuration Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard InputDevice stylusAlwaysCore EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier stylus Driver aiptek Option Device/dev/input/event0 Option Type stylus Option Mode Absolute Option Cursorstylus Option USB on Option KeepShape on Option AlwaysCore on EndSection/x-tad-bigger If you do getting working, I think it might make a good alternative to the wacoms that I buy at work, what size/cost was it? bd On 04/10/2004, at 10:13 PM, elliott-brennan wrote: Hi, I've been trying to configure a graphic tablet in Linux (as those who've seen my previous posts will know). I'm 95% there but need some help understanding some material I've found. At: http://aiptektablet.sourceforge.net/ I've found some information, but I don't quite understand what they're suggesting to do :( Mandrake 10.0 official, Kernel 2.6 (no changes - I wouldn't know how) reads this as a USB device (which it is) and I can do everything I can in the 'other O/S' except... the tablet area needs to be read as the same size as the monitor screen (called 'absolute' in somethings I've read), rather than reading it like a mouse. As I said, everything else works, which is great, but if I move the mouse 2, it moves across the entire viewable area of the screen! Any help/suggestions/referrals most appreciated. Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Hi O Plameras, As you suggested below, I checked the config file and is showed 'CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=m'. I then '#modprobe aiptek' as you suggested (now bare with me as I'm new to this - well, 2 1/2 months new :) So, the output from that was...well, nothing visible to me. What do I do next? The tablet was active before, as I said, and is still - but nothing else has changed. Is there a file I need to configure somewhere to set the parameters? Thanks, Patrick -Original Message- O Plameras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 1:37 AM SNIP In your /boot directory check for a file that says config-2.6.x In this file, check if you have a line that says, CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=m then your tablet driver is compiled as a module. And you should be able to load it using #modprobe aiptek SNIP I am using 2.6.9-rc3 and AIPTEK driver included supports AIPTEK 6000U/8000U tablet. If your tablet is of a different model you have to find the driver for that; patch that driver into your kernel; configure your kernel to activate; and re-compile. Once done your tablet will just work after re-starting you computer with this new kernel. As you know Sourceforge.net in the link you have shown has driver support for *Aiptek HyperPen 4000U*, *5000U*, *6000U*, *8000U*, and *12000U. * The patch is for 2.6.5. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Elliott-Brennan wrote: As you suggested below, I checked the config file and is showed 'CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=m'. I then '#modprobe aiptek' as you suggested (now bare with me as I'm new to this - well, 2 1/2 months new :) So, the output from that was...well, nothing visible to me. After modprobe aiptek, do an 'lsmod' and see if there is a line that show 'aiptek'. What do I do next? The tablet was active before, as I said, and is still - but nothing else has changed. Is there a file I need to configure somewhere to set the parameters? You must ascertain the model that you have to confirm that it is supported by your kernel driver. It is like your mouse where if the device is supported by the driver it will just work otherwise if the mouse does not have the specific driver it will behave erratically. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Hokely dokely. So: modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: Module SizeUsed by aiptek 51520 Usbcore 99132 9 usbmouse, aiptek, hid, uhci-hcd FYI I use a ps/2 mouse I've just tested the tablet and it's actions/behaviour is unmodified... I gather there's another step to make it work within the parameters of the tablet drawing area? :)) -Original Message- From: O Plameras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 9:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:) Elliott-Brennan wrote: As you suggested below, I checked the config file and is showed 'CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK=m'. I then '#modprobe aiptek' as you suggested (now bare with me as I'm new to this - well, 2 1/2 months new :) So, the output from that was...well, nothing visible to me. After modprobe aiptek, do an 'lsmod' and see if there is a line that show 'aiptek'. What do I do next? The tablet was active before, as I said, and is still - but nothing else has changed. Is there a file I need to configure somewhere to set the parameters? You must ascertain the model that you have to confirm that it is supported by your kernel driver. It is like your mouse where if the device is supported by the driver it will just work otherwise if the mouse does not have the specific driver it will behave erratically. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hokely dokely. So: modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: Module SizeUsed by aiptek 51520 Usbcore 99132 9 usbmouse, aiptek, hid, uhci-hcd FYI I use a ps/2 mouse I've just tested the tablet and it's actions/behaviour is unmodified... I gather there's another step to make it work within the parameters of the tablet drawing area? :)) Have a look at the list-archive and direct your additional queries here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=32305 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Hi, I'll enter a post there. What I have read as suggestions are WAY beyond anything I'm able to do - even the instructions are far too complicated :( Thanks. -Original Message- From: O Plameras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 11:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:) Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hokely dokely. So: modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: Module SizeUsed by aiptek 51520 Usbcore99132 9 usbmouse, aiptek, hid, uhci-hcd FYI I use a ps/2 mouse I've just tested the tablet and it's actions/behaviour is unmodified... I gather there's another step to make it work within the parameters of the tablet drawing area? :)) Have a look at the list-archive and direct your additional queries here: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=32305 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)
Title: Message Thanks to all. I'm going to enter a listing at Sourceforge, as suggested, but I seem to have my tablet already working better than most ... through no effort on my behalf other than plugging it in. Any other suggestions will be appreciated. Any cheap 2nd-hand Wacom tablets for sale :))) -Original Message-From: Ben de Luca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 8:20 AMTo: elliott-brennanCc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)Quickly looking through the mailing list archive on the site you mentioned I wonder if you need to alter your xorg/Xfree config to look some thing likeSection "ServerLayout"Identifier "single head configuration"Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"InputDevice "stylus" "AlwaysCore"EndSectionSection "InputDevice"Identifier "stylus"Driver "aiptek"Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"Option "Type" "stylus"Option "Mode" "Absolute"Option "Cursor" "stylus"Option "USB" "on"Option "KeepShape" "on"Option "AlwaysCore" "on"EndSectionIf you do getting working, I think it might make a good alternative to the wacoms that I buy at work, what size/cost was it?bdOn 04/10/2004, at 10:13 PM, elliott-brennan wrote: Hi,I've been trying to configure a graphic tablet in Linux (as those who've seen my previous posts will know).I'm 95% there but need some help understanding some material I've found. At:http://aiptektablet.sourceforge.net/I've found some information, but "I don't quite understand what they're suggesting to do" :(Mandrake 10.0 official, Kernel 2.6 (no changes - I wouldn't know how) reads this as a USB device (which it is) and I can do everything I can in the 'other O/S' except... the tablet area needs to be read as the same size as the monitor screen (called 'absolute' in somethings I've read), rather than reading it like a mouse. As I said, everything else works, which is great, but if I move the mouse 2", it moves across the entire viewable area of the screen!Any help/suggestions/referrals most appreciated.Patrick-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi, I'll enter a post there. What I have read as suggestions are WAY beyond anything I'm able to do - even the instructions are far too complicated :( Thanks. Hokely dokely. So: modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: Module SizeUsed by aiptek 51520 Incidentally, your aiptek driver is older. In my 2.6.9-rc3 kernel here is the size, Module Size Used by aiptek 18176 0 Upgrading to a newer release of Kernel may improve functionality. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding:)
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 10:35 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Just btw, rebuilding the kernel here is unnecessary. The Mandrake kernel ships with the aiptek module. modprobe aiptek (as root) lsmod (as root) reads: ModuleSizeUsed by aiptek51520 The 'used by' column is how many things are using the driver. It says '0', so there's an additional step there. Once there's something talking to the driver, that number will increase. So, if you look at man aiptek it will give you details of some stuff you'll need to add to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Then it should work. I suspect that's the missing piece of the puzzle here. The aiptek X drivers appear to ship with Mandrake as well. Keep a copy of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file so you've got a way to get things running again if you break it. HTH, James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need helpunderstanding:)
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 12:21 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: James, Thanks. I'll look at this. Umhh - how do I find 'man aiptek' You open up a terminal and type 'man aiptek'. Thank god I don't need to rebuild the kernel - everytime I see something that mentions this, I think it should come with a warning don't try this at home or This was performed under strict professional supervision :) I can't even begin to understand any of it - though if there's a site that has a newb'ish language explanation, I'd be fascinated. It's generally not necessary these days (IMHO). Most linux distros have got good kernel maintainers that make sure all this stuff is built as modules, and the module system itself works quite well. Mandrake in particular seem to build in just about every patch conceivable. Also, Ben earlier suggested something like: [...] That might work. I think you'll get best results if you use the aiptek driver directly though. James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need helpunderstanding:)
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 12:34 +1000, James Gregory wrote: Also, Ben earlier suggested something like: [...] That might work. I think you'll get best results if you use the aiptek driver directly though. arh. I'm an idiot. That snipper *did* include a reference to the aiptek driver. It should work fine. James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? needhelpunderstanding:)
Okay. At the risk of appearing Uber-careful and pedantic (and I know that's what I'm being), I open the xfree86-4 file and enter the lines Ben suggested - making sure I keep a copy of the original file first!!! Is there any particular 'place' in the file that it should be entered, or anywhere in the file is fine? -Original Message- From: James Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 12:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'O Plameras'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? needhelpunderstanding:) On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 12:34 +1000, James Gregory wrote: Also, Ben earlier suggested something like: [...] That might work. I think you'll get best results if you use the aiptek driver directly though. arh. I'm an idiot. That snipper *did* include a reference to the aiptek driver. It should work fine. James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? needhelpunderstanding:)
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 12:55 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Okay. At the risk of appearing Uber-careful and pedantic (and I know that's what I'm being), I open the xfree86-4 file and enter the lines Ben suggested - making sure I keep a copy of the original file first!!! Is there any particular 'place' in the file that it should be entered, or anywhere in the file is fine? I'd put it in about the same location as the other InputDevice sections. I'd also read the man page I pointed you to before doing it; there may be other information in there that you should be aware of. You should probably also add a line that says 'aiptek' to /etc/modprobe.preload so that the module gets loaded on each reboot. It might not be necessary, but it won't hurt and it's better to cover all bases if you aren't familiar with fixing these kind of things. But in short, yes, that's what you do. James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
Hi, After running modprobe aiptek (as root) and then lsmod (as root), and nothing else, I have lost net connection and connection to my server (home network). I've tried to reset the net connection be deleting the old one and installing a new one and then rebooting (it says to restart X but I don't know any other way :( My box is behind a smoothwall, and I can connect to the net with my win2 machine? Ifconfig gives me Etho: linx encap: Ethernet Hwaddr 00.90.27.58.5D.83 Inet addr: 192.168.0.198 and a mask that fits with the one I know I use. 255 255 255 0 Inet 6 addr fe80 :: 290:27ff:fe58:58d83/64 scope: link Up broadcast running multicast mtu:1500 metric: 1 RX packets 7 errors and the rest are 0 TX packets 6 and the rest 0 Collisions and txqueluelen are 0 and 1000 respectively Lo line encap gives local loopback Inet adr is 127.0.0.1 and mask is 255.0.0.0 Inet 6 addr ::1/128 scope: host Up loopback running mtu: 16436 metric : 1 Rx pack 767 the rest 0 Tx packs identical Collisions and txque etc are 0 Rx bytes 50964 (49.7kb) and Tx bytes the same I've rebooted Smoothwall, rebooted both win2 and Mandrake machines (after the smoothwall to ensure it allocates addresses) and still only my win2 machine will connect! Anyone with any ideas? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 14:20 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi, After running modprobe aiptek (as root) and then lsmod (as root), and nothing else, I have lost net connection and connection to my server (home network). It is highly unlikely that loading those modules directly caused your net connection to stop working. I've tried to reset the net connection be deleting the old one and installing a new one and then rebooting (it says to restart X but I don't know any other way :( My box is behind a smoothwall, and I can connect to the net with my win2 machine? Ifconfig gives me Etho: linx encap: Ethernet Hwaddr 00.90.27.58.5D.83 Inet addr: 192.168.0.198 and a mask that fits with the one I know I use. 255 255 255 0 Inet 6 addr fe80 :: 290:27ff:fe58:58d83/64 scope: link Up broadcast running multicast mtu:1500 metric: 1 RX packets 7 errors and the rest are 0 TX packets 6 and the rest 0 Collisions and txqueluelen are 0 and 1000 respectively Well, that all looks sane. What does 'route -n' give you? Just to rule out any firewall problems, try stopping smoothwall and see if you get net connection back. If you're convinced that the tablet modules had something to do with it, then try rebooting without your tablet plugged in. James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
I can't turn off the smoothwall, as that provides access - when it's off, there's no access to the net. I could never get the USB modem to work in Mandrake :( Route -n gives [EMAIL PROTECTED] patrick]$ su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] patrick]# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] patrick]# -Original Message- From: James Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 2:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:) On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 14:20 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: Hi, After running modprobe aiptek (as root) and then lsmod (as root), and nothing else, I have lost net connection and connection to my server (home network). It is highly unlikely that loading those modules directly caused your net connection to stop working. I've tried to reset the net connection be deleting the old one and installing a new one and then rebooting (it says to restart X but I don't know any other way :( My box is behind a smoothwall, and I can connect to the net with my win2 machine? Ifconfig gives me Etho: linx encap: Ethernet Hwaddr 00.90.27.58.5D.83 Inet addr: 192.168.0.198 and a mask that fits with the one I know I use. 255 255 255 0 Inet 6 addr fe80 :: 290:27ff:fe58:58d83/64 scope: link Up broadcast running multicast mtu:1500 metric: 1 RX packets 7 errors and the rest are 0 TX packets 6 and the rest 0 Collisions and txqueluelen are 0 and 1000 respectively Well, that all looks sane. What does 'route -n' give you? Just to rule out any firewall problems, try stopping smoothwall and see if you get net connection back. If you're convinced that the tablet modules had something to do with it, then try rebooting without your tablet plugged in. James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ?needhelpunderstanding:)
On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 15:28 +1000, Elliott-Brennan wrote: I can't turn off the smoothwall, as that provides access - when it's off, there's no access to the net. I didn't realise it was a separate machine. What I meant was to disable the firewalling functionality to see if that restores access. I could never get the USB modem to work in Mandrake :( Route -n gives [...] That looks sane. I assume 192.168.0.1 is your smoothwall machine? can you ping it? run ping 192.168.0.1 from a terminal. James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)
Hi, I've been trying to configure a graphic tablet in Linux (as those who've seen my previous posts will know). I'm 95% there but need some help understanding some material I've found. At: http://aiptektablet.sourceforge.net/ I've found some information, but I don't quite understand what they're suggesting to do :( Mandrake 10.0 official, Kernel 2.6 (no changes - I wouldn't know how) reads this as a USB device (which it is) and I can do everything I can in the 'other O/S' except... the tablet area needs to be read as the same size as the monitor screen (called 'absolute' in somethings I've read), rather than reading it like a mouse. As I said, everything else works, which is great, but if I move the mouse 2, it moves across the entire viewable area of the screen! Any help/suggestions/referrals most appreciated. Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)
On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 22:13 +1000, elliott-brennan wrote: Mandrake 10.0 official, Kernel 2.6 (no changes - I wouldn't know how) reads this as a USB device (which it is) and I can do everything I can in the 'other O/S' except... the tablet area needs to be read as the same size as the monitor screen (called 'absolute' in somethings I've read), rather than reading it like a mouse. As I said, everything else works, which is great, but if I move the mouse 2, it moves across the entire viewable area of the screen! I don't have a tablet, but if it's operating like a mouse, it might be worth looking into the 'xset' program; it will allow you to control mouse speed. Re: that webpage. It appears to be referring to a kernel/X driver pair. Is that the driver you've used to get the thing to work? If so, you might just need to use that manager program thing to make it work. HTH, James. -- James Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)
Hi Elliott, The reason the mouse moves across the entire screen when you move it 2 is because it's set that way on purpose. (however this is resettable) Imagine a graphics tablet 4 feet high x 6 feet wide. (you can get them). If you had an absolute setting you would have to move the cursor/pointer 6 feet just to get the from one side of the monitor screen to the other side. Thats why you can set a small square the same size as the screen on a large tablet so that you don't have to move your pointer 6 feet every time. you move the pointer to that small square when you want to do something on the screen or move it away when tracing a map (for instance). you can even make that small square 2 x 2 to corrospond to the screen if you like and the pointer will cross the screen in two inches (if held within that square). Perhaps you could reset the tablet to factory settings and it may remove the 2 area (relative mode) and (if the tablet is an A4 or A3 tablet) you will end up in absolute mode with having to transverse the entire tablet to get across the screen but on a small tablet this should not be much of a problem. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)
forgot to say... sometimes there's a button on the back of the tablet that you stick a pen into and it reset's the tablet. otherwise read the manual. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
