On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Michael Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do recall there was one other issue where any X application that > started up when X was configured for a tablet but a tablet was not > plugged in caused warnings (usually three) to be emitted to the console. > I think this was back around dapper, or so. There were a great deal of > false bug reports about that. This does not happen when HAL is used for auto detection. It DOES happen with static conf in place in X if there is no tablet. > While auto-detection is ideal for most (if not all) hardware, I suspect > doing it "correctly" for wacom tablets in such a way that it doesn't > negatively affect users who have never heard of a tablet, let alone seen > one, will take some time and work. I suspect that some restructuring of > both the driver and the X input infrastructure would be required. The presence of the FDI file does not influence a user that does not have tablet in any way. Impact is even less than having the sample conf section in X conf or any other section. It only influences people who HAVE and hotplug tablets and only in a positive way. > Anyway, to answer your question, good locations to start would probably > be in Launchpad Questions, or in a separate bug report, depending on > your level of knowledge and expertise. There must be a discussion about it somewhere already... --Alexia -- [intrepid] Wacom Xorg module is incompatible with the kernel module shipped in kernel packages. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260675 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
