Generally speaking, Ubuntu includes sources directly from upstream with
individual fixes only where necessary for bugs that cause severe issues
(such as kernel crashes). Exceptions are made from time to time, but
this is the preferred flow of sources into Ubuntu for many reasons.
As such, the preferred route for the fix for your issue is to have the
changes percolate up from the beta sources of the linux wacom project to
the stable sources of the project to the mainline linux kernel. Once it
reaches the mainline linux kernel we prefer to have the fixes come
through the -stable series that are separately maintained for back
versions of the kernel, which is usually what the Ubuntu development
distribution is based on. Our Lucid kernels are based directly off of
the -stable series, so changes there likely will be incorporated into
our kernels automatically.
Unfortunately, that means a bit of waiting for end users of new hardware
that does not work out of the box. There are a few options that can ease
the situation though:
1. Build the updated modules personally
2. Create a dkms package to build the modules for you each time the kernel is
updated (and potentially host the packages in a launchpad personal package
archive for others to use)
3. Work to incorporate the newer modules into the Ubuntu
linux-backports-modules package
4. Inclusion as an "ubuntu" driver in linux-image
Note that option 3 is fairly heavyweight and would necessitate extra
work not only to develop the new modules within linux-backports-modules,
but also to ensure all the process requirements are met. Option 4 is
probably similar in amount of work.
Both options 3 and 4 would still likely require the source to at least
become stable in the linux wacom project, and also be an issue for a
large amount of end users to be considered.
As such, I am marking this bug as 'Won't Fix'. If the upstream sources
become stable and you believe there are a reasonable amount of affected
users to pursue options 3 or 4 you may reopen the bug.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Won't Fix
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HP Touchsmart tm2 requires newer wacom driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516777
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