Re: wacom tablet problem

From: J.O. Aho (user_at_example.net)
Date: 11/12/03 

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 15:26:43 +0100

Emile de Kleine wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to use a wacom tablet connected to my serial port. I installed
> the new driver package and the logfile seems OK (see below). :-) I
> followed the guidelines on <www.linuxwacom.sourceforge.net>
>
> However, the only way to get the pointer moving with the pen is by
> giving the command:
> cat /dev/ttyS0
> (and getting some output on the console)
>
> How can I get the pen working with other applications? In the workspace
> manager for example (if that's what its called...) Do I need to
> activate it somewhere? I just want to use the pen ans tablet instead of
> the mouse (most of the time).
>
> I also tried altering the <cursor>, <stylus>, and <eraser> values in
> XF86Config in: "AlwaysCore" (see below)
> This did not change things either...

I don't if this has anything to do with the hole problem, but it seems there
are kernel settings for thise kind of input devices, I'm not sure if they are
by default builtin into the RedHat kernel.

But you could take a look:

cd /usr/src/linux-2.4
make mrproper
make menuconfig
(load the default settings from /usr/src/linux-2.4/config)

I hope that can give some help...

  //Aho