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I edited xorg.conf either in Upup 5.4.x.7 and Upup Kernel 3.7.2.

Same configuration, no load of xf86 driver, I follow you suggestion.

But at the first (5.4.x.7) I inserted new driver and works OK.

The second (3.7.2) has original driver and NOT works.

Fabio,
on 3.7.2 session, would you mind again posting what following command line returns: if it returns "wacom"
then also

charlie6,

Those are my actions (step by step):

--------In Upup 3.7.2:--------------

I Modify Xorg.conf according with your suggest to add wacom sections (pen, stylus, touch, cursor, pad)

Restart X server.

I open a rxvt terminal and type:

#depmod

Cursor system waits 2-3 seconds and returns (flashing cursor).

#modprobe wacom

Cursor system returns immediatly

#xsetwacom --list

Cursor system return immediatly without message and no function of pen or touchscreen

-----------In Upup 54x7:---------------

I Modify Xorg.conf according with your suggest to add wacom sections (pen, stylus, touch, cursor, pad)

At first configuration I copy new driver wacom.ko in directory /lib/modules/3.2.29/kernel/input/tablet/

Restart X server (best to reboot).

Next I open a rxvt terminal and type:

#depmod

Cursor system waits 2-3 seconds and return flashing cursor.

#modprobe wacom

Cursor system returns immediatly

#xsetwacom --list

System returns immediatly with message:

stylus id: 9 type: STYLUS
eraser id: 10 type: ERASER
cursor id: 11 type: CURSOR
pad id: 12 type: PAD
touch id: 13 type: TOUCH

Difference from two systems is that in 5,4,X.7 I use new driver wacom.

Cheers,

Fabio

--------In Upup 3.7.2:--------------
I Modify Xorg.conf according with your suggest to add wacom sections (pen, stylus, touch, cursor, pad)

I open a rxvt terminal and type:
#depmod
Cursor system waits 2-3 seconds and returns (flashing cursor).
#modprobe wacom
Cursor system returns immediatly

1. here, if there were a problem with wacom.ko, you would have a error message returned.

2. Does «#lsmod | grep wacom» return «wacom»?

3.

#xsetwacom --list
Cursor system return immediatly without message and no function of pen or touchscreen

here, as wacom_drv.so is present, you would have the list of devices returned. If not, the wacom tablet can't be used.

4.Also the syntax of xorg.conf must be correct. Would you mind post a copy of your xorg.conf (rename it xorg.conf.tar.gz and attach it to your post)

5. question: did you restart X after edition of xorg.conf? X needs to be restarted to activate the new xorg.conf.

Fabio,
here a link to read that might interest you
http://old.nabble.com/Fujitsu-Lifebook- ... 20583.html

charlie6 wrote:Fabio,
here a link to read that might interest you
http://old.nabble.com/Fujitsu-Lifebook- ... 20583.html

I've already read that thread, I had found driver wacom and xf86 driver up.to date but wacom won't compiles in Upup 3.7.2. (Makefile bug? Upup bug?)

For now I use pen with Upup 5.4.x.7 and feel good, cannot use fingers because they make disaster in my desktop

Thanks for all

Fabio

Fabio,

but wacom won't compiles in Upup 3.7.2. (Makefile bug? Upup bug?)

looking inside input-wacom-0.16.0.tar.bz2:
the directory named 3.7 has only one file called Makefile; there is not any wacom.h nor other C code file; whereas other 2.6.X directories are populated with such files ...
So not surprising that you got errors while compiling for ... there was nothing to compile in 3.7 directory ... !
hope this helps
charlie

HIP-HIP-HURRA'!!!

I've found a solution.

I've copied in directory 3.7 files come from directory 2.6.38.

But compilation aborted again.

I've looked at compilation messages and after a few attempts I've correct bug (n Kernel 3.7 syntax of some statements is slightly different).

So I repackaged files and upload packet to the forum to give you ability to test this.

To compile this is only necessary give command:

# ./configure

And compilation starts after reconfiguration.

Compilation gives only a warning.

Copy wacom.ko (or wacom_w8001.ko if you have a serial device) in the proper directory, modify xorg.conf. , give depmod, modprobe wacom, restart X system, reboot system and pen finally works!!!

Fingertouch sucks for now but so finally I am happy and can test whole capabilities of new kernel.

Give a try and tell me somewhat.

Fabio

Relating to the above post. Compiles ok. If this one is better version and it works with others as well, I will update my 3.7.2 kernel pet with this input wacom version.

Hi pemasu,

... Compiles ok. If this one is better version and it works...

version 0.16.0 is the latest version for the wacom kernel driver ... so it would be nice to have it in the distro ... (i do not know how to check the current version id .?)
thanks in advance
charlie

pemasu wrote:Relating to the above post. Compiles ok. If this one is better version and it works with others as well, I will update my 3.7.2 kernel pet with this input wacom version.

Thank you Pemasu.

Hi again,

charlie6 wrote: ... (i do not know how to check the current version id .?)

i got it ...
1. this only for dPup-Exprimo-3.6.2 , uPup-54X7 (and earlier), uPup-3.7.2 (...and maybe other recent distros i am not yet aware of ...).
2. /etc/X11/xorg.conf MUST be edited by adding the wacom options (very classic --> see above in this thread); and aftrwds restart X;
3. read through /var/log/Xorg.0.log ---> look for

...
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wacom_drv.so
(II) Module wacom: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 0.17.0
...

the third line gives the X wacom driver version (here = 0.17.0)
4. currently:
dPup-Exprimo-3.6.2 has X wacom driver 0.10.5 in it;
uPup-3.7.2 has X wacom driver 0.14.0 in it;
latest X wacom driver is 0.19.0 as today;
(forget 0.18.0 which was buggy ... told linuxwacomproject repo).
hope this helps
charlie

Charlie6,

I've created a multidriver .PET for Upup 3.2.29 and Upup 3.7.2 but I can't upload it in the forum: (they are 2 files of 3585 Kbytes). What can I do to upload it in forum? Link "Allowed Extensions and Sizes" tell 0 bytes.....

Try posting at

http://www.mydrive.ch/login

or

http://www.datafilehost.com

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Thank You Don570.

Please read this thread I've opened:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 060#679060

I currently have two versions of Linux on my laptop - Slackware and Puppy.

Puppy runs from the Live CD, but Slackware runs from the hard drive. I prefer to use Puppy at the moment as there seems to be some kind of fault with my hard drive (it goes through a stage where it will constantly be accessing the hard drive for about 10 minutes, and during that time it just slows the computer down to a crawl - I don't know whether it's because I'm using Ext4 on the HDD, or because it's Slackware 64-bit or whether it's a fault on the hard drive - the laptop is about 8 years old!)

Anyway so because of this I'm trying mainly to run Puppy rather than Slackware.

In Slackware when I first plugged in the Wacom the drivers appeared to be there as Modprobe Wacom worked fine and when moving the pen over the tablet the blue light lit up a bit brighter to indicate it had detected movement, however on screen the mouse had no movement what so ever.

For Slackware I downloaded the files to compile and install the latest Wacom project and after that the tablet started working fine. It created a file in xorg.conf.d and everything.

Now I've followed your instructions for Puppy, installing both Pet files.

I went into the xorg folder, however I had no directory there called xorg.conf.d, so I just created it, and for the wacom file I just copied it from Slackware (well if it works fine in Slackware on the same machine I presume it will work fine in Puppy?)

Restarted the X Server

Nothing,

Restarted the computer

Nothing

What am I doing wrong?

One thing I did notice was that the configuration files for drivers in this version of Puppy don't appear to be in the xorg.conf.d folder (as there wasn't one there at all), the other device information all seems to be contained within one file called xorg.conf - including information about the Synaptics touchpad on this laptop. Is that where I need to copy the information about Wacom to?

I'd really like to use this tablet in Puppy, please can you let me know if this is possible

The tablet is a Wacom Bamboo Pen CTL-470/K and I'm running Puppy Linux Lucid 5.28, running Kernel 2.6.33.2

X version is

X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-25-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux puppypc 2.6.33.2 #1 SMP Thu May 27 10:56:32 EST 2010 i686
Kernel command line: initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz
Build Date: 23 April 2010 05:11:50PM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7 (Bryce Harrington <bryce@ubuntu.com>)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4

@darrenforster99,
Hi !
for lucid 5.28 you need:
- the input-wacom kernel driver (i.e. wacom.ko ... is already present in the lucid-5.28 iso --> so nothing to do ...! )
- the Xorg wacom driver xf86-input_k.2.6.33_lucid-wacom-0.17.0.pet to be downloaded here (see page 19 this thread)
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... &start=270

- to run xorgwizard to create a xorg.conf file that is specific to your system (so you will get have a new xorg.conf file containing the needed sections for wacom use --> see below);
- edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf to get it adequately configured (there are a lot of literature in this thread about that)
just copy and paste the following codes in xorg.conf
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... &start=255

Do not forget to restart X to activate the xorg.conf settings once edited ... (if X does not display as expected, there might be some syntax error while editing xorg.conf ....so making a back-up copy (called xorg.confcopy for instance) of the working xorg.conf file should be advised... ...that can be reactivated once in command line mode using )

hope this helps
charlie

While using the new French language edition
ToOpPy "Precise" 5.4.3 bêta - 2PDE

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83566

I discovered that it is important to not exchange xorg.conf files
between distros. I foolishly tried to drag an xorg.conf file from
Racy into this Precise clone and found that the file was reformed
each time I restarted XWindow.

So the advice of Charlie6 above should be take seriously.

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I was able to compile the wacom driver for Pemasu's Raring distro.
Kernel 3.8.4

You can check the kernel number by typing Here's how I did it...

1)I downloaded the latest wacom source from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwa ... put-wacom/
Extracted source archive in /root

2) Created an empty folder ---> /root/xf86-input-k.3.8.4-wacom

3) Typed in terminal
4) I added two files ---> pinstall.sh and /etc/rules.d/65-wacom.rules
which I pinched out of one of Charlie6's pet packages.

5) I deleted one application to get the size down to 250k
(Allowable limit on Murga forum now)

6) typed following to make pet package 7) It installs the usual way. i.e. Modify the xorg.conf file, install
pet package and restart X windows and test with mtpaint
(ie set the various tools to 'Screen' in mtpaint preferences)

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I compiled a Wacom driver for Wheezy by Pemasu

I used strippkg to make the applications smaller.

Edited: corrected rules location ---> doesn't seem to matter

Warning: set up for mtpaint ----> set 'stylus' as last tool

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