Wacom Bamboo no longer working in Slackware 13
I've read the other threads but could not find any useful hint.
Slackware 13 32 bits, running kernel 2.6.30.1 configured with CONFIG_TABLET_USB_WACOM=m and the module wacom is loaded. I installed linuxwacom 0.8.3 (using slackbuild from slackbuilds.org). Nothing happens without an xorg.conf, then I tried adding the options I had there in slackware 12.2, restarted X but still no signs of the tablet working (eg stylus does not move cursor, and Gimp does not know about this device). The tablet is recognized since there are entries for it in /dev/input/event and wacdump shows response when I move the stylus (wacdump /dev/input/event5 ). I noticed, however that there is only one entry in /dev/input/event for it, I seem to remember that there were three or four previously. Any good soul out there that can help with this? More info: # lsmod Code:
Module Size Used by Code:
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 056a:0065 Wacom Co., Ltd Code:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2009-10-16 08:00 usb-Lite-On_Technology_Corp._USB_Multimedia_Keyboard-event-kbd -> ../event3 |
Some more info:
X seems to recognize the tablet but gives errors: Quote:
Here is my xorg.conf file (the entire thing) Quote:
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Have you modified xorg.conf accordingly? You will have to specify what event the tablet is. It will register as one, so that is correct. This example is from my xorg.conf:
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Section "InputDevice" |
Ok, I didn't see your post before I submitted. Have you verified that event5 is the actual device to your wacom?
if you do: cat /dev/input/event5 and use the stylus, do you get a lot of garbage in the terminal? |
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I suspect the problem is really that X is trying to load the synaptics driver for this device (see my Xorg.0.log snippet in the previous post), even though my xorg.conf is pointing it to wacom... |
Unfortunately it look like I don't have much more to contribute with, and you for sure have done your homework :P
The only thing I can think of, is to remove the synaptics driver unless you are using a laptop. Well, you could remove it anyway, just to debug. If I think of something, I will tell you :) |
Ok, I tried disabling the synaptics driver, by renaming /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so . X still does not try to load the wacom driver (which is properly installed in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wacom_drv.so). I still see the following errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
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(II) config/hal: Adding input device Wacom Bamboo I think I am getting to the root of the problem, so two specific questions: 1) Where is the HAL configuration so that I can tell it that Wacom uses wacom_drv.so rather than synaptics_drv.so ? 2) Why is Xorg not following the device configuration lines in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (it does for video driver!) |
Finally solved this problem. It turns out the slackbuild has an old version of linuxwacom. I tweaked it[*] to use version 0.8.4-3, installed the package, rebooted and the wacom bamboo now works perfectly.
[*] just get the source tarball, then edit the linuxwacom.SlackBuild file to match that version number and run the slackbuild. |
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