[Linuxwacom-discuss] wacom_drv.o from the xfree86 tree

[Jean-Luc C. (f5ibh) <jea...@wa...>]

Hi,

I've remarked, and most of us, that the xwacom_srv.o module is broken  
natively in xfree86.
With the latest version of the linux kernel, the wacom.o driver is  
functionnal for me (maybe the one from linuxwacom is better but it is  
not the purpose of my mail).

I think it would be nice to have a wacom_drv.o functionnal with the  
xfree86 pristine tree.

I've asked Branden Robinson who is the maintainer of the Devian  
package for xfree and here is his reply:

Here is the copy of the mail I sent to him with his answers.

Maybe we should do something to have a better integration of the  
driver in xfree?

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On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 10:44:47AM +0100, Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)  
wrote:
> Dear Branden,
> 
> I've Debian distribution with the packages from sid.
> I use a wacom tablet with a stylus for photo post-processing in The
> Gimp.
> 
> The wacom driver that comes with xfree (/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/ 
> input/
> wacom_drv.o) does not work at all.

Has a bug been filed against the xserver-xfree86 package reporting  
this?

> There is a working driver from the linuxwacom project
> (http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/).

Okay.  Note that the Debian packages of XFree86 are primarily  
intended
to package XFree86, not other source code.

> Is there some plan to integrate thie driver from linuxwacom in  
> xfree?

Not as far as I'm aware.

> Or is there reall problems not to do so?

As far as I know the issue hasn't been researched.

If you have more specific questions, you'd like to ask, please direct
them to the deb...@li... mailing list; I do not own a  
Wacom
device, so my personal expertise with such devices is quite limited.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson                |     There's something wrong if  
you're
Debian GNU/Linux                   |     always right.
br...@de...                 |     -- Glasow's Law
http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |

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Best Regards
			- Jean-Luc