Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] [Tuxpaint-users] An experimental tablet for TuxPaint

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:48:59PM +0800, Shih-Chin Yang wrote:
> 
>    Y.S.C.> For now, it appears as a mouse but with absolute (X,Y)
>    positioning. And it is connected using USB.

Ok, then it should probably work with Linux out of the box, I would think.
(You can test it yourself -- if you don't have Linux, just get a LiveCD
like Knoppix, and boot into Linux temporarily :) )


>    Y.S.C. > I saw DACs on Amazon,  but I didn't own  one. Does it work like a
>    Wacom tablet? Does it have any pressure sensor? To save cost, I probably
>    won't put those coloring buttons on the board to keep the tablet simple
>    and smaller.

It does not register as a Wacom tablet -- not one that X-Window on Linux
recognizes, at least.  The buttons appear as joystick inputs.  If I recall,
it seemed to appear as an XBox controller...?  A friend has mine now,
and has spent some occasional time trying to get it to work under Linux.
I should get it back from him. :)


>    Y.S.C. > I would see if I could arrange it.

Wow, cool, thank you so much! :)

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