Hiya, I'm considering whether to try to get a graphics/pen tablet for GIMP/graphics design and stuff.
Are there any OpenBSD users out there who currently use a graphics tablet with OpenBSD? These days, does support for these require custom drivers at all? Are they basically just pointing devices? Are they supported by uhid(4)? I've never owned a graphics tablet before, but I gather some Wacom or other brand tablets/pens have eraser buttons -- which I suspect would require a special driver, wouldn't it? I thus far only run i386 OpenBSD, and I've only checked http://openbsd.org/i386.html#hardware , which doesn't mention graphics tablets specifically. If they're not presently supported (anymore), then that would also be good to know -- I'm just asking whether anyone knows more. Grepping the archives, I found this: http://mongers.org/openbsd/graphire4 However, it dates back to 2005 and refers to the usbtablet(4) driver which disappeared between OpenBSD 4.3 and 4.4: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usbtablet&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+4.3&arch=i386&format=html http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usbtablet&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+4.4&arch=i386&format=html I also found this info <http://www.flickr.com/photos/symmetricalism/2269700653/>, but apparently it pertains to a specific laptop, so I'm not sure how much of that is generalizable, or where to find further info. If on the other hand someone did know how to currently get graphics tablets to work, and maybe even could recommend a (preferably very) inexpensive (but not shite) device that works well with OpenBSD, that would be super grand. Many thanks in advance, --ropers
