Hi, I've done a lot so far, and there is a lot of info in this file as well as an ultimate question - so hopefully it will be of use to other people as well. I have a USB AceCat Flair Graphics tablet by AceCad. A PS/2 mouse as well, and I'd like to run both of them simultaneously - with the tablet set to absolute mode. I am pretty sure how to set most of this up but cannot locate xf86AceCad.so. I am running Linux Red Hat 7.1 2.4.2-2 Kernel ELF on i686 which installed XF86 version 4.x - confirmed by looking at the link /etc/X11/X and seeing that it points to XFree86 rather than something with SVGA in the name. I also see that the config file that is now relevant is called /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ... and confirmed this by experiment. I have also found that the hardware configuration detection tool, kudzu will set up either the USB mouse (the tablet) or the PS/2 mouse, but not both. It seems to achieve this by moving the link /dev/mouse to: /dev/psaux when the PS/2 mouse has been detected and configured, and /dev/input/mice when the USB mouse (tablet) has been detected and configured. I can perform the following experiments and confirm interrupts from both devices: The PS/2 mouse: cat < /dev/psaux ( Move the mouse and see characters displayed ) and cat < /dev/input/mice ( Move the tablet stylus and see characters displayed ). So both devices work, and I can use the tablet as a core mouse by setting it up with kudzu - or manually altering the device entry in /etc/XF86Config-4 but only in relative mode. It's not very comfortable. kudzu only gives me the option to set up a "GENERIC USB" mouse and even leaves the protocol as PS/2. Despite this, it still kind of works - as a mouse anyway. Lots of reading has led me to believe that the AceCat Flair *is* supported. In fact it is mentioned in one of the on-line XF86Config documents, and even gives an example of how to set up the config file. (see later) However, I cannot find, on my system, a loadable module called xf86AceCad.so which would normally reside in a directory called ( At least I think this is where it should be ) /usr/X11R6/lib/modules The method would seem to be to insert in the "Module" section, Load "xf86AceCad" (leaving off the .so extension - as per documentation) okay - after all that background, I can't seem to find the correct package that contains "xf86AceCad.so". Well, to be more accurate, I can find one called XFree86-Servers-3.3.6-35.src.rpm *but* This would appear, from the naming, to be intended for an older release, and I am reluctant to try it without first confirming: 1) If it is okay to use. 2) If there is a more recent version 3) Why my Red Hat 7.1 does not include xf86AceCad.so The last point is troubling me. I get the feeling that there could be a reason that my distro does not include the module files - is there a newer way to install a graphics tablet or do I really need that loadable module? - - Some samples that I found - - - - 1) This one seems to be a serial-port based tablet not USB - like mine. There is *no* mention of xf86AcdCad.so in the module section. >From http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/slink/XF86Config # Subsection "AceCad" # Port "/dev/ttyS1" # Devicename "AceCad" # AlwaysCore # Mode Absolute # Cursor Stylus # Model Flair # Endsubsection ---------------------------------------------------- Here is an on-line XF86Config manual that details the AceCat Flair: http://stio1.fh-wuerzburg.de/student/i510/man/XF86Config.html and http://www-jcsu.jesus.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/man2html/usr/X11R6/man/man5/XF86Config.5x.gz It would appear that my system *is* compatible - being Linux ELF - (I know this from this command: # sh Xinstall.sh -check Checking which OS you're running... uname reports 'Linux' version '2.4.2-2', architecture 'i686'. Object format is 'ELF'. libc version is '6.2.2' (6.2). Binary distribution name is 'Linux-ix86-glibc22' ) # /QUOTE The Module section is used to specify which dynamic modules should be loaded. At present dynamic modules are only used for XInput devices, and are only supported on some systems (currently Linux ELF, FreeBSD 2.x and NetBSD 1.x). The entry available for this section is: Load module" This instructs the server to load module". If the module is not specified with a full pathname, the directories specified in the ModulePath are searched. Modules are currently available to support extended input devices. The names of these are: xf86Elo.so xf86MuTouch.so xf86Jstk.so xf86Wacom.so xf86Summa.so xf86AceCad.so <<<<<, LOOK ! SEE ! My tablet ! ! ! xf86Calcomp.so xf86Dial.so <snip> Model acecadIII|flair <<<<<<<. LOOK ! SEE ! the *model* of My tablet ! ! ! Select either tablet model according to your hardware. /QUOTE http://stio1.fh-wuerzburg.de/student/i510/man/XF86Config.html So it would appear that my only problem is being able to positively identify where to get this xf86AceCad.so module, and to explain *why* I need it in XFree v4.x Since I have not been able to find a definitive guide on the AceCat Flair under Linux, and AceCad have not replied to my email in three days, I am willing to write and submit the config when I get it working. Can anyone help? Thanks, Jeremy. _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
