Re: [gimp-devel] Re: Wacom USB tablets

2000-11-11 Thread Simon Budig

Daniel Egger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On 11 Nov, Simon Budig wrote:
> > Daniel Egger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >>  Maybe we should provide a FAQ for that. Simon, do you have any text
> >>  I can start with?
>  
> > What about asking Owen Taylor to extend the XInput-Howto?
> 
>  In theory no bad idea. It's a little bit outdated though...

Well, then send Owen an updated version...

It is IMHO a bad idea to have a

* XInput Howto
* XInput XFree 4.0 Howto
* Wacom Howto
* Wacom USB Howto
* Wacom USB XFree 4.0 Howto
* Wacom Graphire Howto
* Wacom Graphire USB Blueberry Howto...

I think, you got the idea.

Please help Owen updating the XInput Howto.

Bye,
Simon
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Re: Wacom USB tablets

2000-11-11 Thread egger

On 11 Nov, Simon Budig wrote:

> Daniel Egger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>>  Maybe we should provide a FAQ for that. Simon, do you have any text
>>  I can start with?
 
> What about asking Owen Taylor to extend the XInput-Howto?

 In theory no bad idea. It's a little bit outdated though...

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Servus,
   Daniel




Re: Wacom USB tablets

2000-11-11 Thread Simon Budig

Daniel Egger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>  Maybe we should provide a FAQ for that. Simon, do you have any text
>  I can start with?

What about asking Owen Taylor to extend the XInput-Howto?

http://www.gtk.org/~otaylor/xinput/

Bye,
Simon
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Re: Wacom USB tablets

2000-11-10 Thread DeusExHeli0s

> yes, for you , me and any experience Linux people this isnt difficult, but you take 
>our position for granted.

Good point, I'd not thought of that.

> almost everyone else will have to learn things like recompiling 
> kernels , patching sources etc -

Interestingly, I learned patching and recompiling when I wanted to add
USB support. But boy, its not that fun.  Especially when the Kernel
wouldn't compile right, time after time after time.  It wasn't the USB
support either. it was odd low-level things like softirq.h errors. 
Anyway I'm rambling. 

Adding USB support is a bit of a challange, having done it three times
now, I could do it in my sleep.  For the first timer? I'd wait (unless
you're just really adventurous like me) until kernel 2.4 is stable and
standard in your distro of choice. 

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Re: Wacom USB tablets

2000-11-10 Thread egger

On  9 Nov, COUTIER Eric wrote:

> In my country (France), a supermarket sell a wacom tablet and mouse
> for a nice price (i think). But, it work with USB port. Will work it
> in linux, specially with gimp ?

 You're talking about the Graphire. Yes, it works. You need either a
 2.4.0pre kernel or 2.2.* with the latest USB backport. You also need
 a special X driver and some special entries in your X config.

 As soon as you have the kernel, I can provide you the rest of the
 details. 

 Maybe we should provide a FAQ for that. Simon, do you have any text
 I can start with?
 
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Re: Wacom USB tablets

2000-11-10 Thread Alan Buxey

hi,

> I've got a Intellimouse Explorer and Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro,
> both are USB.  I've got Kernel 2.2.17 (but this works with .15 and .16
  ^
> too, I've done it)  with a 2.4 backport of USB support. Available @
 ^
> http://www.suse.cz/development/usb-backport/ There are instructions here
> for setup. Wacom's have their own USB driver within the package.  The

yes, for you , me and any experience Linux people this isnt difficult, but
you take our position for granted. almost everyone else will have to learn
things like recompiling kernels , patching sources etc - and i think we
can all appreciate that most GIMP users have trouble just with clean GIMP
sources! ;-)

alan




Re: Wacom USB tablets

2000-11-09 Thread DeusExHeli0s

> you have to have a latest , cutting-edge Linux-kernel (plus lots of   quite
> new config files) to get USB support under Linux.
> 
> its getting there, but its not very easy for an average user
> 
> alan

I've got a Intellimouse Explorer and Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro,
both are USB.  I've got Kernel 2.2.17 (but this works with .15 and .16
too, I've done it)  with a 2.4 backport of USB support. Available @
http://www.suse.cz/development/usb-backport/ There are instructions here
for setup. Wacom's have their own USB driver within the package.  The
patch applied easily to my kernel source, and i compiled it directly in
(I prefer this to using modules in this case).  The Linux USB site was
helpful too, in setting up various settings (the only real work I did
was setting up the device refrence as /dev/input/mice).

Assumably, the Wacom setup should be even easier as it has a usb driver
specifically for it, where as the mouse driver is generic.

Hope that help's, let me know if you want any more info or help.

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Re: Wacom USB tablets

2000-11-09 Thread Alan Buxey

hi,

> If it works with Linux, then it works with gimp.
> Yes, usb is supported. I believe you can find details in some Linux
> hardware-compatibility-HOWTO.

you have to have a latest , cutting-edge Linux-kernel (plus lots of quite
new config files) to get USB support under Linux.

its getting there, but its not very easy for an average user

alan




Re: Wacom USB tablets

2000-11-09 Thread Petr Danecek


If it works with Linux, then it works with gimp.
Yes, usb is supported. I believe you can find details in some Linux
hardware-compatibility-HOWTO.

regards,
Petr

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, COUTIER Eric wrote:

> Hello everybody,
> 
> In my country (France), a supermarket sell a wacom tablet and mouse for a
> nice price (i think). But, it work with USB port. Will work it in linux,
> specially with gimp ?
> 

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