Hi Ben,
Sorry for the off group post. I got the tablet for a present about 18
months ago (my wife bought if for me). I think it was less than $100, but if not
it wasn't much more (I know that I'd said I DIDN'T want a Wacom as they were a
lot more expensive :))) - more fool me.
It's about 6" by 5"
14.93cm by 11.12cm (I just measured it).
I think it was from Dick Smiths but I just had a quick look and can't
find it. It's called a Dolphin Graphix.
Maybe I'll be in the market for a second-hand Wacom if this bugger
doesn't work. If it does, I'll be happy to run the whole process past you - I'll
be posting it all to SLUG anyway, as I go, and on some other sites so other
people can see what's worked (or not).
Thanks for your suggestion. I'm going to go with O Plamera at the moment
as he seems to have one working, though I'll certainly be keeping what
you've said in mind. From the little I know about this stuff, it seems like this
is what's needed - or something like it - and if what OP suggests doesn't work,
I'll certainly be giving it a go. Where do you think the entry lines you've
suggested should go? (I've read your suggestion - I have a xfree86-4 config file
??)
My mouse is a ps/2, so there shouldn't be any conflict.
This is what I got after
modprobe aiptek (as root)
lsmod (as root) reads:
Module Size Used by
aiptek 5152 0
Usbcore 99132 9 usbmouse, aiptek, hid, uhci-hcd
Thanks for you help,
Patrick
-----Original Message-----Quickly looking through the mailing list archive on the site you mentioned I wonder if you need to alter your xorg/Xfree config to look some thing like
From: Ben de Luca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2004 8:20 AM
To: elliott-brennan
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Graphic tablet - 'found' driver ? need help understanding :)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "stylus" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "aiptek"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
Option "Cursor" "stylus"
Option "USB" "on"
Option "KeepShape" "on"
Option "AlwaysCore" "on"
EndSection
If you do getting working, I think it might make a good alternative to the wacoms that I buy at work, what size/cost was it?
bd
On 04/10/2004, at 10:13 PM, elliott-brennan wrote:
Hi,
I've been trying to configure a graphic tablet in Linux (as those who've seen my previous posts will know).
I'm 95% there but need some help understanding some material I've found. At:
http://aiptektablet.sourceforge.net/
I've found some information, but "I don't quite understand what they're suggesting to do" :(
Mandrake 10.0 official, Kernel 2.6 (no changes - I wouldn't know how) reads this as a USB device (which it is) and I can do everything I can in the 'other O/S' except... the tablet area needs to be read as the same size as the monitor screen (called 'absolute' in somethings I've read), rather than reading it like a mouse. As I said, everything else works, which is great, but if I move the mouse 2", it moves across the entire viewable area of the screen!
Any help/suggestions/referrals most appreciated.
Patrick
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