I tried again with Feisty Beta and after manual install of wacom-tools, I get /dev/input/wacom created.
Seems like no improvement from Dapper. ** Summary changed: - /etc/X11/xorg.conf should point to /dev/input/wacom instead of /dev/wacom and xserver-xorg-input-wacom should depend on wacom-tools (AKA Wacom support almost there... add some udev magic?) + /etc/X11/xorg.conf should point to /dev/input/wacom instead of /dev/wacom and xserver-xorg-input-wacom should depend on wacom-tools ** Description changed: - UPDATE (To clarify the situation) : First bug - At the moment on Dapper (Dapper 05/23 Daily Build), /etc/X11/xorg.conf points wacom devices to /dev/wacom, which is not the right location. It should instead point to /dev/input/wacom, automatically created after install of wacom-tools. + At the moment on Ubuntu, /etc/X11/xorg.conf points wacom devices to /dev/wacom, which is not the right location. It should instead point to /dev/input/wacom, automatically created by udev after install of wacom-tools. Second bug : xserver-xorg-input-wacom doesn't depend on wacom-tools, whereas users need wacom-tools installed to get an almost working configuration. Reason : wacom-tools provide udev scripts that creates a working symlink in /dev/input/wacom - Solving these two really small bugs would make Dapper ready for wacom + Solving these two really small bugs would make Ubuntu ready for wacom tablets (at least the USB ones) without even any user intervention - a - great feature for this release. - - PREVIOUS BUG DESCRIPTION ： - Just tried a fresh install with the beta live CD, and one thing I noted was that it put entries for a wacom board into xorg.conf, and not only that, they work! - - Well, not immideatly. They point at the device /dev/wacom, which doesn't - exist and have no way of existing. However, the package wacom-tools - provide udev scripts which make wacom tablets appear in - /dev/input/wacom. A quick symlink to test it confirms that all that's - needed is for these two to meet. Actually, those udev scripts should be - made standard instead if xorg is actively looking for boards. - - I wasn't sure where I was gonna file this, as it could be an installer - issue, wacom-tools, udev or xorg, but since the entries are in - xorg.conf, I thought I'd start here. Please reassign or help me split - the bug if it's needed. - - Out of the box plug-and-play wacom support would impress a lot of - graphics guys I know to no end - some of them still think it's amazing I - don't need the included CD to use a digital camera. ;-) - - (Side note: would it be possible to auto-configure "extended devices" - too? That's a stumper for pressure sensitivity for many). + great feature. -- /etc/X11/xorg.conf should point to /dev/input/wacom instead of /dev/wacom and xserver-xorg-input-wacom should depend on wacom-tools https://launchpad.net/bugs/40473 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
