On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:53:12 -0700 Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I saw this kit at a store recently: > > http://www.fisher-price.com/us/products/product.asp?id=40693 > > And today, I got one for my wedding anniversary! :) > It looks like some kind of HID device for the tablet, and probably a > joystick for the buttons ("xpad", which I guess is for XBox > controllers). > > Here's my /var/log/syslog as I plug it in: > > Oct 30 14:42:12 kendribuntu kernel: [ 3786.092000] usb 3-2: > configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Oct 30 14:42:12 kendribuntu > kernel: [ 3786.100000] hiddev96: USB HID v1.11 Device [Fisher-Price > DACS] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2 Oct 30 14:42:12 kendribuntu > NetworkManager: <debug> [1193780532.714277] nm_hal_device_added(): > New device added (hal udi is > '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_813_1006_DACS0000001_if0'). > Oct 30 14:42:12 kendribuntu NetworkManager: <debug> > [1193780532.722439] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi > is > '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_813_1006_DACS0000001_usbraw'). > > and my dmesg: > > [ 3779.380000] usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 3 > [ 3785.908000] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and > address 4 [ 3786.092000] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 > choice [ 3786.100000] hiddev96: USB HID v1.11 Device [Fisher-Price > DACS] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2 > > No luck reading either, except I can see things change if I watch the > binary stream coming out of /dev/usb/hiddev0, as I move the stylus > over the tablet. > > > Would anyone here like to help me on my way to getting this thing > recognized and working under Ubuntu Gusty (Linux 2.6.22 kernel), > so I can start adding support for it to Tux Paint? > > Thanks! > Does it create a new /dev/input/event* node? If so, it should be relatively easy to set up the tablet through standard X.org configuration techniques. There may also be X drivers for the hiddev0 interface also for this tablet. http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO.html may be of some help. --Ken -- Ken Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory. Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology. http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/
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