Re: [tlug] At my wits end and completely desperate (wacom problem)

[Dave Gutteridge <dave@example.com>]

TLUG,

My offer still stands that if anyone thinks they can, I will pay them to 
come and help me get this Wacom tablet working.

In the meantime, the onlist and offlist messages I have received have 
convinced me I should at least keep trying to get things to work and to 
seek assistance.

So, to present my situation, here is all the relevant data I can think of:

I am trying to install my Wacom Graphire3 tablet, on Ubuntu  Dapper
Drake 6.04. I'm intending my tablet to be my only interface device other
than my keyboard. I have no PS/2 or other mouse devices attached to my
computer.

Right now it seems that the main issue is that Ubuntu is using both 
mouse drivers and Wacom drivers to control my tablet. As mentioned, I 
don't have any other mouse device (attaching one doesn't help, I tried). 
The mouse drivers are winning, as the control and functionality 
associated with the tablet are not available. I can move the mouse 
cursor, but not set the movement mode to "relative" as desired, nor 
control anything like mouse speed, pen orientation, or anything else.

It is also unclear if the Wacom driver is actually properly installed. 
When Ubuntu boots up, it says "Doing Wacom Setup... ok". But there is no 
wacom.o file, or wacom.ko file present anywhere (I think these are 
driver files... that's the impression I got from the Linuxwacom site).

Anyway... perhaps these commands and outputs will paint a clearer 
picture than me trying to describe the situation.

(This command was issued after unplugging, then replugging my tablet)
dave@example.com:~$ tail -f /var/log/messages
Mar 31 19:59:24 localhost kernel: [4330300.580000] usb 2-2: USB 
disconnect, address 3
Mar 31 20:00:15 localhost kernel: [4330351.787000] usb 2-2: new low 
speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
Mar 31 20:00:15 localhost kernel: [4330351.949000] input: Wacom 
Graphire3 as /class/input/input2

dave@example.com:/usr/src$ xsetpointer -l
"Configured Mouse"      [XPointer]
"Generic Keyboard"      [XKeyboard]

dave@example.com:$ more /proc/bus/input/devices
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=ab41
N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio0/input0
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input0
H: Handlers=kbd event0
B: EV=120013
B: KEY=80000004 2000000 3802078 f840d001 f2ffffdf ffefffff ffffffff ffffffff
B: MSC=10
B: LED=7

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=056a Product=0013 Version=0314
N: Name="Wacom Graphire3"
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/class/input/input1
H: Handlers=mouse0 event1 ts0
B: EV=f
B: KEY=1c43 0 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=100
B: ABS=3000003

dave@example.com:~$ xsetwacom set Stylus mode relative
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'Stylus'

dave@example.com:~$ more /etc/udev/rules.d/10-wacom.rules
# udev rule for wacom tablets.

KERNEL="event*", SYSFS{idVendor}="056a", NAME="input/%k", 
SYMLINK="input/wacom%e"

dave@example.com:~$ more /proc/bus/usb/devices
/proc/bus/usb/devices: No such file or directory
dave@example.com:~$ xsetwacom list
dave@example.com:~$ grep -i wacom /var/log/messages | tail
Mar 27 11:46:03 localhost kernel: [4294683.840000] input: Wacom
Graphire3 as /class/input/input1
Mar 27 11:46:03 localhost kernel: [4294683.847000] usbcore: registered
new driver wacom
Mar 27 11:46:03 localhost kernel: [4294683.847000]
drivers/usb/input/wacom.c: v1.44:USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos
tablet driver
Mar 27 11:52:13 localhost kernel: [4295060.197000] usbcore:
deregistering driver wacom
Mar 27 11:53:23 localhost kernel: [4295130.367000] input: Wacom
Graphire3 as /class/input/input2
Mar 27 11:53:23 localhost kernel: [4295130.375000] usbcore: registered
new driver wacom
Mar 27 11:53:23 localhost kernel: [4295130.375000]
drivers/usb/input/wacom.c: v1.44:USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos
tablet driver
Mar 27 11:57:01 localhost kernel: [4294686.362000] input: Wacom
Graphire3 as /class/input/input1
Mar 27 11:57:01 localhost kernel: [4294686.370000] usbcore: registered
new driver wacom
Mar 27 11:57:01 localhost kernel: [4294686.370000]
drivers/usb/input/wacom.c: v1.44:USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos
tablet driver

dave@example.com:~$ xsetwacom set Stylus mode relative
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'Stylus'

dave@example.com:~$ more /proc/bus/usb/devices
/proc/bus/usb/devices: No such file or directory

dave@example.com:/proc/bus/usb$ more /etc/udev/rules.d/10-wacom.rules
# udev rule for wacom tablets.

KERNEL="event*", SYSFS{idVendor}="056a", NAME="input/%k", 
SYMLINK="input/wacom%e"

Doing this command:
dave@example.com:~$  sudo xxd /dev/input/wacom
... and this command:
dave@example.com:~$  sudo xxd /dev/input/mouse0
... both return output when I move my tablet.


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Dave M G