OK, I need help with a Wacom Bamboo (Solved for one person)

[AndrzejL]

It would be better to suggest the package...

Andy

Edit:

My probe of compilation:

[andrzejl@WISHMACER ~]$ cd /home/andrzejl/Desktop/Documents/Download/xstroke/
[andrzejl@WISHMACER xstroke]$ ls                                             
Makefile  xstroke.1  xstroke.c  xstroke.h  xstroke.man*                     
[andrzejl@WISHMACER xstroke]$ make                                           
cc  -I/usr/X11R6/include xstroke.c -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -o xstroke         
rm -f xstroke.1                                                             
cat xstroke.man | bold xstroke\(1\) | bold xstroke | bold NAME | bold SYNOPSIS | bold DESCRIPTION | bold FORMAT | bold STRINGS | bold OPTIONS | bold CAVEATS | bold EXAMPLES | bold WARNINGS | bold BUGS | bold THANKS | bold COPYRIGHT | bold AUTHOR | bold SEE | bold ALSO > xstroke.1
/bin/sh: bold: command not found
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make: *** [xstroke.1] Error 127
[andrzejl@WISHMACER xstroke]$

Ask Joble... he is always into some crazy projects !

[Meemaw]

Thanks anyway.

 

[Joble]

x86_64  If I'm not mistaken, that is a 64 bit rpm.  We would need to find the eqivalent 32 bit rpm.  I'll check it out.

[Meemaw]

There is one that says

xstroke-0.6.cvs20040921-5mdv2010.0.i586.rpm

rather than x86_64..... is that the one?

Thanks!!!

[coyoteawooo]

OK, I've been over here all day and while everything is where it is supposed to be (I've checked a couple of times), it still doesn't work. The xorg.conf is edited and the tablet is recognized, the wacom_drv.so is in the appropriate place.... the rules file is correct.... the Xorg.0.log has no errors and even has the device as below (I attached a file.)

What I think the problem is........ when I did the make and make install, the src/2.6.26 folder has NO wacom.ko to copy, so the one that's there is the old one I backed up..... is it possible it won't work with the older driver?

I can send her the newer driver, and help her get it put in the right place...... you think that will do it?

Thanks again!       


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[Meemaw]

OK, I've been over here all day and while everything is where it is supposed to be (I've checked a couple of times), it still doesn't work. The xorg.conf is edited and the tablet is recognized, the wacom_drv.so is in the appropriate place.... the rules file is correct.... the Xorg.0.log has no errors and even has the device as below (I attached a file.)

What I think the problem is........ when I did the make and make install, the src/2.6.26 folder has NO wacom.ko to copy, so the one that's there is the old one I backed up..... is it possible it won't work with the older driver?

I can send her the newer driver, and help her get it put in the right place...... you think that will do it?

Thanks again!       

That was actually me posting from her laptop......

[Toolfox]

What I think the problem is........ when I did the make and make install, the src/2.6.26 folder has NO wacom.ko to copy, so the one that's there is the old one I backed up..... is it possible it won't work with the older driver?

Not only possible, but a proven fact over the life of this thread. Keep in mind what I've said about how the layers work: the kernel module is the foundation that passes data to and from the hardware in a form that the hardware understands; the XWindows driver translates the data between what the hardware "speaks" and what XWindows needs to hear. You need the newer kernel module and the pre-compiled XWindows binaries.

Check the date/time stamp on the kernel module in question; that should indicate whether a new file was copied over it. The file size should also be a giveaway.

I can send her the newer driver, and help her get it put in the right place...... you think that will do it?

Only if both machines are running the EXACT same kernel! I thought you said that your and her machines were running different kernels. If so, the kernel modules must be compiled against the EXACT kernel source code (or headers) for everything to match up.

You've got to go back to just getting the kernel module to load, recognize the hardware, and show the right information with xxd and/or wacdump...like we did before. The XWindows driver won't work if the kernel module isn't in place and functioning properly.

Don't forget to remove the xorg.conf entries before testing the kernel module so XWindows won't get in the way of wacdump and xxd. And you WILL need the udev rules and HAL entries for the /dev/input/wacom symbolic links to be created when the tablet is plugged in and recognized.



Toolfox

[Meemaw]

I can send her the newer driver, and help her get it put in the right place...... you think that will do it?

Only if both machines are running the EXACT same kernel! I thought you said that your and her machines were running different kernels. If so, the kernel modules must be compiled against the EXACT kernel source code (or headers) for everything to match up.

She has 2.6.26 and I happen to have two kernels on this desktop.... 2.6.26 and 2.6.27. It's installed to the 2.6.27 kernel. What I'm thinking is to boot to the 2.6.26 kernel and do the ./configure and make in a separate folder in my /home, and when I get that driver, send it to her with instructions on where to copy it.....  and everything else is still in place. Do you think that will work?
 

[Toolfox]

Yup, that sounds like it should work! Naturally, it would be nice to verify on a test system before deployment, but...oh well...

I also wonder why the compile failed on her system. Were there any complaints of missing development dependencies? Do the systems have full kernel source development packages or just the header files that are included with a base LiveCD install?

These are the questions the engineer in me is asking. The practical end-user side is screaming, "Oh, just compile the damn file and copy it in place! Stop asking all those durn fool questions and just git 'er done already! Sheeesh!"

I think its time for me to listen to the end-user voice for a change...


Toolfox

[Meemaw]

Yup, that sounds like it should work! Naturally, it would be nice to verify on a test system before deployment, but...oh well...

Yes, it would.....

I also wonder why the compile failed on her system. Were there any complaints of missing development dependencies? Do the systems have full kernel source development packages or just the header files that are included with a base LiveCD install?

I have no idea..... I didn't see any errors, but I will admit that I'm not the best at reading some of the lines that appear when those commands are issued. Being the practical end-user, I just wanted it to work as well..... but I wasn't so lucky....

I'll let you know....
Thanks!

[Meemaw]

Update:
For some reason when I tried to ./configure and make in my older kernel to send to her, I got the same errors.
However, yesterday the 0.8.5-10 package was posted and I tried it with that. ./configure and make were successful. I sent her the 2 drivers (I reasoned that both of the newer ones would work better together) plus detailed instructions on where to put them and what else she needed to do.......and after a couple of phone calls she said, "Cool... I touched the stylus to the tablet and my mouse cursor moved!"

Wahoo!!!!
(I was actually doing a "happy dance" in the middle of WalMart....     )

We got it working!!!  (and by long distance, even.... she lives 60 miles away)
She's happily playing with Gimp and Cell Writer...... and she'll let me know how it goes.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your help!!!! (don't mean to yell, but I am so happy!!!)
 

ps - The rules file in the new package isn't complete - it didn't have any of the lines for 00d1, 00d2, 00d3 (ours) or 00d4, but it's easily remedied.   

[kamicota]

Hi there all

Just saw this forum and read the last entry about the Wacom 0.8.5-10 package - can NOT find it in the PCLinuxOS 2010 install and have the previous 0.8.4 installed and it did NOT recognize my Wacom Bamboo Pen (CTL-460) Yet after reading on Linux-Wacom site that the Bamboo Pen would NOT be recognized until the next drivers were out -0 namely the 0.8.5

I know this install will HAVE to be superseeded with a new install when the 2010 final is out but would LOVE to get it running before then

Any IDEAS please

Cheers for years
Colin

[Meemaw]

0.8.5-10 is the development package on the Linux Wacom Project site, so we don't have it. the driver on the 2010 beta is version 8.4......

http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/

You might check the .rules file in the /etc/udev/rules.d folder and make sure your product id is in one of the lines.

Toolfox is great help, so post back if you have problems.

 

[kamicota]

Thank MeeMaw

I SEE there is a development package in the 2010 repositories and may just download it and see what happens

Yet as for this --->>>You might check the .rules file in the /etc/udev/rules.d folder and make sure your product id is in one of the lines.   Toolfox is great help, so post back if you have problems.

I am totally lost as the command line etc is definitely NOT my Forte

MOI just a Newbie/EXPLORER even after so many years far too many distros

Cheers for years
Colin

[kamicota]

Shoot  just could NOT stop clicking even though the dev package was only the 0.8.04

So we will just see what happens from here and where to go because Linux-Wacom site STILL does not list the Bamboo Pen as being recognized

Maybe we will have to try our TWO Genius Tablets - the Pensketch 9x12 and the G-Pen F610 

Cheers for Years
Colin