New Wacom (CTH-470) update

[pags]

There was (is?) an older thread that is still unresolved...if any mods think this should have been part of it, please move.  Thanks.

I tried the 3.2 kernel out of Testing (3.2.12-pclos3.pae) for the express purpose of seeing if it would get this tablet working.
No dice.

I would be willing to try it again, if anyone has any suggestions (additional software to install, settings to change, etc.)

I deleted the kernel, as it didn't seem to place nice with my NICs (the wired one connected, but was reported by the KDE Network system tray tool as not connected).  It also wouldn't list any wireless networks, because "wl wouldn't load".  So, no keeping it, for now.

[AS]

There was (is?) an older thread that is still unresolved...if any mods think this should have been part of it, please move.  Thanks.

I tried the 3.2 kernel out of Testing (3.2.12-pclos3.pae) for the express purpose of seeing if it would get this tablet working.
No dice.

I would be willing to try it again, if anyone has any suggestions (additional software to install, settings to change, etc.)

... there are a bunch of wacom bamboo enabled in new kernel ... could exactly identify the tabled using lsusb ?

I deleted the kernel, as it didn't seem to place nice with my NICs (the wired one connected, but was reported by the KDE Network system tray tool as not connected).  It also wouldn't list any wireless networks, because "wl wouldn't load".  So, no keeping it, for now.

wl require the updated dkms-broadcom available from testing repo ... did you installed dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112 ?

AS

[erripe]

The cth-470 is one of the first of the 3rd gen. tablet; it need driver later than oct. 2011.
On the french forum of another distro that almost make me scream, i find simple instructions for the cth-470. I get that distro with kernel 2.6.38, use http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linuxwacom/input-wacom-0.12.0.tar.bz2 as a kernel driver,sudo it into the 2.6.38 kernel and voilà! The Xdriver needed for the driver is xf86-input-wacom, probably not the same as the one in PCLOS (X11-driver-imput-wacom). I test it briefly: it work. Of course i know that sudo is a no-no here; that why i use another distro
I will do tests on GIMP tomorrow. On sourceforge, i have seen a new driver:input-wacom-0.12.1.tar.bz2. Now, if i can do something similar in PCLOS...

[AS]

The cth-470 is one of the first of the 3rd gen. tablet; it need driver later than oct. 2011.
On the french forum of another distro that almost make me scream, i find simple instructions for the cth-470. I get that distro with kernel 2.6.38, use http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linuxwacom/input-wacom-0.12.0.tar.bz2 as a kernel driver,sudo it into the 2.6.38 kernel and voilà! The Xdriver needed for the driver is xf86-input-wacom, probably not the same as the one in PCLOS (X11-driver-imput-wacom). I test it briefly: it work. Of course i know that sudo is a no-no here; that why i use another distro
I will do tests on GIMP tomorrow. On sourceforge, i have seen a new driver:input-wacom-0.12.1.tar.bz2. Now, if i can do something similar in PCLOS...

Request an update in "Package Request" section. 

[erripe]

On the ..bun.. distro i use to test the driver, there is some strange behavior that i want to understand before asking for a Package Request

[erripe]

I reinstall the ...bun... distro i have, install the newest kernel driver, input-wacom-0.12.1.tar.bz2 and always the same problem: if i don't activate the tablet in gimp, you can draw but the pressure won't work. If you activate it, even only one wacom entry, each line you draw extrude himself in 3-d, making the tablet unusable. On the other distro forum, they talk about a 11,10 bug. There is also a GUI configuration menu for the tablet but i don't know if it is the same as the one you can get via synaptic.
Next step: get earlier version of ...bun... to see how the kernel driver behave before make a package request except if one of you have a better idea.

[erripe]

After some googling, i have find that the problem was in that particular GIMP. I also find a patch to solve that little problem!
I am going to ask for those drivers in the package request section.

[pags]

There was (is?) an older thread that is still unresolved...if any mods think this should have been part of it, please move.  Thanks.

I tried the 3.2 kernel out of Testing (3.2.12-pclos3.pae) for the express purpose of seeing if it would get this tablet working.
No dice.

I would be willing to try it again, if anyone has any suggestions (additional software to install, settings to change, etc.)

... there are a bunch of wacom bamboo enabled in new kernel ... could exactly identify the tabled using lsusb ?

I'll re-install the kernel, and post back.

I deleted the kernel, as it didn't seem to place play nice with my NICs (the wired one connected, but was reported by the KDE Network system tray tool as not connected).  It also wouldn't list any wireless networks, because "wl wouldn't load".  So, no keeping it, for now.

wl require the updated dkms-broadcom available from testing repo ... did you installed dkms-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112 ?

AS

I'll install that, as well...

[pags]

OK, installed new kernel, and updated "wl" package...

Still cannot get my Wacom recognized.



dmesg:

usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
usb 7-1: New USB device found, idVendor=056a, idProduct=00de
usb 7-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 7-1: Product: CTH-470
usb 7-1: Manufacturer: Wacom Co.,Ltd.

lsusb:

[jpaglia@paglia-e6500 ~]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 413c:2513 Dell Computer Corp. internal USB Hub of E-Port Replicator
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 413c:2513 Dell Computer Corp. internal USB Hub of E-Port Replicator
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0c45:63f1 Microdia Integrated Webcam
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0644:0000 TEAC Corp. Floppy
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ58/M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0fca:8004 Research In Motion, Ltd. Blackberry Handheld
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8157 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:8158 Dell Computer Corp. Integrated Touchpad / Trackstick
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0a5c:5800 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 056a:00de Wacom Co., Ltd
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
[jpaglia@paglia-e6500 ~]$

Also, even though my (wired) network is up:

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[jpaglia@paglia-e6500 ~]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:24:E8:F2:25:48
          inet addr:172.23.62.197  Bcast:172.23.62.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::224:e8ff:fef2:2548/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:15388 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5902 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:6532298 (6.2 MiB)  TX bytes:1204622 (1.1 MiB)
          Interrupt:22 Memory:f6fe0000-f7000000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:242 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:242 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:67756 (66.1 KiB)  TX bytes:67756 (66.1 KiB)

[jpaglia@paglia-e6500 ~]$

The network monitor in the KDE tray fails to recognize it:

[AS]

Still cannot get my Wacom recognized.
dmesg:

usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
usb 7-1: New USB device found, idVendor=056a, idProduct=00de
usb 7-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 7-1: Product: CTH-470
usb 7-1: Manufacturer: Wacom Co.,Ltd.

support for the above device has been introduced in kernel 3.3 ...
I will provided a new kernel within few days, either 3.3 or 3.2.x with support backported from 3.3 to 3.2.x 

The network monitor in the KDE tray fails to recognize it:

This may be solved by updating drakx-net, drakx-net-text, libdrakx-net to version 0.87-11 available in testing repo.
(this is required for any kernel above 3.0)

AS

[pags]

Thanks AS!

Updating the drakx components, now.  Will wait on the new (version or backported) kernel in testing, and will let everyone know how it goes!
 

[pags]

The network monitor in the KDE tray fails to recognize it:

This may be solved by updating drakx-net, drakx-net-text, libdrakx-net to version 0.87-11 available in testing repo.
(this is required for any kernel above 3.0)

AS

Awesome!

This is working, now:


Thanks, again!

Looking forward to the new(er) kernel!

[erripe]

The new kernel drivers need a companion xorg driver xf86-input-wacom, not the one in the PCLOS reposit (X11-driver-imput-wacom). See the readme in the new drivers archive. I do a package request yesterday, http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,103811.0.html.

[pags]

The new kernel drivers need a companion xorg driver xf86-input-wacom, not the one in the PCLOS reposit (X11-driver-imput-wacom). See the readme in the new drivers archive. I do a package request yesterday, http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,103811.0.html.

I do understand that the 2.6.3* kernels need the updated driver for the new Wacom tablets.  What I'm testing here is the support built into the 3.2 kernel (and, apparently for my particular device, it is still missing).  AS has indicated that it should be supported in the 3.3 kernel, and that he will be producing a TEST kernel of this (i.e., not in the regular PCLOS repos).  Failing that, he may attempt to backport those updates to the 3.2 kernel.  I've elected to, at this time, wait for that update in order to test the "native" support.

Thanks.

[AS]

The new kernel drivers need a companion xorg driver xf86-input-wacom, not the one in the PCLOS reposit (X11-driver-imput-wacom). See the readme in the new drivers archive. I do a package request yesterday, http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,103811.0.html.

Of course, we will take care of that!

erripe,
Could you post the output of lsusb with the tabled plugged in ? So we can verify the IDs ?

usb 7-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
usb 7-1: New USB device found, idVendor=056a, idProduct=00de
usb 7-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 7-1: Product: CTH-470
usb 7-1: Manufacturer: Wacom Co.,Ltd.