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

[Animal]

I also remembered I put      wacom    in the modprobe.preload file... that may be why yours wasn't working right away...

ok, how do you go about doing that? lol...

[Meemaw]

As root, you open the file (/etc/modprobe.preload) and add the word wacom to the end of the list, then save the file. It should probe that driver so it's active when your computer starts.

 

[alphaace]

Hi,

I'm trying to follow this tutorial but am having no luck.

I've completely removed through synaptic the wacom stuff. I then followed the instructions on page 7.

When I type lsmod, I get the Wacom tablet but driver = none. I tried modprobe wacom with no luck..

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Meemaw]

This needs to be put into a tutorial so it's easier to follow!!!!

The wacom_drv.so driver is in the "Prebuilt" directory of the source code....  and if you have done the make and makeinstall, you should have the wacom.ko driver in the folder for whatever kernel you are using (all in the Wacom files in your /home, or wherever you put it when you extracted it.)

You copy the drivers after you make install, if I remember correctly. (I haven't configured my daughter's Bamboo since she installed 2010, so I'm not up to date.) Amazingly enough, I don't remember all of this.... sorry I'm not more help.

There is also a request into Package Suggest to update all this stuff.....

Good luck!     

[alphaace]

cool! I found those!

But unfortunately under cat /proc/bus/usb/devices I get a driver = (none)! The linux wacom page says I need to update hid-core.c or soemthing similar!

[uncleV]

Applauds, MeeMaw!

Now may be change the smiley of the topic?

[alphaace]

I double checked. I redid all the steps and I still get Driver = (none). Also under hardware settings, it appears as a mouse.

ARGH. This is so frustrating. On my macbook, I just plugged it in....sigh.

[alphaace]

YES! Ok, I got it working.

Unfortunately, I need to type the following commands every time afterwards. It seems like the driver built in doesn't work and I need to load my own from the directory. Any suggestions how?

[root@localhost 2.6.30]#/sbin/rmmod wacom
[root@localhost 2.6.30]#/sbin/insmod /.wacom.ko
[root@localhost 2.6.30]#modprobe wacom

Any suggestions?

[Meemaw]

You did copy the wacom.ko driver to your kernel?

(from your wacom folder)

cp src/(whatever kernel folder you used)/wacom.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/

and copied the wacom_drv.so to /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input

You have to reboot with the tablet plugged in..... and see if your system recognizes the driver, and also how the tablet is recognized in /dev/input too....

Unless things have changed (because I haven't kept up) you still have to edit your xorg.conf file to reflect the /dev/input information, AND make sure the 60-wacom.rules file in your /etc/udev/rules.d has the model number of your tablet (like 003d or something similar. The rules file may start with a different number too.)

 

[alphaace]

Ok, so after mucking about in xorg and rc.local I get the tablet to load and every time.

However, it runs a little bit buggy whenever I log in. I need to then log out, and log back in again and it works great. I have a feeling its because rc.local executes before xorg or after it (or some similar nature). Otherwise, why would it work perfect the second time I start x?

Is there a way I can run the things in rc.local at a higher level? Maybe before the login prompt?  I notice that the pad does not work the first time I log in but DOES work after I log out and am the login screen for the second time.

*Edit: Putting it in /etc/init.d and doing a symbolic link to rc5 did not work at all.

**Edit: Solved. After putting it in the kernel/input/tablet directory, the wacom.ko file needs to be renamed to wacom.ko.gz. Seems to work after that. I now have it work just fine if I have it plugged in while booted. However, if I plug it in after boot, it somehow initializes poorly (and constantly thinks i'm pressing on the tablet). This forces me to log out and log back in again to set it appropriately. Very weird.

[Meemaw]

I'm glad it works now....  but you have asked a question I honestly don't have a clue about....   I'm hoping Toolfox or someone much smarter than I will come along and tell you the correct answer....

 

[Toolfox]

[snortgxz...] Huh? Wha? Did somebody mention my name?

[Toolfox rubs the sleep out of his eyes]

Is there a way I can run the things in rc.local at a higher level? Maybe before the login prompt?  I notice that the pad does not work the first time I log in but DOES work after I log out and am the login screen for the second time.

If you want to start something earlier in the startup sequence than the rc.local script, you'll have to edit the UNIX System V init scripts themselves: a Dark and Forbidding Place where Brave Men Fear to Tread.

I have done such things in the distant past for I am a...{plants feet one at a time, places fists on hips, puffs out chest, points chin up and to the right}...BOLD and STUPID Man!

**Edit: Solved. After putting it in the kernel/input/tablet directory, the wacom.ko file needs to be renamed to wacom.ko.gz. Seems to work after that. I now have it work just fine if I have it plugged in while booted. However, if I plug it in after boot, it somehow initializes poorly (and constantly thinks i'm pressing on the tablet). This forces me to log out and log back in again to set it appropriately. Very weird.

Not weird at all. This is a function of how XWindows was designed 15+ years ago. It is a bit of a "house of cards" that runs with root privileges, and can only insert drivers during thread initialization (that's a fancy way of saying "starting XWindows"). Drivers cannot be removed once started.

If the kernel portion of the tablet driver wasn't ready and didn't create the right links in the /dev directory in time, the XWindows driver can't start during XWindows initialization. A feature of PCLinuxOS is that when you log out, XWindows is automatically restarted, which reloads the drivers, which can now find the kernel driver hooks and can properly initialize.

The workaround of restarting X after hotplugging a USB tablet is mentioned on the LinuxWacom Website somewhere, along with details on why hotplugging doesn't work but will in the next major release of X...assuming that the hotplugging code makes it in.

 Any day now...





Toolfox

[marcopl]

AlphaAce, so now your bamboo tablet is working?

This is a long thread and i m lost. A little howto from you will be much appreciated. i just bought a wacom bamboo tablet and would like to get it working , pls assist.

[alphaace]

Sorry, for the extreme lateness of this post (3 months!) but paper writing/classes/teaching got in the way and I didn't have time to muck about in linux. However, I did make notes of how I ultimately got it to work in case I ever needed to reformat. I did this method twice (messed it up once by playing with some config files later) and it worked both times. Tablet works great now with all the functionality (at least my $80 one).

Hope this helps!

1) get package from linuxwacom
2) unzip
3) ./configure --enable-wacom
4) make
5) Put wacom.ko /lib/modules/<kernel id>/kernel/drivers/usb/input/tablet
6) change it to wacom.ko.gz
5) Put 60-wacom.rules into /etc/udev/rules.d/60-wacom.rules
6) Put wacom_drv.so into /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input (located in the Prebuilt directory)
Do not update xorg.conf
9) put the .fdi file (in the unzipped directory) into

/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-wacom.fdi

To test if the driver will load
1) cd src/2.6.30
2) /sbin/rmmod wacom
3) /sbin/insmod ./wacom.ko

[marcopl]

Just to let everybofy know that this thread has over 10,000 views. The wacom functionality is lacking in pclinuxos. Hope this high view count convinces the devs that this is a 'real' problem that needs to be looked into....