Re: Fedora 20 on an old tablet PC

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On 28.10.2014 23:20, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:30:24 +0100 poma <pomidorabelisima@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On 28.10.2014 12:59, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>>> On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:12:15 +0100 poma <pomidorabelisima@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 27.10.2014 23:41, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to install (and use) Fedora 20/21 on an old Gateway TB120 tablet PC (2Gb memory, 300GB disk, Core2 Duo processor, etc) that has been lying around at work. I was wondering if anything special is needed wrt installation and how to get the stylus, etc going. According to the shell of the laptop, it appears to have a Wacom device. Is there any place I can read up on this? I am interested in being able to use the tablet features and the stylus. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the generic Fedora Gnome spin the best one to use or is something else more preferable?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for all these questions: I have no experience with tablets but I thought that this might be worth trying and learning!
>>>>
>>>> Is your machine similar to this one?
>>>>
>>>> Gateway E-155C G Convertible Notebook
>>>> http://panam.gateway.com/s//Mobile/2007/Phoenix/1014292R/1014292Rnv.shtml
>>>>
>>>> E-155C G Notebook Specifications
>>>> http://panam.gateway.com/s/Mobile/2007/Phoenix/1014292R/1014292Rsp2.shtml
>>>>
>>>> Gateway E-155C Thin and Light Convertible Tablet PC Review
>>>> www.tabletpcreview.com/tabletreview/gateway-e-155c-thin-and-light-convertible-tablet-pc-review
>>>>
>>>> Gateway E-155C Review
>>>> www.digitaltrends.com/laptop-reviews/gateway-e-155c-review
>>>>
>>>> Gateway® E-155C Tablet PC
>>>> http://mobileoffice.about.com/od/tabletpcs/gr/gwe155c.htm
>>>
>>> It looks like it, and according to this post, TB-120 is the same as E-155CM.
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/3932
>>>
>>> Ranjan
>>>
>>
>> Hehe then it's notebook, and you probably don't need anything in particular that relates to the thoroughbred tablets, 
>> especially in relation to the installation.
>> Super duper.
> 
> So, I was able to install without a hitch. The stylus works, at least sort of. One thing I am unable to get is the keyboard on the tablet such that using the stylus on it would make it possible to type. Is there such a feature?

Details, details.

$ dmesg
# dmidecode
$ lsmod
$ lspci -knn
$ lsusb
$ lsusb -t
$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo

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