On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 00:55 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:05:30AM -0800, Matt Helsley wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 23:53 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:42:28PM -0800, Matt Helsley wrote: > > > > The Genius PenSketch 12x9 tablet has a puck (labeled a > > > > "Tablet Mouse") in addition to a pen. Without registering a quirk > > > > the tablet appears to be a single input device that reports the > > > > wrong axis information in /proc/bus/input/devices, and sends > > > > incorrect events (e.g. ABS_Z instead of ABS_Y). This information > > > > confuses the X evdev driver and makes the device impossible to > > > > use. > > > > > > > > The quirk fixes events and splits the device into multiple input > > > > event devices so that at least the puck is useful. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matt.helsley@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > > > NOTE: xinput lists the puck but not the pen. I've been using a > > > > python script to verify the contents of the events independently > > > > of X and, as far as I can tell, the remaining problems are in X > > > > itself. > > > > > > I have a tablet here that I'm having troubles getting to work. Any > > > chance I could get a copy of your python script so I can try to debug > > > what is going wrong, and if it's a X problem or a kernel issue like you > > > found for your device? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > greg k-h > > > > Sure. Sometime around 2.6.24 I updated this script (originally by Micah > > Dowty) to include more evdev #defines, work on 64-bit systems, and > > decode some bitvectors into their C symbols. > > Thanks, it has helped out, although it doesn't seem to "poll" the device > properly for some reason to get any events from the device. I wonder if > X is grabbing it before this script has a chance to, I'll play around > with that next... I've seen that too. If X is running then it intercepts the events somehow -- not sure if it's a grab or what. I can confirm this by shutting down X and opening the device with the script from a VT. Cheers, -Matt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
