On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Rafi Rubin <rafi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>>> This impact very much the decision of a Linux user wanting to buy wacom mt device. >>>> >>>> I think end users have already got the Linux support from Wacom. Can >>>> you share the specific issues that are preventing Linux end users from >>>> buying a Wacom MT devices? If I didn't misunderstand your point here, >>>> you are talking about Linux users, not Linux developers/hackers, >>>> right? >>> >>> I think normal users wanting to use linux for MT are generally frustrated and >>> confused at the moment. >> >> Why do the end users get frustrated and confused? Can you share some >> examples from an end user's (not developer's) perspective with me? > > Sorry, I've been too focused on the n-trig users. They have been frustrated, > and I've seen from the forums that some have been playing with customized > versions of both the kernel and wacom x driver to get your two finger gestures. > > I'm also projecting my own frustrations, seeing the X mt interface still not > quite set, and very little in the way of applications that use mt at all. > We're still quite a ways away from seeing the full potential of a more hands on desktop. As far as I understand, this issue is not device driver or MT support specific. It is universal on Linux. >>> Certainly the protocol between the wacom kernel driver >>> and the wacom user space driver is way below the level that most are following. >> >> By "most", do you mean most MT device drivers, or most end users, or >> most developers? I am eager to bring the Wacom driver to the specific >> level. > > End users, they don't tend to care about the internal protocols as long as their > programs do what they want. Then, I still don't get what you meant by "way below the level that most are following". I'd really like to understand it so I can work on it. Thank you, Ping -- 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
