wacom input driver broken in hardy

[lcampagn]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-wacom

Running kubuntu/hardy on a thinkpad X60 tablet. From my Xorg.0.log:

(II) LoadModule: "wacom"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//wacom_drv.so
(II) Module wacom: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(EE) module ABI major version (0) doesn't match the server's version (2)
(II) UnloadModule: "wacom"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//wacom_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "wacom" (module requirement mismatch, 0)

The package version I have installed is 0.7.7.7-0ubuntu2

[Radomir Dopieralski (ubuntu-sheep)]

I can confirm this. Compiling a driver from http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/ again solves the problem, but:
* you have to make a symbolic link from /usr/include/pixman1/pixman.h to /usr/include/pixman.h manually (it was there in gutsy)
* the 7.8.3 stable version doesn't compile, you need 7.9.3

[Radomir Dopieralski (ubuntu-sheep)]

The 7.9.3 version has a bug: with keepshape=on the cursor doesn't reach the bottom of my widescreen 1440×900 monitor, it stops about 2cm from the edge.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package wacom-tools - 1:0.7.9.3-2ubuntu1

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wacom-tools (1:0.7.9.3-2ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  * Merge with Debian unstable (LP: #134879, #136977, #174382, #175050).
    Remaining changes:
    - Bump the epoch because of old Ubuntu packaging.
    - debian/control:
      Change the Maintainer address.
    - debian/wacom.postinst:
      Remove old files.
    - debian/xserver-xorg-input-wacom.init.d, debian/rules:
      Initscript for serial devices.
  * Fix initscript to work with SysFS in 2.6.24. (LP: #177878)
  * debian/control: don't build wacom-kernel-source anymore. (LP: #71944)

wacom-tools (0.7.9.3-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Make xserver-xorg-input-wacom conflict/replace the earlier wacom-tools
    packages because the wacom.4 manpage has switched packages.
  * Generate a xserver-xorg-input-wacom.substvars file to manage the XOrg
    version provides and dependencies.

wacom-tools (0.7.9.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release, includes support for XOrg 7.3/1.4
    Closes: #442424, #443032
  * Don't overrun padkey_codes[] when iterating through it. Closes: #447681
  * Move the wacom(4) man page to the xserver-xorg-input-wacom package.
    Closes: #440164
  * Include the new text and translations courtesy of the Smith Review.
    With a big thanks to everyone who contributed to that!
    Closes: #443956, #444561, #444672, #444762, #445024, #445519, #445796
    Closes: #446135, #446402, #446440, #446576, #446717
  * Tidy the debian/copyright file. Closes: #451647
  * Add Provides: xserver-xorg-input-2 so the next X ABI transition will be
    a bit less painful for people.
  * Update the udev rules for new tablets. Lower-case the product ids since
    udev appears to be case sensitive doing string compares for hex values.
    Nice one guys.
  * Add a build-dep for pkg-config, it appears to have infected XOrg now too.

wacom-tools (0.7.7.11-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * Include upstream documentation like the man page says we do.
    I guess nobody ever read it before ;-) Closes: #427689

wacom-tools (0.7.7.10-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Reapply the patch to fix 64/32 bit cross builds, that seems to have
    been lost or misapplied too.

wacom-tools (0.7.7.10-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Don't depend on the xorg module dir actually existing when
    --with-xmoduledir is used (again). This is an upstream regression
    to the patch submitted for 0.7.4.1-3. Closes: #427428

wacom-tools (0.7.7.10-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream version. Closes: #396883, #415244, #422532
  * Update vi.po, thanks to Clytie Siddall. Closes: #427020
  * Drop the external module package, upstream seems to be syncing fairly
    regularly with the mainstream kernel team again, so this should not
    be needed by most people, and causes confusion and trouble for the rest.
    Closes: #418008, #417140, #404471, #317287
  * Lintian now bitches about reusing DH_COMPAT for the source package, so
    I guess we now need to clutter the debian/ dir with files for each use
    of the /rules. *sigh* This seems a bit _too_ pedantic to me.

 -- Timo Aaltonen <tepsipakki@ub...

[Marat Dyatko (marat-dyatko)]

Wacom Bamboo tablet doesn't work correctly. I was install driver manual from sources.
But on boot device mount to random event[7-11] and I need to edit xorg.conf and restart X server.
/dev/input/wacom doesn't mounted as in other Ubuntu releases...

[AM (macchi)]

Wacom Volito doesn't work properly after a clean install in Hardy.
This tablet worked with minor manual adjustments in the xserver.xorg configuration in edgy, feisty, gutsy.

[egmi (egmichau)]

I received kernel header related security updates on january 31st 2009.
(and possibly something else but I don't know how to query this)

The wacom bamboo fun tablet (usb id xxxx:0017) I use stoped working after the reboot required to complete the update.

I verified the wacom module was running fine (cat /dev/input/wacom)
Checking the /var/log/Xorg.0.log , I got the wacom_drv.so mismatch as the initial post of this bug report.

I downloaded and recompiled the wacom_tools source from http://packages.ubuntu.com (the latest version for hardy is the one I use,see below). Then
sudo cp -r wacom_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/
the restart Xserver (ctrl-alt-backspace)
And it was fixed.

p.-s.:
hardy
kernel 2.6.24-23-generic
xorg 1:7.3+ubuntu10.2
wacom-tools 1:0.7.9.8-0unbuntu3
xserver-xord-input-wacom 1:0.7.9.8-0unbuntu3