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wacom-tools package

  1. Bug #282203
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 282203

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Alexia Death (alexiade) wrote : Re: [Bug 282203] Re: Wacom tablet hotplug is no longer enabled by default

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden>wrote:

> just copy the file to /etc/hal/fdi/policy (not in /usr/share/hal, that's
> reserved for packages) and be happy.

Ok, place amended, but issue remains. Its a cryptic file copy for no good
reason.

There simply isn't a way to satisfy
> all users with the current wacom driver. It cannot be fully configured
> with the fdi file, and the interweb is full of examples of how to
> copypaste the correct information to xorg.conf.

A) Its simple to hose your X with that,
B) it is NOT a hotplug conf.

> We won't be changing the
> default anymore for intrepid, so hopefully for Jaunty the driver
> supports proper configuring with HAL.

I would really like to hear the justification for this decision...

--Alexia