WALTOP tablets not supported anymore
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
xf86-input-wacom (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: wacom-tools
X crashes if a Aiptek Media Tablet 10000U is plugged in. Ideally it should just work. Or fail gracefully.
WALTOP tablet support has been dropped upstream afaik. It still works on my tablet with a little patch of src/xdrv/wcmUSB.c:
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529c529
< if (sID[1] == 0x056A)
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> if (sID[1] == 0x056A || sID[1] == 0x172F)
905c905
< else if (common-
---
> else
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You were probably aware of this but i thought this quick fix could be interesting for people looking for a short term solution.
Of course I have no idea if this impedes wacom tablet functionality, looks innocent enough though
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 27 10:01:35 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: System manufacturer P5K-E
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: wacom-tools (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
xserver-xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu21
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.4.1-1ubuntu6
libdrm2 2.4.11-0ubuntu1
xserver-
xserver-
SourcePackage: wacom-tools
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-10-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 09/08/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1202
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: P5K-E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: P5K-E
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
distro: Ubuntu
architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.30-10-generic
[lspci]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT [10de:0611] (rev a2)
Changed in wacom-tools (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: karmic |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → In Progress |
summary: |
- WALTOP tablets not supported anymore (with quickfix) + WALTOP tablets not supported anymore |
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
I can't do the quickfix. If you know how to, please let me know.