Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:53:42 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix genius pensketch 12x9 tablet |
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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@gmail.com> > --- > 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
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