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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix genius pensketch 12x9 tablet
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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