Package: xserver-xorg-input-wacom Version: 0.8.1.6-1+ Followup-For: Bug #517685
Attaching a manpage patch. Please apply or put the text into a file that is referred in the man page. Thanks -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.3 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-wacom depends on: ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.2-10 Xorg X server - core server xserver-xorg-input-wacom recommends no packages. Versions of packages xserver-xorg-input-wacom suggests: ii wacom-tools 0.7.9.3-2 utilities for Wacom tablet devices -- no debconf information
--- wacom-tools-0.8.1.6.orig/linuxwacom/src/wacom.4x 2008-10-25 11:14:04.000000000 +0200 +++ wacom-tools-0.8.1.6/linuxwacom/src/wacom.4x 2009-03-20 22:04:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ details and for options that can be used with all input drivers. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver. .PP -Multiple instances of the Wacom devices can cohabit. It can be useful -to define multiple devices with different active zones. Each device -supports the following entries: +To make full use of a single device multiple input device sections might be +necessary. Each tool (pen/eraser/pad/..) needs its own input device section. It +can be also useful to define multiple devices with different active zones. Each +device supports the following entries: .RS 8 .TP 4 .B Option \fI"Type"\fP \fI"stylus"|"eraser"|"cursor"|"pad"|"touch"\fP @@ -44,14 +45,33 @@ ExpressKeys/menu strips, and Graphire 4 or Bamboo tablet buttons, wheel, and/or ring. It is required for Intuos3, CintiqV5, Graphire 4, and Bamboo if you want to use keystroke features. "pad" is reported as a -second tool in the driver. "touch" is for the tablet with touch support. -Right now only a few Tablet PCs have this feature. +second tool in the driver. You may have to set the "pad" to send core events to +use the buttons in most X applications but it switches the tool to relative +movement. "touch" is for the tablet with touch support. Right now only a few +Tablet PCs have this feature. .TP 4 .B Option \fI"Device"\fP \fI"path"\fP sets the path to the special file which represents serial line where the tablet is plugged. You have to specify it for each subsection with the same value if you want to have multiple devices with the same tablet. This option is mandatory. +.PP +For USB devices it is suggested to use the \fI/dev/input/wacom\fP link on +Debian GNU/Linux. You may also want to use the \fI/dev/input/by-path/*-wacom\fP +links which designate a wacom tablet pluggged into a particular physical port +if you want to connect multiple tablets to your system. +.PP +If an USB device does not work after system resume it might be because you used +the /dev/input/eventN device node and the N has changed as USB drivers have +been unloaded and reloaded during the suspend-resume cycle. Another cause of +problems is the device resuming in the default configuration and X server +failing to set it up. Swiching to text console and back should resolve the +issue. To automate this you can set the \fISwithcToTextMode\fP option in +\fI/etc/hibernate/common.conf\fP and ensure that the devices are created before +switching to the X server after resume: + + OnResume 86 /sbin/udevsettle + .TP 4 .B Option \fI"USB"\fP \fI"on"\fP tells the driver to dialog with the tablet the USB way. This option is @@ -199,7 +219,7 @@ The default is MaxPressure*3/50. .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" -Xorg(1x), xorg.conf(5x), xorgconfig(1x), Xserver(1x), X(7). +Xorg(1x), xorg.conf(5x), xorgconfig(1x), Xserver(1x), X(7), hibernate.conf(5). .SH AUTHORS Frederic Lepied <lep...@xfree86.org> Ping Cheng <pi...@wacom.com>
