Hi, Andreas is correct in saying that most people with a recent kernel version will not need this source package. The mainline driver has been updated several times since this package came into being.
The linux-wacom source is only needed by a minority of users with hardware that has had support added since the last mainline kernel sync. What we really need to do to make the the source package (more) useful is update to the most recent upstream version. I've been erring on the side of not doing that until the etch freeze is over, since the current binary tools and X driver seem to be fairly reasonably release candidates, and that is what most people seem to need from that for now. How big an issue do other people see this bug? What should we do about it for etch? Cheers, Ron On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 01:55:33PM +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > It seems like the wacom kernel parts are available in the mainline linux > kernel since version 2.6.11, and the debian 2.6.18 kernel seems to have > it compiled as a module. > > $ grep WACOM /boot/config-2.6.18-3-amd64 > CONFIG_USB_WACOM=m > > Are you sure you really need to build them yourself? > I think the wacom-kernel-source package should simply be removed. > > It would be great if you could verify that the modules provided by the > debian kernel works for you... > > (The problem analysis of why the build fails: include/linux/version.h > used to have UTS_RELESE defined on the first row up until 2.6.10, but > this changed in 2.6.11 and the postinst script never checked what was on > the first row. It just expected a the version number to start on the > first row from char 22 and on...) > > > > -- > Regards, > Andreas Henriksson > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
