This driver is an X11 driver only, and the configure options are explained by configure --help. Let's not mirror this in the README, it may diverge otherwise.
Add a very simple explanation on how to set up the driver fro hotplugging with HAL, xorg.conf configuration is better explained in the man page. Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <[email protected]> --- README | 67 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------------- 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index e85c974..aaef526 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,63 +1,36 @@ -README -April 23, 2009 +This package provides the X.Org X11 driver for Wacom and Wacom-like tablets. +It obsoletes the linuxwacom driver and supports X server versions 1.7 and +higher. Server versions lower than 1.7 may be supported by this driver, but +users are encouraged to use the old linuxwacom driver instead. -============================================================================== -Most end users would probably only need to update the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file -and sometime probably the Wacom X driver as well to use the rich features that -Wacom tablets offer. The steps could be as simple as: - - $ su - # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak - # gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf - -then follow the step listed at http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/x11 -or "man wacom" if you don't have network access to add sections for Wacom device. +Provided that hotplugging is enabled in the X server, the simplest +configuration is to copy the wacom.fdi file into /etc/hal/fdi/policies and +to restart HAL and then plug in the tablet. The driver will autoconfigure +itself. -If by some reason your distribution doesn't have include Wacom driver or you want to -to use the newer release, you can download the package then +If hotplugging is not possible or desired, an InputDevice section in the +xorg.conf with the Driver wacom will load the device. Details on the +configuration can be found in xorg.conf(5) and wacom(4). - $ bunzip2 linuxwacom.tar.bz2 - $ tar xvf linuxwacom.tar - $ cd linuxwacom/prebuilt - $ su - # yum remove linuxwacom - # ./uninstall - # ./install - # reboot +Since this driver is an X11 driver only, a kernel driver is required to get +hardware support. If the kernel driver is older than this driver, some +features may not be available. ============================================================================== -However, if you have a USB tablet which is newer than your running kernel, i.e., -the tablet is not supported by your running kernel, or you are a developer who is -willing to build the driver from the source, there are extra work waiting for you. - -============================================================================== +BUILDING FROM GIT: + $ ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr +Adjust the prefix according to your local setup, in most cases, a prefix of +/usr is correct. BUILDING FROM TARBALL: -As you would expect, run configure and make. Configure options are explained below. - $ ./configure && make +Adjust the prefix according to your local setup, in most cases, a prefix of +/usr is correct. ============================================================================== -CONFIGURE OPTIONS: - -This file contains hints for building the sources. There are a number of build - targets, some of which are not built automatically. Here is the -breakdown: - - wacom.o: not built by default (--enable-wacom, --disable-wacom) - wacdump: built by default (--enable-wacdump, --disable-wacdump) - xidump: built by default (--enable-xidump, --disable-xidump) - xsetwacom: built by default (--enable-xsetwacom, --disable-xsetwacom) - hid.o: not built by default (--enable-hid, --disable-hid; Only kernels 2.6.18 or older need it.) - wacom_drv.o: built by default (--enable-wacomdrv, --disable-wacomdrv) - -There are many options, and configure will attempt to guess the correct -values for most of them. By default, only wacomcpl, xsetwacom, wacom_drv.o, -xidump, and wacdump program are built. - Please surf the HOWTO page at http://linuxwacom.sf.net/index.php/howto/main (or the miniHOWTO at http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/minihowto if you run a Fedora system) to find the proper options if the default building -- 1.6.5.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-devel
