Wacom Intuos2 tablet problem in Mandrake 10.1

[4ebees]

Hi,

 

Have just installed Mandrake 10.1.

 

It sees my Intuos2 Wacom USB Graphics Tablet, but nothing happens. The pen doesn't activate the mouse.

 

 

I've been told that Wacom's Graphire3 works 'out-of-the-box' (no, don't tell me to go and buy one of those :))

 

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Thanks for any assistance/redirection.

 

Regards.

[devries]

Open a console, log in as root and type: modprobe -r usbmouse (that will unload that module. don't worry your mouse will still work :) ) and try again. If that doesn't work, download the module source from the linuxwacom site ( http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/ ). In it you will find a newer module (in windows speak: a new driver) for the Xserver (note: for the Xserver! not for the kernel). Read the instructions carefully how to replace it.

 

PS: just to be safe: type as root lsmod and check if the wacom module (driver) is loaded (installed).

 

Good luck.

[4ebees]

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, I can't find anything on the download site that looks like what you are describing.

 

Do you mean:

 

linuxwacom-0.6.6.tar.bz2 - 2004-12-01 Build .ko locally and support kernel 2.6.10.

 

???

[devries]

That't the tar yo need yes. In it you will find a folder called prebuilt. In it is the module (driver) you need. Rename the module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/wacom_drv.o and rename and replace it with the appropiate one from the tar (I don't remember wich one so google for it first).

 

Good luck.