stuxk Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Hey guys. Well, I've recently bought an HP tx2000 and since I was using Mandriva before and liked it so much I installed Mandriva to this laptop as well. The problem is that I can't get the wacom pen and touchscreen work at all ! It's a pity because I hate windows and i don't want to use them... So, The wacom is a usb device and it is not working at all when I load mandriva with the kernel 2.6.24.5-laptop. When I boot with the kernel linus-2.6.25.4 I get a response from the pen. The problem is that when I touch the screen with the pen, the mouse pointer goes to the right of the screen and bounces up and down no matter how I move the pen. It seems that the module usbmouse takes control of the pen because when I type to the terminal "modprobe -r usbmouse" the pen stops working even if I enter the command "modprobe wacom" after I unload the usbmouse module :-( The other problem I face with the linus kernel is that the ndiswrapper gives an error message: "Unable to find ndiswrapper interface" when it tries to configure the Bradcom WiFi card. The WiFi card works flawlessly with kernel 2.6.24.5-laptop and ndiswrapper... Is there any way to get these things working and throw the Windows cd in the garbage :-) ??? I heard some success stories but for me it did not work out :-( Thanks in advance for your help ! Cheers, Stavros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) Welcome! It seems to me that your hardware is at least partially recognized when the pointer jumps up and down, BUT probably with the wrong protocol. Try and see if this page I wrote helps you or not: http://yves.gablin.club.fr/gablin.php?page...le=config_mouse Note that this article is quite old and the file is now named /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Don't hesitate to ask for details if you don't understand some part. Yves. Edited June 13, 2008 by theYinYeti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuxk Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the reply ! The wacom device is indeed recognized ! That's why i think there should be a way getting this work... --------------------------------------------------------------- This is what I get if I type "lsusb" in the terminal Bus 001 Device 005: ID 056a:0093 Wacom Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 004: ID 08ff:1600 AuthenTec, Inc. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:a110 Suyin Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b4:6560 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C65640 USB-2.0 "TetraHub" Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 --------------------------------------------------------------- Yves I've played a little with the xorg.conf but with no success. I attach you my xorg.conf to have a look if you want. The problem is I think that the usbmouse tries to take control of the wacom, although in xorg.conf it is stated that the pen should use the "wacom" Driver, and it conflicts for some reason. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is what i get from the MCC for the Wacom device under hardware information: Bus PCI #: 1 PCI device #: 5 Vendor ID: 0x056a Device ID: 0x0093 Sub vendor ID: 0x0000 Sub device ID: 0x0000 Features Emulated wheel: No Misc Vendor: Tablet Description: ISD-V4 Media class: Human Interface Device|Boot Interface Subclass|Mouse Module: unknown --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xorg.Conf # File generated by XFdrake (rev 234840) Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" EndSection # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "de" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Eraser1" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "Tilt" "on" Option "Presscurve" "0,0,100,100" Option "USB" "on" Option "Keepshape" "on" Option "Threshold" "10" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Cursor1" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "Mode" "Relative" Option "USB" "on" Option "Speed" "3" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Stylus1" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "Mode" "Absolute" Option "Tilt" "on" Option "Presscurve" "0,0,100,100" Option "USB" "on" Option "Threshold" "10" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Pad1" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2" Option "Type" "pad" Option "USB" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "SynapticsMouse1" Driver "synaptics" Option "SHMConfig" "on" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "" HorizSync 31.5-56 VertRefresh 60-69 # Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 49.4 kHz hsync, ratio 16/10) ModeLine "1280x800" 71.11 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803 809 823 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_120" 181.21 1280 1376 1520 1760 800 801 804 858 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_100" 147.89 1280 1376 1512 1744 800 801 804 848 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_85" 123.38 1280 1368 1504 1728 800 801 804 840 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_75" 107.21 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 835 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_60" 83.46 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 828 -HSync +Vsync # modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake] ModeLine "1280x800_50" 68.56 1280 1336 1472 1664 800 801 804 824 -HSync +Vsync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX to GeForce 8800" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" Option "DynamicTwinView" "false" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x800" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x800" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x800" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Cursor1" "SendCoreEvents" Screen "screen1" EndSection --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited June 13, 2008 by stuxk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I don't know more than I already said… but I have one last suggestion: you could try putting more input devices in your "ServerLayout". Currently, there is only "Cursor1" for the wacom device. You could try more lines with all, or combinations of, "Eraser1", "Stylus1", "Pad1", and "Cursor1". Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuxk Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Hmm, that's strange ! I tried that also but with no success ! The strange thing is that the wacom is recognized and it almost works.But, it seems that it does not use the wacom driver because when I do modprobe -r wacom the pen - touchscreen still works but when I do modprobe -r usbmouse the pen - touchscreen stops working. No one else have any clue about this strange problem ? S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 I'm no expert at this, but it seems to me that the "bad driver" thing is not an issue at all. usbmouse would be the generic kernel driver/module for all usb things that move the pointer, and wacom would be the xorg driver/protocol for this specific device as managed by xorg. Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuxk Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Hm, that's sounds logical... So the thing is to get wacom to work correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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