From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Helsley Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix genius pensketch 12x9 tablet Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:51:13 -0800 Message-ID: <1229161873.11987.6.camel@molly> References: <1229150548.11171.6.camel@molly> <20081213075342.GA11346@kroah.com> <1229155530.13862.9.camel@molly> <20081213085556.GB12194@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20081213085556.GB12194-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-usb-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Greg KH Cc: Jiri Kosina , linux-input-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 00:55 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:05:30AM -0800, Matt Helsley wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 23:53 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:42:28PM -0800, Matt Helsley wrote: > > > > The Genius PenSketch 12x9 tablet has a puck (labeled a > > > > "Tablet Mouse") in addition to a pen. Without registering a quirk > > > > the tablet appears to be a single input device that reports the > > > > wrong axis information in /proc/bus/input/devices, and sends > > > > incorrect events (e.g. ABS_Z instead of ABS_Y). This information > > > > confuses the X evdev driver and makes the device impossible to > > > > use. > > > > > > > > The quirk fixes events and splits the device into multiple input > > > > event devices so that at least the puck is useful. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley > > > > --- > > > > NOTE: xinput lists the puck but not the pen. I've been using a > > > > python script to verify the contents of the events independently > > > > of X and, as far as I can tell, the remaining problems are in X > > > > itself. > > > > > > I have a tablet here that I'm having troubles getting to work. Any > > > chance I could get a copy of your python script so I can try to debug > > > what is going wrong, and if it's a X problem or a kernel issue like you > > > found for your device? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > greg k-h > > > > Sure. Sometime around 2.6.24 I updated this script (originally by Micah > > Dowty) to include more evdev #defines, work on 64-bit systems, and > > decode some bitvectors into their C symbols. > > Thanks, it has helped out, although it doesn't seem to "poll" the device > properly for some reason to get any events from the device. I wonder if > X is grabbing it before this script has a chance to, I'll play around > with that next... I've seen that too. If X is running then it intercepts the events somehow -- not sure if it's a grab or what. I can confirm this by shutting down X and opening the device with the script from a VT. Cheers, -Matt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html