From: Greg KH <greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Matt Helsley <matt.helsley-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>,
linux-input-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix genius pensketch 12x9 tablet
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:53:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081213075342.GA11346@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1229150548.11171.6.camel@molly>
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 <matt.helsley-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> 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
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-13 7:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-13 6:42 [PATCH] Fix genius pensketch 12x9 tablet Matt Helsley
2008-12-13 7:53 ` Greg KH [this message]
[not found] ` <20081213075342.GA11346-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-13 8:05 ` Matt Helsley
2008-12-13 8:55 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20081213085556.GB12194-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2008-12-13 9:51 ` Matt Helsley
2008-12-13 13:30 ` Jiri Kosina
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