A small present. (PenTablet-support installation script for 656/703)

[Patrick Dubroy]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> Sameer Verma wrote:
>  > Michael Stone wrote:
>  >> Friends,
>  >>
>  >> Over a month ago, Blake and I pieced together some software to turn on
>  >> PenTablet support. At Kim's and SJ's urging, I have prepared
>  >>
>  >>   http://teach.laptop.org/~mstone/fix-tablet.sh
>  >>
>  >> which makes it a bit easier to install the relevant pieces. I believe it
>  >> will enable the PT on both 656 and 703 and I'm not _aware_ of any side
>  >> effects, but it's definitely experimental software.
>  >>
>  >> Enjoy, unless you prefer to help out further by testing Andres' 2.6.25
>  >> kernels.
>  >>
>  >> Michael
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>  >>
>  > Hi Michael,
>  >
>  > I ran your script without a hitch, but I am unable to see it work in
>  > Paint. Which activity will support its use?
>  >
>  > Sameer
>  >
>
>  Following up on my post...I upgraded my G1G1 from 656/Q2D07 to 703/Q2D14
>  and updated the activities using Bert's script. I re-ran Michael's
>  pen-tablet script. I still didn't see the pen-tablet feature working in
>  Paint, until...I applied a lot more pressure than I had anticipated. The
>  cursor moved! So, I guess the pen-tablet script makes it work, but the
>  amount of pressure needed is a lot more than what I would apply to my
>  Nokia 770 or 810.
>
>  Is this expected?

Yep. For whatever reason, the OLPC tablet requires quite a bit of
pressure to work -- much more than conventional graphics tablets.

Pat
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