Wacom Bamboo with XO?

[Wade Brainerd]

For someone with a tablet, it would be nice to see the results of a
simple PyGTK program which reports X, Y and Pressure from the
gtk.gdk.SOURCE_PEN device, using the gtk.gdk.Device API.

http://www.pygtk.org/docs/pygtk/class-gdkdevice.html

If this works, it would be quite easy to integrate Wacom support into
Colors! and other Sugar activities.

-Wade

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:26 AM,  <pgf at laptop.org> wrote:
> robert --
>
> rihoward1 at gmail.com wrote:
>  > Paul,
>  >
>  > Are you using the driver code from http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/  ?
>
> no -- i just built the driver that's in the kernel tree.
>
> paul
>
>  > I had intended on trying this but have been too busy to get the time
>  > set up the correct environment or follow all the steps involved for
>  > the initial setup
>  > http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/doc
>  >
>  > If you get something you think is workable let me know and I can test
>  > it with one of my Wacom Intuos 2 tablets.
>  >
>  > Note there is also a mouse as well as a pen with this tablet so the
>  > mouse code needs to be compiled as well.
>  >
>  > thanks for all the good work!!
>  > /Robert
>  >
>  > On Nov 17, 2008, at 8:37 AM, pgf at laptop.org wrote:
>  >
>  > > building and insmod'ing wacom.ko lets the Sapphire tablet move
>  > > the mouse cursor.  i confess i've never used a tablet, so i don't
>  > > know whether the button on the stylus doesn't behave as a mouse
>  > > button is expected or not.  also, the motion i get when moving
>  > > the stylus on the pad is relative, not absolute.  there are no
>  > > module parameters, so any tuning must be via some other
>  > > mechanism.  i can supply the driver module to anyone who would
>  > > like to try it.
>  > >
>  > > i'm probably not the right guy to pursue this further, but i've
>  > > added a mention of tablet support to #7326, which is a tracker
>  > > for requested modules.
>  > >
>  > > paul
>  > >
>  > > wade wrote:
>  > >> If you guys can get a driver working and expose the API, I'll add
>  > >> support to Colors!.  It already has support for pressure sensitivity
>  > >> (variable brush size and/or opacity) in the painting engine.
>  > >>
>  > >> -Wade
>  > >>
>  > >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:04 AM,  <pgf at laptop.org> wrote:
>  > >>> chris wrote:
>  > >>>> Has anyone had any success getting a
>  > >>>> Wacom USB tablet working with the XO?
>  > >>>>
>  > >>>> The new Bamboo series is affordable
>  > >>>> ($79 US), about the same size active
>  > >>>> area as the XO display, and could be
>  > >>>> a substitute for the deprecated/soon
>  > >>>> to be abandoned pressure sensitive
>  > >>>> touchpad on the original XOs.
>  > >>>
>  > >>> we have a wacom tablet ("Sapphire", whatever that represents)
>  > >>> here at 1cc, which we can test.  the XO doesn't include the
>  > >>> wacom.ko module which it seems to want.  i can try building the
>  > >>> module to see if it works.  i'll leave it to you to figure out
>  > >>> whether the same driver support will work for the Bamboo series.
>  > >>>
>  > >>> paul
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