From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 11 01:00:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9568616A41C; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 01:00:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jon.mercer@achean.com) Received: from ajax.achean.com (ajax.achean.com [212.87.82.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28E8443D48; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 01:00:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jon.mercer@achean.com) Received: from odysseus.office.achean.com (dsl-217-155-191-89.zen.co.uk [217.155.191.89]) by ajax.achean.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5B10Iqp080663 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 11 Jun 2005 02:00:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jon.mercer@achean.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by odysseus.office.achean.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5B1076p000947; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 02:00:07 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jon.mercer@achean.com) From: Jon Mercer To: Vulpes Velox In-Reply-To: <20050610190537.31422114@vixen42.local.lan> References: <19a27465050609071518e1e5cc@mail.gmail.com> <35990.217.33.199.34.1118328284.squirrel@webmail.achean.com> <20050609191542.35247b44@vixen42.local.lan> <20050610111455.GA34253@Pandora.MHoerich.de> <60601.217.33.199.34.1118408276.squirrel@webmail.achean.com> <20050610190537.31422114@vixen42.local.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 02:00:06 +0100 Message-Id: <1118451606.891.9.camel@odysseus.office.achean.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO, J_CHICKENPOX_61,MY_DSL,SMILEY autolearn=no version=3.0.3-achean_mailfilter_v1.00 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3-achean_mailfilter_v1.00 (2005-04-27) on ajax.achean.com Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mario Hoerich Subject: Re: Trackball and graphics tablet recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 01:00:21 -0000 On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 19:05 -0500, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST) > "Jon Mercer" wrote: > > > > > On Fri, June 10, 2005 12:14, Mario Hoerich said: > > > # Vulpes Velox: > > >> "Jon Mercer" wrote: > > > > > > [ graphics tablet and FreeBSD? ] > > >> > Only restriction is that it has to be relatively recent (i.e. > > >> > still in the shops) and most of the functionality should work. > > >> > PS2 or USB doen't matter. > > > [...] > > >> Not sure about tablets. You may want to check on the USB list to > > >> see what the status of the Wacom ones are. > > > > > > USB tablets won't work, I think (see > > > ). > > > | > > > | I recognize that FreeBSD and similar systems have USB support; > > > | however, until someone can bridge the gap between the FreeBSD > > > | kernel and the XFree86 driver, the problem is largely unsolved. > > > > > > I've googled quite extensively for that a while back and came up > > > with pretty much nothing (except for some posters whose questions > > > about tablets remained unanswered). > > > > > > I'd actually love to be proved wrong here. ;) > > I remember doing the same several months back. From what I remember > finding is that it was fixed in netbsd. No clue if it ever got copied > over. > > > > Cheers, > > > Mario > > > -- > > > "Für Gegner der Reform wird ein Wagen, der an die Wand gefahren > > > wurde, nicht dadurch wieder flott, dass man zwei seiner Räder > > > für intakt erklärt." > > > -- Hermann Unterstöger, SZ, über die Rechtschraipreform > > > > > > > Well I've done a bit of research now and decided on a Logitech > > Optical Trackman and given up on the idea of a tablet, the serial > > ones cost around £400 and that's too much for the use it'd get. > > Shame, I'd have enjoyed a new toy... > > See if you can find a old Acecad Acecat Flair. It is serial but works > pretty decent.y I'll keep an eye out. Shame about the Wacom USB ones (albeit they're not cheap), they look pretty good. A case of the more you see the more you want... On a really positive note I have to retrain myself to use a scroll wheel with the trackman optical cordless now I got it working. I'm still going to the right every time I want to move down. In fact the documentation or getting odd rodents working under X is not well documented in the handbook. Anyone wanna take me up on that in the doc list? Jon PS. Not actually subscribed to the doc list. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Achean Ltd http://www.achean.com Jon Mercer jon.mercer@achean.com Director -----------------------------------------------------------------------