From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 10 12:58:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 673EE16A41C for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:58:04 +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 B7E3343D48 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:58:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jon.mercer@achean.com) Received: from ajax.achean.com (ajax.achean.com [212.87.82.16]) by ajax.achean.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5ACvuZv079254 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jon.mercer@achean.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by ajax.achean.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j5ACvuT2079253; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jon.mercer@achean.com) X-Authentication-Warning: ajax.achean.com: www set sender to jon.mercer@achean.com using -f Received: from 217.33.199.34 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jon.mercer) by webmail.achean.com with HTTP; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <60601.217.33.199.34.1118408276.squirrel@webmail.achean.com> In-Reply-To: <20050610111455.GA34253@Pandora.MHoerich.de> 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> Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST) From: "Jon Mercer" To: "Mario Hoerich" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=RM_KNOWN_WEBMAIL,SMILEY autolearn=failed version=3.0.3-achean_mailfilter_v1.00 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3-achean_mailfilter_v1.00 (2005-04-27) on ajax.achean.com Cc: Jon Mercer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Vulpes Velox Subject: Re: Trackball and graphics tablet recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:58:04 -0000 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. ;) > > 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... Thanks for the help, Jon ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Achean Ltd http://www.achean.com Jon Mercer jon.mercer@achean.com Director -----------------------------------------------------------------------