From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 11 00:04:47 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 DDCE616A41C for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:04:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from S1.cableone.net (smtp1.cableone.net [24.116.0.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F2E43D4C for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:04:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from v.velox@vvelox.net) Received: from vixen42.local.lan (unverified [24.119.122.41]) by S1.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S1) with ESMTP id 22695971 for multiple; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 17:05:06 -0700 Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:05:37 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: "Jon Mercer" Message-ID: <20050610190537.31422114@vixen42.local.lan> In-Reply-To: <60601.217.33.199.34.1118408276.squirrel@webmail.achean.com> 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.11 (GTK+ 2.6.7; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 1, First 22, in=27, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.119.122.41 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net Cc: Jon Mercer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mario Hoerich 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: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 00:04:48 -0000 On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST) "Jon Mercer" wrote: >=20 > 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 > > -- > > "F=FCr Gegner der Reform wird ein Wagen, der an die Wand gefahren > > wurde, nicht dadurch wieder flott, dass man zwei seiner R=E4der > > f=FCr intakt erkl=E4rt." > > -- Hermann Unterst=F6ger, SZ, =FCber die Rechtschraipreform > > >=20 > 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 =A3400 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