Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:11:01 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: Jon Mercer <jon.mercer@achean.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mario Hoerich <lists@MHoerich.de> Subject: Re: Trackball and graphics tablet recommendations Message-ID: <20050610221101.71f56e0a@vixen42.local.lan> In-Reply-To: <1118451606.891.9.camel@odysseus.office.achean.com> References: <19a27465050609071518e1e5cc@mail.gmail.com> <NHBBKEEMKJDINKDJBJHGMEFJJCAD.john@day-light.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> <1118451606.891.9.camel@odysseus.office.achean.com>
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 02:00:06 +0100 Jon Mercer <jon.mercer@achean.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 19:05 -0500, Vulpes Velox wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST) > > "Jon Mercer" <jon.mercer@achean.com> wrote: > >=20 > > >=20 > > > On Fri, June 10, 2005 12:14, Mario Hoerich said: > > > > # Vulpes Velox: > > > >> "Jon Mercer" <jon.mercer@achean.com> 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 > > > > <URL:http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/all>). > > > > | > > > > | 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. ;) > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > > > 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... > >=20 > > See if you can find a old Acecad Acecat Flair. It is serial but > > works pretty decent.y >=20 > 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... >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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? I just plugged my mouse in and it worked. AFAIK you don't have to do any thing moused if it is started at boot time. You will have to mess with X to get the scroll wheel working. Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Hmm... I wonder if that is in the handbook...
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