From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 18:52:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF574106574C for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:52:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B05A68FC29 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:52:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3ml2so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.138]) by pd2mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 23 Feb 2009 11:52:49 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=GKkk6TRtWkDEnf1UOMIA:9 a=fuvrLhD-EmFJX8Z4Zmd-X2-ZQo0A:4 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd3ml2so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 23 Feb 2009 11:52:48 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7A501701A for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:52:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:52:48 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090223105248.5f04f626@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <20090223172819.GA40292@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20090222164934.65394180@gom.home> <20090223172819.GA40292@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: hp TC4200 tablet 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: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:52:52 -0000 On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:28:19 +0100 Roland Smith wrote: > > he has switched to fbsd7.1 and installed > > /usr/ports/x11-drivers/input-wacom > > it was compiled without usb support since the tablet uses a serial > > connection. > > Are you sure this has a Wacom compatible tablet? > presumably it is the same driver that works perfectly on linux. > > is there anyway to find out if the tablet is actually being > > recognized? > > Check if /dev/ttyd0 really exists. Also check dmesg output to see if > the device is recognized. > here we have a curious problem. /dev/ttyd0 is there in the /dev directory. dmesq puts out the following for sio: sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 sio0: type 8250 or not responding sio0: [FILTER] sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled now we don't understand how the sio stuff relates to the /dev/ttyd0 and /dev/cuad0 > The input-wacom driver comes with a couple of programs (see > /usr/ports/x11-drivers/input-wacom/pkg-plist) that might be helpfull > as well, e.g. xsetwacom. > thank you. we just tried a wacdump on /dev/ttyd0 from x and console - both times the entire system froze. what this suggests, i think, is that the kernel thinks there is nothing there at ttyd0 - in other words, the tablet's existence has not been picked up by the kernel. we are presently looking at netbsd where the tablet is supposed to work. may be we can find out something about how the kernel is done differently there. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's