Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:53:38 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Cc: Vitaly Magerya <vmagerya@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Support for graphics tablets Message-ID: <201209131753.38985.hselasky@c2i.net> In-Reply-To: <20120912211314.8F0932E8AC@smtp.tx97.net> References: <20120912211314.8F0932E8AC@smtp.tx97.net>
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On Wednesday 12 September 2012 23:13:10 Vitaly Magerya wrote: > Hi, folks. I have a graphics tablet (a Waltop-based one, see [1] > for it's USB ids and descriptors) and I want to make it work on > FreeBSD. > > Currently (8.3-RC1) this is what happens when I attach it: > ugen0.2: <WALTOP International Corp.> at usbus0 > ums0: <WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet, class 0/0, rev > 1.10/11.05, addr 2> on usbus0 ums0: 5 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=1 > > So, ums(4) tries to grab it -- but that doesn't really work: > # cat -v /dev/ums0 > <no output here, ever> > > In any case, the native mode for this tablet are events with > absolute coordinates, so if my understanding is correct ums(4) > is of no use here, as it is bound by mouse(4) protocol. > > So the first question I have is: do we have any kind of support > for tablets (other than Wacom's)? Did we ever? Is/was there > someone working on this? > > The second question: is there a way to disconnect ums(4) and > make uhid(4) handle the device (while staying with GENERIC > kernel)? > > [1] > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/digimend/index.php?title=Waltop_Slim > _Tablet_12.1%22 _______________________________________________ Hi, Maybe webcamd in ports supports it. --HPS
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