Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST) From: "Jon Mercer" <jon.mercer@achean.com> To: "Mario Hoerich" <lists@MHoerich.de> Cc: Jon Mercer <jon.mercer@achean.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> Subject: Re: Trackball and graphics tablet recommendations 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> <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>
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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. ;) > > 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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