Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:21:05 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: missing uwacom.ko Message-ID: <20110123222105.GA57069@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20110123215806.GB5172@external.screwed.box> References: <20110123202350.GA56677@guilt.hydra> <20110123210410.GA5172@external.screwed.box> <20110123210747.GA56832@guilt.hydra> <20110123215806.GB5172@external.screwed.box>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:58:07AM +0300, Peter Vereshagin wrote: > Como esta, FreeBSD? > 2011/01/23 14:07:47 -0700 Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> => To FreeBSD Questions : > CP> > read-only mounted volume. > CP> The /boot directory is on the / partition, with 755 permissions at > > It can have any mode and at the same time the volume can be mounted read-only. Sorry -- I figured it would be understood that the / partition is not mounted read-only in this case. > > CP> > 1. Broken port. Is there any explanation why it's broken? anyway, there should > CP> > be the way to override this although this may may not be a solution depending > CP> > on the reason for port to be broken. > CP> I haven't looked into this in too much depth yet. The error message just > CP> says it's marked as broken, though. > > I forgot it's a freebsd-8.x at yours, I tried and could not have a wacom deteced on a 8.x ... > The author promises to take a driver upstream in the bas esystem, but it seems to be a long way. > At the moment it seems that only Intuos/Graphire series are supported. So . . . basically I'm screwed for FreeBSD with that machine. Right? > > CP> > 2. No uwacom.ko. Are you sure that it doesn't exist in your input-wacom/work > CP> > directory when you successfully built the port? > CP> I didn't build the port. It got installed as part of the OS install > CP> process, which surprised the heck out of me. I wonder if I accidentally > CP> selected something I did not intend to install when I was selecting what > CP> sources to include. > > But somehow you get an error message. And this message is the one word: "Broken". > Look, it is explicitly noted in the x11-drivers/inpuit-wacom port option: > no uwacom.ko for 8.x. I'm not sure what you're saying here. Config includes something about a USB module -- which appears to be the module it wants to use -- but this is an integrated tablet that, as far as I know, does not actually use USB for anything. Seems a little odd to me that this whole thing would fail just because it doesn't have USB support when I'm not plugging anything in to a USB port. Do ThinkPad X-series tablets use USB? > > CP> > 3. You may note that ums(4) compiled into GENERIC statically, should not be > CP> > present in your kernel before you try to kldload uwacom > CP> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-January/189857.html > CP> I'm not sure this makes any difference when there's no wacom kernel > CP> module at all. > > There should be a uhid.ko on a 8.x? There is. . . . and? -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk08qdEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVSxQCgwts1ZzFCMSVdOli5nEy8Mj1n MzIAn1ZGDNZ1Q9V3mwSPyLnF+dAg+p3Y =8cFO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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