Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:05:37 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: "Jon Mercer" <jon.mercer@achean.com> Cc: Jon Mercer <jon.mercer@achean.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mario Hoerich <lists@MHoerich.de> Subject: Re: Trackball and graphics tablet recommendations Message-ID: <20050610190537.31422114@vixen42.local.lan> In-Reply-To: <60601.217.33.199.34.1118408276.squirrel@webmail.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>
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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:57:56 +0100 (BST) "Jon Mercer" <jon.mercer@achean.com> wrote: >=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. ;) 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. > > 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... See if you can find a old Acecad Acecat Flair. It is serial but works pretty decent.y
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