Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:16:08 -0500 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB Graphic Tablets Message-ID: <47AE2628.3070500@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <200802092216.m19MGgte098739@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <47ADFD2C.80009@chuckr.org> <200802091951.m19JpJfj096492@fire.js.berklix.net> <47AE0BFA.5030007@chuckr.org> <200802092216.m19MGgte098739@fire.js.berklix.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Chuck Robey wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Julian H. Stacey wrote: >>> Chuck Robey wrote: >>>> Well, my first question is, does there exist a tool for USB that let's you >>>> view the raw return from the usb probing? I want to see what this device >>>> is actually identifying itself as. Actual numeric vendor IDs and product >>>> IDs are the sort of thing I'm after. Something a whole lot more detailed >>>> that usbdevs, please. Even the dmesg listing (as I show above) hasn't got >>>> the numbers and tails I need. >>> Hi Chuck, >>> On list sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org (A mostly Linux using >>> crownd though not just, some BSD) They mostly seem to rec. some >>> (free I assume) MS$ comparible .exe prog for snatching USB traffic >>> to then analyse / develop for *IX drivers. I don't remember prog name, >>> but http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >>> Julian >> Thanks much for the URL, I will definitely look it up. I'm a bit surprised >> that the SANE folks, who I took to be scanner-oriented, should be >> interested in graphic tablets. > > Err, they're not far as I know, but they often seem to want to grab > byte streams on scanners to then analyse for Sane. I guess what > one wants to later use the grabbed traffic for doesnt matter, so > long as one has the traffic grabbed for analysis ? Well ... OK, I'm having just a bit of a hard time seeing how that would help me in trying to get my graphic tablet working on FreeBSD for my dear old gimp, but I know darn well you're right more often than I am, so I will give a good look at that list anyhow. > >> Is it a feeling of the usb kernel developers involved that thjey .... > > Maybe current@ or usb@ might know more than hackers@ > Good suggestion, I'll act on it, thanks -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHriYoz62J6PPcoOkRAsfdAJ473iGX+wqmVv29WJ2O9Z8Qj7O3wgCePfH8 dd3BoXE2quZdCs2U2oTF3SA= =dYZc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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