On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 17:21 -0600, john bray wrote: > i suddenly realized yesterday that my aiptek HP-12000U tablet is > supported under FC3. gads! i never would have guessed. > > so i plugged it in and it sort of works. but, not quite right. the > cursor disappears frequently and it seems to move around randomly when i > start the pen on the tablet. i'm trying to say that i can't judge WHERE > it's going to start it's stroke when i press the pen to the tablet. > this is all in gaim, BTW. > > i looked at the log and i see these errors: > > Dec 22 21:14:29 junior kernel: usb 1-2.4: new low speed USB device using > address 6 > Dec 22 21:14:29 junior kernel: usbhid: probe of 1-2.4:1.0 failed with > error -5 > Dec 22 21:14:31 junior hal.hotplug[22831]: DEVPATH is not set > Dec 22 21:14:31 junior kernel: drivers/usb/input/aiptek.c: input: Aiptek > on usb-0000:00:02.2-2.4 (event3) > Dec 22 21:14:31 junior kernel: > Dec 22 21:14:33 junior kernel: drivers/usb/input/aiptek.c: input: Aiptek > using 400 ms programming speed > Dec 22 21:14:33 junior kernel: > Dec 22 21:14:33 junior kernel: drivers/usb/input/aiptek.c: aiptek: error > loading 'evdev' module > Dec 22 21:14:33 junior kernel: usbcore: registered new driver aiptek > Dec 22 21:14:33 junior kernel: drivers/usb/input/aiptek.c: v1.5 > (May-15-2004): Bryan W. Headley/Chris Atenasio > Dec 22 21:14:33 junior kernel: drivers/usb/input/aiptek.c: Aiptek > HyperPen USB Tablet Driver (Linux 2.6.x) > > sure enough there is an evdev.h file, so i presume it's in the kernel: > > /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.681_FC3/build/include/config/input/evdev.h > > i get this with a lsusb, so i think that the hid probe fail might be > related: > > [root@junior input]# lsusb > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Back-UPS Pro > 500 > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > Bus 001 Device 006: ID 08ca:0010 Aiptek International, Inc. Tablet > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c281 Logitech, Inc. WingMan Force > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0409:0059 NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > > i'm sort of at a loss as to how to approach this problem, and i'm not > quite sure what the log messages imply. > > sure would appreciate your collective wisdom, my friends! > > john what you get when you're helping someone with gaim while you write your emial is that you say gaim when you meant gimp. sheesh.
