Not a long term fix certainly, but hopefully the Arch devs will roll it into 3.5.3-2 (or it will make it into 3.5.3+ on the mainline).
]]>@creatorlarryli -- Good to know, thank you.
Let's hope they fix this soon... having the kernel in my pacman ignore list
is not a great feeling +_+
I'm also not sure where to post, but I've gone ahead and created bug reports with both Arch Linux and the mainline Kernel:
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/31384
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46821
So, is this worth a bug report? I did a little searching, and I didn't see it
reported anywhere yet:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi … rch=tablet
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi … arch=wacom
If yes, is it best to report to arch, or upstream? Looking at the PKGBUILD
for the kernel, it seems like this is not Arch's fault (I don't see any
patches that seem at all related).
If anyone is lazy, just do this to downgrade linux and linux-headers to 3.4.9:
pacman -U http://arm.konnichi.com/core/os/$(uname -m)/linux{,-headers}-3.4.9-1-$(uname -m).pkg.tar.xz
The Problem
===========
Wacom module is not loaded. There's no mention of wacom in the dmesg logs or
in lsmod. You can still find it in lsusb, however. Manually loading it does
not seem to help (you can load the module before you start X, but still it
will not show up in /dev/input/ even after this).
The Workaround
==============
First, you must downgrade the kernel. 3.4.9-1 works for me. Now, reboot with
linux 3.4.9-1, and check dmesg for mention of wacom:
dmesg | grep -i wacom
If you see no output, then you must uninstall and then reinstall the wacom
drivers:
sudo pacman -R xf86-input-wacom
sudo pacman -S xf86-input-wacom
Reboot again, and things should be working.
Remarks
=======
* I'm a linux noob, so there might be an easier fix than this. Please let me
know if you find one.
* Make sure you reinstall the wacom driver *from the old kernel 3.4.9*. Doing
this from the new kernel didn't seem to work.
* If this helps you, please let me know. I'd like to make sure this issue
isn't something me-specific.
**EDIT:** Marking title with "workaround"
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