linux-3.5: Wacom Penabled tablets broken

Bulkin · 2012-08-30 11:38:12

After upgrading to linux-3.5 the wacom tablet on my TabletPC isn't recognized by udev and doesn't work (no special files in /dev/input). Not sure if it concerns separate wacom tablets. Tried wacom-next-linux-git from AUR — same result.

$ lsusb | grep Wacom
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 056a:00e3 Wacom Co., Ltd

$ dmesg | grep wacom
[    2.981107] usbcore: registered new interface driver wacom

wes · 2012-08-30 20:45:05

I fixed something similar two days back:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=147887

Note that you not only had to downgrade the kernel, but also reinstall xf86-input-wacom.

Bulkin · 2012-08-30 22:33:54

I don't consider downgrading the kernel a fix: it breaks too many things in the long run on distros like Arch.
BTW, xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0-1 (current stable version in repos) works fine.

wes · 2012-08-31 01:05:45

Bulkin wrote:

I don't consider downgrading the kernel a fix: it breaks too
many things in the long run on distros like Arch.

Indeed. I meant "workaround".

Bulkin wrote:

xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0-1 (current stable version in repos)
works fine.

"Works fine" as in you didn't need to reinstall? In my case reinstalling was
necessary. But I didn't downgrade it.

Bulkin · 2012-08-31 09:17:42

wes wrote:

"Works fine" as in you didn't need to reinstall? In my case reinstalling was
necessary. But I didn't downgrade it.

Of course not. In most cases reinstallation only helps when the files owned by the package are corrupted.

wes · 2012-08-31 18:26:52

Indeed, one would think that for an installed package, "pacman -R blah ;
pacman -S blah" is the identity transformation, but alas, but I went through
this twice, and nothing worked until reinstalling. I'm way out of time for
dealing with this now, but I'm glad it worked more easily for you.

71GA · 2012-09-26 17:49:16

Is it possible that my wacom tablet isnt working because i am trying to make it work on a VirtualBox???

Arch Linux

#1 2012-08-30 11:38:12

linux-3.5: Wacom Penabled tablets broken

#2 2012-08-30 20:45:05

Re: linux-3.5: Wacom Penabled tablets broken

#3 2012-08-30 22:33:54

Re: linux-3.5: Wacom Penabled tablets broken

#4 2012-08-31 01:05:45

Re: linux-3.5: Wacom Penabled tablets broken

#5 2012-08-31 09:17:42

Re: linux-3.5: Wacom Penabled tablets broken

#6 2012-08-31 18:26:52

Re: linux-3.5: Wacom Penabled tablets broken

#7 2012-09-26 17:49:16

Re: linux-3.5: Wacom Penabled tablets broken

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