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lynucs

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[solved]wacom doesn't work after upgrade to xorg 1.6 and kernel 2.6.29

hello..
i have already posted about that in testing-forums, but since xorg 1.6 and kernel 2.6.29 have moved to extra, though i'd create a seperate topic about that.

after i have upgraded to xorg 1.6 and kernel 2.6.29 my wacom device (as built-in, not usb) on my thinkpad x41t stopped working.

before upgrade i have used xorg with hotplugging enabled. everything worked fine.
after wacom stopeed working i removed everything regarding input devices from xorg.conf -> no change
put an fdi-file for wacom -> no change
installed linuxwacom-dev -> no change

i don't really know, if it's a kernel or an xorg issue. loading wacom drivers manually still doesn't solve the problem. no warnings or errors about wacom in xorg-log or messages.log

how could i check, wether my system recognizes the device properly at all? it doesn't show up in lspci or in lsusb.

any help would be great.

Last edited by lynucs (2009-04-14 18:57:17)

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lynucs

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Re: [solved]wacom doesn't work after upgrade to xorg 1.6 and kernel 2.6.29

downgrading to xorg-server 1.5.3 and xf86-* dependnecies like evdev, keyboard, mouse, intel makes my wacom work again.
so it's definitely _not_ a kernel issue. should i report it as bug? i'm kind of always afraid to report bugs if i'm not sure if it really is one

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whompus

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Re: [solved]wacom doesn't work after upgrade to xorg 1.6 and kernel 2.6.29

My wacom works after using the linuxwacom-dev pkgbuild, I don't use hotplugging, this is on x86_64 so maybe a hotplugging issue.

lynucs

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Re: [solved]wacom doesn't work after upgrade to xorg 1.6 and kernel 2.6.29

well, upgraded again to xorg-server 1.6, disabled hotplugging, installed linuxwacom-dev from aur and the wacom works as allways. (had to edit xmodmap one more time, since kbd returns other keycodes than evdev does :-| ). no matter, done is done.

but intel driver returns broken graphics if i rotate screen with xrandr.

i guess there is no way around this execpt switching to the ultra-slow legacy driver?

just for comparison - glxgears fps:
intel: ~900fps
intel-legacy: ~280fps

Last edited by lynucs (2009-04-14 18:56:48)

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ralvez

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Re: [solved]wacom doesn't work after upgrade to xorg 1.6 and kernel 2.6.29

How did you disable hot-plugging? You mean you do not use hal or you do something else?
I have the same problem after I upgraded xorg yesterday  (not to xorg 1.6, though) and the only solution so far was to downgrade.

R.

Last edited by ralvez (2009-04-14 13:03:01)

lynucs

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Re: [solved]wacom doesn't work after upgrade to xorg 1.6 and kernel 2.6.29

to disable hotplugging you need to set option AutoAddDevices to False in your ServerFlags section like:

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

if the sectoin doesn't exist, then add it too.

Last edited by lynucs (2009-04-14 13:56:25)

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