hp TC4200 tablet

Roland Smith rsmith at xs4all.nl
Mon Feb 23 14:38:10 PST 2009


On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:56:11PM -0800, prad wrote:
> i got this post on the freebsd forum from kamakazi:
> "
> The kernel module is really only for wacom tablets.

More precisely for USB connected tablets, IIRC.

> To use the Xorg driver you have to run Xorg without HAL support.

I always compile Xorg without hal support. Works fine for me.

> Bartosz is working on following the recent Xorg changes, but a lot of
> things have happened there, so it will take some time for the driver to
> catch up with that stuff."

That's good to know. I was contemplating getting a tablet myself. I
guess I'll have to wait for the driver to get up to speed with the Xorg
changes. 

> so it is possible that fbsd7.1 may not be able to handle the tablet.

That's not really a FreeBSD problem, but more an Xorg issue. 

Roland
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