[PD] who wants to port [wacom] for windows?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On May 20, 2009, at 12:36 PM, patrick wrote:

>
>> [hid] works with wacoms in Linux, it is just that Debian and Ubuntu  
>> have been working on tightening up the security with each new  
>> release, so you have to go thru extra tricks to get data via HID  
>> for something other than the X server.  I don't know the latest  
>> tricks, anyone?
> exactly! i have a Wacom Graphire 2 (USB) and everything is working  
> with Ubuntu Jaunty (HAL, .fdi) for example in Gimp pressure is  
> working. BUT [hid] doesn't output. i can see the device (/dev/input/ 
> event6 for example) and the features.
>
> i am root so i should be able to poll the tablet, but i guess X11 is  
> taking the control... anyone?
>
> pat


IIRC, I think X or whatever process is opening the devices as  
exclusive.  Perhaps if you change your X config so that X doesn't use  
the wacom, then you'll get events.  Do you get events from cat'ing the  
device?  I.e:

cat /dev/input/event5

.hc


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