[Bug 40473] Re: /etc/X11/xorg.conf should point to /dev/input/wacom instead of /dev/wacom and xserver-xorg-input-wacom should depend on wacom-tools (AKA Wacom support almost there... add some udev magic?)

[Loïc]

Tested with differents installs. In fact, the hardest was to understand
first bug description (I'm not so bright :) )

** Summary changed:

- Wacom support almost there... add some udev magic?
+ /etc/X11/xorg.conf should point to /dev/input/wacom instead of /dev/wacom and xserver-xorg-input-wacom should depend on wacom-tools (AKA Wacom support almost there... add some udev magic?)

** Description changed:

- Just tried a fresh install with the beta live CD, and one thing I noted
- was that it put entries for a wacom board into xorg.conf, and not only
- that, they work!
+ UPDATE (To clarify the situation) :
+ First bug
+ At the moment on Dapper (Dapper 05/23 Daily Build), /etc/X11/xorg.conf points wacom devices to /dev/wacom, which is not the right location. It should instead point to /dev/input/wacom, automatically created after install of wacom-tools.
+ 
+ Second bug : 
+ xserver-xorg-input-wacom doesn't depend on wacom-tools, whereas users need wacom-tools installed to get an almost working configuration.
+ Reason : wacom-tools provide udev scripts that creates a working symlink in /dev/input/wacom
+ 
+ Solving these two really small bugs would make Dapper ready for wacom
+ tablets (at least the USB ones) without even any user intervention - a
+ great feature for this release.
+ 
+ PREVIOUS BUG DESCRIPTION ：
+ Just tried a fresh install with the beta live CD, and one thing I noted was that it put entries for a wacom board into xorg.conf, and not only that, they work!
  
  Well, not immideatly. They point at the device /dev/wacom, which doesn't
  exist and have no way of existing. However, the package wacom-tools
  provide udev scripts which make wacom tablets appear in
  /dev/input/wacom. A quick symlink to test it confirms that all that's
  needed is for these two to meet. Actually, those udev scripts should be
  made standard instead if xorg is actively looking for boards.
  
  I wasn't sure where I was gonna file this, as it could be an installer
  issue, wacom-tools, udev or xorg, but since the entries are in
  xorg.conf, I thought I'd start here. Please reassign or help me split
  the bug if it's needed.
  
  Out of the box plug-and-play wacom support would impress a lot of
  graphics guys I know to no end - some of them still think it's amazing I
  don't need the included CD to use a digital camera. ;-)
  
  (Side note: would it be possible to auto-configure "extended devices"
  too? That's a stumper for pressure sensitivity for many).

** Changed in: wacom-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed

** Also affects: xserver-xorg-input-wacom (Ubuntu)
     Severity: Normal
     Priority: (none set)
       Status: Unconfirmed

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-wacom (Ubuntu)
       Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed

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/etc/X11/xorg.conf should point to /dev/input/wacom instead of /dev/wacom and xserver-xorg-input-wacom should depend on wacom-tools (AKA Wacom support almost there... add some udev magic?)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/40473