[Bug 44481] Mouse driver interferes with Wacom tablets

[Stefan]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.15

(Bug report based on Ubuntu Dapper flight 7.)

The mouse driver in the default kernel package intercepts input events
from Wacom tablets, thus blocking any specific tablet functionality and
reducing tablets to mouse functionality. This is a known problem, see
the following page:

http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/mouse1

According to that page, two solutions are possible. The inferior
solution is to specify the the concrete "/dev/input/mouseX" device
instead of using "/dev/input/mice"; this may however be impossible to
predict in all cases. (I will file a separate bug against Ubuntu X with
a pointer to this bug and to the inferior solution suggested.)

The superior solution is to use the mousedev.o supplied by the Wacom
project rather than the one that ships with a standard Linux kernel.
Please do so.

** Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Bug 44480 has been marked a duplicate of this bug

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Mouse driver interferes with Wacom tablets
https://launchpad.net/bugs/44481