[Bug 195636] Re: /dev/input/wacom device missing for Bamboo Fun in Hardy

[Michael Chang]

** Summary changed:

- /dev/input/wacom device missing for Bamboo Fun
+ /dev/input/wacom device missing for Bamboo Fun in Hardy

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: wacom-tools
  
  In Hardy, with my Bamboo Fun 4x5 tablet plugged in at startup,
  /dev/input/wacom devices are not created and the wacom module is not
  loaded. If I manually execute "sudo modprobe wacom" the devices are
  still not created.
  
  In Gutsy, I had to manually build wacom-tools 0.7.9 from source and
  replace the kernel module with the one built by the wacom-tools compile
  process. I would assume that after the upload of wacom-tools 0.7.9 in
  Hardy, this would be fixed, but it doesn't appear to be.
  
+ It appears this is because the wacom module in the Hardy kernel is older
+ than the module included with the Linux Wacom Project's source. (The
+ earliest versions of the wacom tools source to include a module with
+ support the Bamboo Fun are 0.7.7-12 and 0.7.8-3.)
+ 
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Feb 25 20:30:46 2008
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  Package: wacom-tools 1:0.7.9.3-2ubuntu2
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  SourcePackage: wacom-tools
  Uname: Linux pineapple 2.6.24-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 14 20:40:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: wacom-tools
  
  In Hardy, with my Bamboo Fun 4x5 tablet plugged in at startup,
  /dev/input/wacom devices are not created and the wacom module is not
  loaded. If I manually execute "sudo modprobe wacom" the devices are
  still not created.
  
  In Gutsy, I had to manually build wacom-tools 0.7.9 from source and
  replace the kernel module with the one built by the wacom-tools compile
  process. I would assume that after the upload of wacom-tools 0.7.9 in
  Hardy, this would be fixed, but it doesn't appear to be.
  
  It appears this is because the wacom module in the Hardy kernel is older
  than the module included with the Linux Wacom Project's source. (The
  earliest versions of the wacom tools source to include a module with
- support the Bamboo Fun are 0.7.7-12 and 0.7.8-3.)
+ support the Bamboo Fun are 0.7.7-12 and 0.7.8-3.) According to Fedor
+ Isakov, the earliest vanilla kernel with support for the Bamboo Fun is
+ 2.6.25-rc7.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Feb 25 20:30:46 2008
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  Package: wacom-tools 1:0.7.9.3-2ubuntu2
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  SourcePackage: wacom-tools
  Uname: Linux pineapple 2.6.24-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 14 20:40:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: wacom-tools
  
  In Hardy, with my Bamboo Fun 4x5 tablet plugged in at startup,
  /dev/input/wacom devices are not created and the wacom module is not
  loaded. If I manually execute "sudo modprobe wacom" the devices are
  still not created.
  
  In Gutsy, I had to manually build wacom-tools 0.7.9 from source and
  replace the kernel module with the one built by the wacom-tools compile
  process. I would assume that after the upload of wacom-tools 0.7.9 in
  Hardy, this would be fixed, but it doesn't appear to be.
  
  It appears this is because the wacom module in the Hardy kernel is older
  than the module included with the Linux Wacom Project's source. (The
  earliest versions of the wacom tools source to include a module with
  support the Bamboo Fun are 0.7.7-12 and 0.7.8-3.) According to Fedor
- Isakov, the earliest vanilla kernel with support for the Bamboo Fun is
- 2.6.25-rc7.
+ Isakov (see comment below), the earliest vanilla kernel with support for
+ the Bamboo Fun is 2.6.25-rc7.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Feb 25 20:30:46 2008
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  Package: wacom-tools 1:0.7.9.3-2ubuntu2
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  SourcePackage: wacom-tools
  Uname: Linux pineapple 2.6.24-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 14 20:40:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

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/dev/input/wacom device missing for Bamboo Fun in Hardy
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