Strange behaviour

[Nathan Eckenrode]

On Thursday 14 December 2006 06:44, nutchanat sattayakawee wrote:
> Hi,
> I also have the same errors as Art Alexion. However, when I deleted the
> entires of "wacom", I didn't have this error message BUT kubuntu couldn't
> find my data files in fat32 partitition anymore.  So I just leave the
> errors as before. Can anyone explain what the "wacom" driver for?
The wacom drivers are to incorporate using a pen stylus and tablet as an input 
device which the best and most popular are made by a company called Wacom. 
They are very helpful for a natural freehand drawing action rather than using 
a mouse which is clumsy and awkward when it comes to artistic drawing.
>
> Cheers,
> Diiar
>
> Hervé Fache <Herve at lucidia.net> wrote: I believe this is support for
> tablets or some strange input device we do not have.
> It would be nice not to receive an error every time though!
>
> Hervé.
>
> On 12/13/06, Art Alexion  wrote:
> > I have identical problems on a 6.06 dapper system upgraded from breezy.
> >
> > Mine is a bit different
> >
> > X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
> >  Major opcode:  146
> >  Minor opcode:  3
> >  Resource id:  0x0
> > Failed to open device
> > X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
> >  Major opcode:  146
> >  Minor opcode:  3
> >  Resource id:  0x0
> > Failed to open device
> >
> > On Wednesday 13 December 2006 18:52, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
> > > On a freshly installed 6.06 Kubuntu:
> > >
> > > When I start a graphical app from the konsole, I get the following
> > > error messages in the console before the prog starts:
> > >
> > > X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
> > >   Major opcode:  144
> > >   Minor opcode:  3
> > >   Resource id:  0x0
> > > Failed to open device
> > > X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
> > >   Major opcode:  144
> > >   Minor opcode:  3
> > >   Resource id:  0x0
> > > Failed to open device
> > >
> > > I had a look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf where I was surprised to fid the
> > > following, given I have a bog-standard keyboard and (serial) mouse, but
> > > nothing like those:
> > >
> > > Section "InputDevice"
> > >   Driver "wacom"
> > >   Identifier "stylus"
> > >   option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to
> > >   option "Type" "stylus"
> > >   option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
> > >   # /dev/input/event
> > >   # for USB
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > Section "InputDevice"
> > >   Driver "wacom"
> > >   Identifier "eraser"
> > >   option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to
> > >   option "Type" "eraser"
> > >   option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
> > >   # /dev/input/event
> > >   # for USB
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > Section "InputDevice"
> > >   Driver "wacom"
> > >   Identifier "cursor"
> > >   option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to
> > >   option "Type" "cursor"
> > >   option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
> > >   # /dev/input/event
> > >   # for USB
> > > EndSection
> > >
> > > Would these devices be the cause of the error messages I am getting ?
> > >
> > > Can I remove those entries, or is there a risk of finding myself
> > > without X11 ?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Ron.
> > > --
> > >                              Of all the animals,
> > >                       the boy is the most unmanageable.
> > >                                                -- Plato
> > >
> > >                    -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --
> >
> > --
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________
> > Art Alexion
> >
> > PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661  92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A
> > Keyserver: hkp://subkeys.pgp.net
> > The attachment - signature.asc - is my electronic signature; no need for
> > alarm.  Info @
> > http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html
> > _____________________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > --
> > kubuntu-users mailing list
> > kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users