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I checked the diff of the 3.5 kernel, and +</I>>><i> grep-ed for intuos 5 code, there does not seem to be *that* much. +</I>>><i> If ever you do it, a big big thank you! +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Hm, I just checked... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Intuos 5 tablet support went in just after 3.3-rc6, so +</I>><i> the release kernel 3.3.6 and the update 3.3.8 should work. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> So I need more info... have you tested with that kernel ? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> (not the -rt as that is at 3.2*) +</I>><i> +</I> +><i>From what I see from the commits, they happened 2012-04-04 indeed, but +</I>the merge commit by Linus which says that Intuos 5 is supported is the +05/24, which is *after* 3.4 release (05/20): +<A HREF="http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Fstable%2Flinux-stable.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=intuos5&sr=1">http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Fstable%2Flinux-stable.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=intuos5&sr=1</A> + +Also if you check the patch of 3.5, it contains all the new code for +Intuos 5 (could not find any Intuos related code in other 3.3.6/8 or +3.4 patches): <A HREF="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/patch-3.5.bz2">http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/patch-3.5.bz2</A> + +Finally for the record, I did test with the +kernel-desktop-3.3.8-2.mga2 (the current last kernel for Mageia 2 +stable). Absolutely no support (I plug, and I can move whatever I want +with my stylus, nothing happens). This is why I started searching for +the support of intuos 5 on the web. +I also tested with the kernel-rt-3.4.9-rt17.1.mga3 from Cauldron. +Definitely no support either. + +Finally I tested with the kernel-desktop-3.5.3-3.mga3 from Cauldron. +Works immediately. I plug, I move the stylus and it makes the mouse +pointer move. Pression works fine in Gimp, buttons as well, etc. + +I guess that even though the commits were there before 3.4 release +(when you search the web, some people thought it would be integrated +in 3.4 indeed), they did not actually get integrated into a release +before 3.5. Maybe? I don't really know how the kernel development is +organized exactly, but I guess some commits may be retained a little +longer out of releases? + +><i> If it does not work, I need more info such as exact model and id of the +</I>><i> tablet, lspcidrake -v output and so on... +</I>><i> Anything in the logs or dmesg ? +</I>><i> +</I> +Do you still need these info? +Anyway, I can give them (that's an Intuos 5 M). + +dmesg returns: +--------------------------- +[27505.203683] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 5 using ehci_hcd +[27505.283131] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=056a, idProduct=0027 +[27505.283141] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, +SerialNumber=0 +[27505.283146] usb 1-1.2: Product: Intuos5 touch M +[27505.283150] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Wacom Co.,Ltd. +[27505.285266] input: Wacom Intuos5 touch M Pen as +/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/input/input26 +[27505.291802] input: Wacom Intuos5 touch M Finger as +/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.1/input/input27 +---------------------------- + +lsusb: +----------------------------- +Bus 001 Device 005: ID 056a:0027 Wacom Co., Ltd +------------------------------ + +lspcidrake -v does not return anything related to the wacom tablet, +nor any usb device for that matter. The --help says the USB devices +source is /proc/bus/usb/devices but there is nothing at this path. I +guess that explains this, though I did not investigate more as I never +used this command anyway. + +Note that these outputs have been done from my working 3.5.3 kernel. +Maybe you wanted to get them run from the 3.4 or the 3.3.8? + +Anyway as I said above, it really looks like the support is only from +3.5, so that's normal that it does not work with earlier kernels. +Thanks for looking into this! + +Jehan + +><i> -- +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Thomas +</I>><i> +</I></PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="018721.html">[Mageia-dev] Real Time Kernel version +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="018705.html">[Mageia-dev] Looking for a Packager mentor +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#18724">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#18724">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#18724">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#18724">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |