Bug 598168

Created attachment 418332 [details]
A workable xorg.conf that identifies the wacom

Description of problem:
The pen on the Fujitsu Stylistic ST-5110 does not "just work" any more.
The workaround is that you have to configure it to work with an xorg.conf file.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 13 (stock)
xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.10.6-2.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-server-common-1.8.0-12.fc13.i686

How reproducible: deterministic

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install Fedora 13 by any means
2. bring up to runlevel 5 (X fires up)
3. observe that the mouse works but the pen does not
  
Actual results:
observe that the mouse (usb or synaptics) works but the pen does not

Expected results:
the pen should "just work" as it did on Fedora 11

Additional info:
For this hardware, Fedora 11 was the first release IIRC where the pen "just worked".  On previous releases of Fedora you had to go in and manually code up an xorg.conf file that would inform the X server of the existence of the WACOM tablet on the front of the display.  That method continues to work and I include that functional xorg.conf which is a workaround

In the Fedora 11-era hal method of device discovery, the wacom tablet was discovered appropriately and it "just worked.'   I had no custom or special '*.fdi' file for that installation.  However, the system installation had one
$ find /etc /usr -name '*wacom*.fdi'  2>/dev/null
/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-linuxwacom.fdi
$ rpm -q -f /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-linuxwacom.fdi
linuxwacom-0.8.2.2-11.fc11.i586

I was unable to install Fedora 12 on this class of machines for other unrelated reasons.  I cannot report on that release's behavior here

It would be swell if we could get the udev method of device management to work as seamlessly as the old hal method.

On Fedora 13, is it the case that "linuxwacom" is now entailed in xorg-x11-drv-wacom?  This is repackaging history that I don't know.  I tried this to reproduce the 10-linuxwacom.fdi file of Fedora 11.   On Fedora 13, trying to install linuxwacom results in an attempt to install xorg-11-drv-wacom which is already installed as follows:

$ sudo yum install linuxwacom
Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
Package xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.10.6-2.fc13.i686 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

On Fedora 13 the hal fdi policy files are no longer available:
$ find /etc /usr -name '*wacom*.fdi'  2>/dev/null

Of note, there are certain other reports herein that seem related but were not applicable to the Fujitsu Stylistic situation.  In particular the "WAC" strings that frequently appear in the suggested remedies do not appear (as much) in my output from lshal, udevadm and so forth as the other scenarios described.  To wit:

$ grep WAC o.*
o.udevadm.out:E: MODALIAS=acpi:FUJ02E5:ACPI\WACF004:


I found these related but not applicable
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572096
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=582852

OTher references
http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/hotplug