Description of problem: The Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch CTH-470 tablet doesn't work. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Wacom Bamboo Pen&Touch CTH-470/K USB ID : 056a:00de How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Connect USB tablet 2. System settings - No tablet is shown 3. wacom Actual results: The USB kernel drivers recognizes the tablet #lsusb | grep -i wacom Bus 001 Device 007: ID 056a:00de Wacom Co., Ltd #xsetwacom --list devices doesn't show any devices same result after #modprobe wacom Expected results: Additional info: I bought this device after very good comments on this devices, but apparently this is on an older version. I suspect there is something missing in the xorg configuration ?
I tried this also on my daughters' Fedora 16 laptop with the same results.
After some searching, I found a reference on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1515562 I used the following steps : su cd wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linuxwacom/input-wacom-0.12.1.tar tar xjvf input-wacom-0.12.1.tar.bz2 cd input-wacom-0.12.1 ./configure --prefix=/usr cp 2.6.38/wacom.ko /lib/modules/2.6.41.4-1.fc15.x86_64/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/ insmod wacom.ko exit (actually, I had to install glibc-devel.x86_64, change ownership of the input-wacom directery, but I guess that's not relevant here) At first sight, this seems to work. After rebooting, I have to load the wacom.ko module manually.
OK. The last issue was easily solved according to http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/Deployment_Guide/sec-Persistent_Module_Loading.html su cd /etc/sysconfig/modules/ create a file "wacom_tablet.modules" with the following content : #!/bin/bash exec /sbin/modprobe wacom >/dev/null 2>&1 chmod +x wacom_tablet.modules exit reboot
input-wacom are the kernel backports, so if you got it working with those, the kernel support for this device is missing. reassigning
I confirm needing Koen's workaround on Fedora 15, kernel 2.6.41.10-3.fc15.x86_64. My tablet is also Wacom CTH-470. Thanks.
When I last upgraded to 2.6.41.10-3.fc15.x86_64, I repeated the workaround and it still worked for me. Last week, I upgraded to Fedora 16. The workaround still works in Fedora 16 (which means that in kernel 3.2.6-3.fc16.x86_64 the problem is still around.
Same workaround for kernel 3.2.7-1.fc16.x86_64 works.
The ubuntu post seems to suggest that the backported driver you're using has code that is going into the 3.3 kernel. You might try installing the 3.3.0-0.rc5.git0 kernel from koji and seeing if it adds support for your Wacom device.
I am not familiar with using the koji system. As far as I can see on the website, I would have to download each package manually and take responsibility for dependencies (kernel-devel, akmod, kmod...) as I couldn't find something as a repo. Most packages are marked fc17. Building kernels from source is something I used to do years ago, but never did on a fedora system. Maybe I missed something : is there some pointer to installing these koji packages and keeping all dependencies (e.g. using yum) ?
You should be able to download: http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/kernel/3.3.0/0.rc5.git0.3.fc17/x86_64/kernel-3.3.0-0.rc5.git0.3.fc17.x86_64.rpm And use 'sudo yum localinstall --nogpg kernel-3.3.0-0.rc5.git0.3.fc17.x86_64.rpm' to install it. You shouldn't need kernel-devel just to boot test it. I'm not sure what you're using akmod/kmod for.
I need the kmod-nvidia for my screen driver. I'll give it a try without this kmod.
I was not able to test. The kernel was installed after solving dependencies in YUM. I also installed the following updates : Mar 03 13:44:23 Installed: kernel-3.3.0-0.rc5.git0.3.fc17.x86_64 Mar 03 13:44:24 Erased: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64-285.05.09-1.fc16.4.x86_64 Since I didn't get a GUI, I suspect that there's something wrong with the nvidia drivers. Therefore, I update the following packages. Mar 03 18:56:06 Updated: 1:akmod-nvidia-295.20-1.fc16.R.R.x86_64 Mar 03 18:56:10 Updated: 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-295.20-1.fc17.R.x86_64 Mar 03 18:56:12 Updated: 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-295.20-1.fc17.R.x86_64 Mar 03 18:56:17 Updated: 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-295.20-1.fc17.R.i686 Mar 03 20:11:14 Updated: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.2.7-1.fc16.x86_64-295.20-1.fc16.R.R.x86_64 Mar 03 20:11:14 Updated: 1:kmod-nvidia-295.20-1.fc16.R.R.x86_64 I still have no GUI with the new kernel. I guess I still need a kmod-nvidia-3.3.0-0 ??? Or is there a kernel command line option to trick the nvidia card in a kind of "generic" VGA so that I can at least test the wacom ?
Kernel 3.3.0-0.rc5.git0.3.fc17.x86_64 does work with my CTH-470 on Fedora 15. To satisfy dependencies, I had to update grubby and module-init-tools: http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/grubby/8.3/1.fc16/x86_64/grubby-8.3-1.fc16.x86_64.rpm http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/module-init-tools/3.16/5.fc16/x86_64/module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc16.x86_64.rpm Koen, I'm just using Intel GM965/GL960 graphics, so I didn't have trouble with modules.
It took me some time to remove all the kmod's and change the display driver. Anyway I can confirm that the kernel 3.3.0-0.rc5.git0.3.fc17.x86_64 indeed does solve the problem. Thank you.
(In reply to comment #14) > It took me some time to remove all the kmod's and change the display driver. > Anyway I can confirm that the kernel 3.3.0-0.rc5.git0.3.fc17.x86_64 indeed does > solve the problem. Thank you. Great, thank you.