Re: What is the most current workaround for hotplug?

On torsdag 05 juli 2007, Jake B wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to find a workaround for hotplugging my Wacom Graphire4
> tablet. I tried the two suggestions on the FAQ. First I tried the "press
> Ctrl + Alt + F1 together then release them (screen turns to console); and
> press Ctrl + Alt + F7 together then release them" instructions, but my
> tablet did not begin functioning after switching back to a graphical
> session. I then tried to set up wdaemon, but it seemed to be incomplete,
> and there was no documentation that went with it.
> Could someone please tell me what is the most current workaround to get
> hotplug working? It would be great if there was a solution other than
> restarting X.
> Please let me know. Thanks.

Hello,

If you have the tablet attached when you start X the VT-switch method works. 
I've never managed to get it to work when I connected it after though. This 
require of course that you have configured X to use a more generic name for 
the wacom device than /dev/input/eventX, as the 'X' usually alters between 2 
or 3 different numbers depending on which input devices you currently have 
connected.

There might be a little more information available if you search for wdaemon 
in the devel and discuss list-archives.
There is an alternate way of doing the same thing as a kernel module. Search 
for wacomproxy on sourceforge. I know I haven't updated it for some time, but 
it can be compiled on 2.6.20 without problems. I hope the documentation is 
sufficient if you decide to have a look at it.

These two workarounds are of course not the way it should be, the X.org guys 
are working on making the input subsystem more hotplug-friendly. I haven't 
seen much lately, but there were some ideas that I'm certain they are working 
on. Once that will be in place, hotplugging should be much easier and it will 
hopefully eliminate the need for a configuration in the x-config and the 
initial restart of X as well.. Things will change, but how is not yet clear.

Cheers
 Magnus V

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