[ale] wacom tablet and more

[Geoffrey]

Update here.  I think I had inquired to the list regarding usb wacom 
tablet devices.  Anyway, I finally got mine working.  Pretty cool as I 
can use the stylus or the mouse on the tablet as well as my existing ps2 
mouse.

I fought this thing for the longest time, and just got it working 
yesterday, and I'm not sure why.

I've decided this post is too long so here's a short summary:

1. modify xfree config, restart xserver via kdm logon window
	results: wacom doesn't work

2.  repeat 1 a couple of times,
	results: same

3. modify xfree config, adding debug option to wacom entries, restart 
xserver via kdm, logon window
	results: xfree log file grows quickly with lots of info

4. logoff, explicitly kill kdm (killall kdm), remove wacom debug 
options, restart kdm, login.
	results: success wacom stylus, mouse work

Full version:

Question that might help me.  When I would attempt to reconfigure my 
xfree config file for the wacom stuff, I'd log out and select the button 
on the kdm login window to restart the xserver. Now I would expect that 
that would cause it to re-read the config file.  The thing is, it 
started working only after I logged off, explicitly killed kdm (killall 
kdm), and restarted it.

The whole problem with this thought process though is that the reason I 
killed kdm to start with was because I had added some debug options to 
my wacom entries in my xconfig file, and those entries where apparently 
filling my xfree log very quickly.  So quickly, I felt the need to do 
the kill on the xserver.

So, the point is, it appears to me that after I added the debug options 
to the wacom entries and restarted the xserver via the kdm restart 
server button that the server did in fact re-read the config file, hence 
the verbose output to the xfree log.  YET, I had previously attempted 
various changes to my xconfig file, followed by the same restart 
procedure in order to get the wacom stuff working with no luck.  Once I 
did finally get it working all I had done was removed the wacom debug 
entries, kill the server and restart it.

Sorry for the verbosity, but I'd really like to understand what the hell 
happened to get this thing working.  I'm afraid that once I reboot, it 
may not be working again....
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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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