![]() I found a kernel module that will not be built into the Raspberry Pi OS kernel as it does not have a serial port, this was one of the problems I had. Works on the Pi4 to install some things including xsetwacom but it probably needs manual config to know about any serial devices.įrom this page it looks like such a config might be similar to Sudo sh -c "apt-get update & apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-wacom$(dpkg -S $(which Xorg) | grep -Eo - "-hwe-*")" The-Driver it looks like the magic invocation ".Additionally there is some new hardware support and a fix for an issue that could affect users of old serial tablets." suggesting that serial devices are somehow still supported. I was pleasantly surprised to find a 2019 release of xf86-input-wacom-0.39.0 with the comment: I'm trying to understand if this is relevant to the current X11 setup in Rasperry OS, and if so how. However there may be working code already for many Wacom tablets in My tablet speaks "WACOM IV" (Wacom 4) protocol which is at least somewhat described hereĪnd there is an overview here. Thank you for that! It is good that at least someone got some serial device working with a current X11 device. This was how I finally managed to get my Kidz mouse working. I published my code on gitlab I don't know it might be useful to you. Obviously, serial pointing devices used to be the only kind there was, but now this is starting to look like a genuinely lost technology. Has anyone got an old serial device like this working on a Pi? There are some complex instructions involving compiling kernel modules for serial device support, but they look to be for outdated kernels. Has this input path been depreciated or discontinued? The thread here, attempting to use a serial trackball, looks discouraging: viewtopic.php?t=184614Īpparently there is something called "inputattach" from "linuxconsole" on Arch Linux, but I wasn't able to find or install those things on my Pi4. I found some R-Pi instructions but only for Wacom USB models. I confirmed my tablet does generate output, as I can monitor bursts of binary data coming in on ttyUSB0 when I move the pen around on the surface. I have a USB-Serial converter, which appears on my Pi as /dev/ttyUSB0. The tablet speaks "WACOM IV" protocol at 9600 bps 8-N-1. Needless to say, the original Wacom manual only mentions configuring it for Win95 or DOS. I'd like to use it like a mouse device on my Pi4. I have a 25-year-old Wacom ArtZ II tablet with DB-9 serial connector. ![]() (this obscure topic should probably go in some sub-forum, but I'm not sure which.) ![]()
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