[Bug 38336] Re: Lack of support for hotplugging.

[Andrew Ash]

** Description changed:

+ EDIT --  Sync Request info:
+ Package: wacom-tools
+ Version: 0.7.4.1-6
+ Sync from: Debian Unstable  http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/wacom-tools
+ Debian Changelog: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/w/wacom-tools/wacom-tools_0.7.4.1-6/changelog
+ Ubuntu Diff: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wacom-tools/wacom-tools_0.7.2-0ubuntu7.diff.gz
+ </EDIT>
+ 
  The version of the Wacom driver currently in Dapper (0.7.2) does not
  support adding and removing tablets while the X server is running.  This
  is a major annoyance on laptops and when trying to move tablets from one
  running computer to another.  Because it fails user expectations
  concerning USB devices (plug them in and they are available), this alone
  should be considered a bug, now that input device hotplugging is
  supported by the Xorg server.
  
  Furthermore, older versions of the driver (certainly the one in Breezy)
  freeze the computer and thus force a reboot when a tablet is removed
  while the X server is running.  To the best of my knowledge, this is
  still true of the driver version currently in Dapper, but unfortunately
  I could not test it myself because the Wacom X driver is not included on
  the Dapper Flight 6 live CD and I lack a free computer to perform a
  harddisk install of Dapper Flight 6 on.
  
  Thirdly, the current Dapper Wacom driver (0.7.2) does not explicitly
  support the Dapper kernel (2.6.15), whereas the newest available
  upstream version (0.7.3 beta) does.
  
  The solution for all of the above should be to update the Dapper Wacom
  driver to version 0.7.3 beta, available from the Linuxwacom project.
- Please compare the comment of Ralf Hölzemer on the related bug #4773 in
+ Please compare the comment of Ralf Hölzemer on the related bug 4773 in
  which he attests to the stability of the 0.7.3 beta driver and affirms
  that it does, in fact, fix several severe bugs.

** Summary changed:

- Lack of support for hotplugging.
+ Sync Request: wacom-tools 0.7.4.1

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Sync Request: wacom-tools 0.7.4.1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/38336