[wellylug] Wacom /RTFM

[Pedro Worcel]

Good effort in getting it done, most people as you say would've walked
away. Configuring some simple things is a pain in the ass, but it is miles
better than what it was!. :)


2014-02-18 9:05 GMT+13:00 E Chalaron <e.chalaron at xtra.co.nz>:

> Thanks Daniel
> Eventually sorted it out from home.
>
> A case of RTFM as usual. Having said that there is a primordial piece of
> info that is nowhere to be seen.
> For say one does not advertise drivers about a cliff at the bottom of the
> cliff. Well that was the case here.
>
> I was missing the point that my model (intuos pro) was a denomination of a
> new line of product. Hence confusion about which library to use.
> So I needed the libwacom 0.8 where most distr. come with 0.6 (!!!).
> Then on top of it  add synaptic that can't find gudev because it was
> libgudev ... etc ... etc ... I suppose little things stacking on top of
> each others.
>
> So all sorted, buttons showing now in the gnome control center. All good.
> But it's enough to drive the average user away from Linux, after all these
> years of efforts by developers it's a bit of a shame that basic things like
> that are not coming easier.
>
> Cheers
> E
>
>
>
> On 17/02/14 21:03, Daniel Reurich wrote:
>
>> Hi Edouard,
>>
>> Why not build the package from source or you could try pulling just that
>> package in from jessie or sid - provided it doesn't need to pull in a whole
>> lot of other packages.
>>
>> What package is it that's causing the pain?
>>
>> D
>>
>
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