suggestions for a cheap graphics tablet that works in linux

**nkri** · January 4th, 2009

Angry_Mushi-

Would you mind posting the make and model of your tablet? Also, could you post the outputs of the following commands?

Code:

grep -i name /proc/bus/input/devices

Code:

lshal | less

Thanks!
-nkri

**Angry_Mushi** · January 4th, 2009

it's the same as yours, a genius mousepen 6x8, yeah, I did that, and this is what it toldme:
N: Name="Macintosh mouse button emulation"
N: Name="AT Translated Set 2 keyboard"
N: Name="Power Button (FF)"
N: Name="Power Button (CM)"
N: Name="PC Speaker"
N: Name="ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
N: Name="UC-LOGIC Tablet WP8060U"

and with lshal | less it dumps 87 devices from the global device list

**mysticrider92** · January 5th, 2009

If you are like me, there is always the cheaper and much more fun way to interact with your computer that is the multitouch table. See here: http://nuigroup.com/. You can "technically" make any size, shape, or configuration you want, and spend as much or as little as you want. I've been playing with that on my desktop, really cool stuff.

**Angry_Mushi** · January 5th, 2009

Originally Posted by mysticrider92

If you are like me, there is always the cheaper and much more fun way to interact with your computer that is the multitouch table. See here: http://nuigroup.com/. You can "technically" make any size, shape, or configuration you want, and spend as much or as little as you want. I've been playing with that on my desktop, really cool stuff.

...but like thaqt you can't really draw like you would on real life... I suppose Bubs needs the tablet for that purpose

**mysticrider92** · January 5th, 2009

Originally Posted by Angry_Mushi

...but like thaqt you can't really draw like you would on real life... I suppose Bubs needs the tablet for that purpose

Well, if it is purely for drawing, the accuracy of a tablet is better. But for anything else, multitouch is just so much fun. It can be used for drawing, but it takes some practice and a good bit of work to make the screen accurate. Using a camera and an IR 'pen' (as a stylus) is pretty close to using a tablet, when set up correctly.

**nkri** · January 5th, 2009

Hmm...that's awfully strange...I used the same name as you in the HAL script, and it seems to work fine. I attached mine for comparison, but I dunno how much it'll help

Were there any errors when you installed the driver?

**Angry_Mushi** · January 5th, 2009

I think I know what the mistake was, it saved itself as "policy" in etc/hal instead of going into the policy folder...
How do I Change the title of something with sudo rights?
how do I delete something? (I didn't find those on help, I found "kill" but wasn't sure it was the same thing)

I finally Configured it right Thanksalot