wacom intuos4 tablet not detected in 12.04

[gnr609]

user@ChrUbuntu:~$ /lib/modules/3.4.0/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko
bash: /lib/modules/3.4.0/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko: No such file or directory

this is what I'm getting.

[Favux]

You have to use the output of:

uname -r

in a terminal in the directory path. I just meant for you to look with Nautilus (the file manager).

[gnr609]

Ok, under input there is no tablet listed. There are 4 folders Joystick, Misc, Mouse, and Serio
along with joydev.ko and sparse-keymap.ko. Also checked each folder and there seems to be
no wacom.ko listed.
Under modules however, there are also four 3.2.0 generic kernels listed. Those four do have a tablet folder containing
acecad.ko, aiptek.ko, gtco.ko, hanwang.ko, kbtab.ko, and wacom.ko

[Favux]

Under modules however, there are also four 3.2.0 generic kernels listed. Those four do have a tablet folder containing
acecad.ko, aiptek.ko, gtco.ko, hanwang.ko, kbtab.ko, and wacom.ko

That's what I expected to see.

Generic is the most common kernel. What is the output you get with?

uname -r

Are we dealing with some sort of chrome kernel?

[gnr609]

user@ChrUbuntu:~$ uname -r
3.4.0

[Favux]

3.4.0

What? What the heck is that? And by the way Precise 12.04 has the 3.2 kernel. No Ubuntu release has the 3.4 kernel. Does this chrome book have an ARM CPU?

I'd expect to see something like:

3.2.0-39-generic

Normally you could reinstall your kernel's wacom.ko by reinstalling the kernel's linux-image using Synaptic Package Manager.

followed some instructions from google and installed ubuntu

My eyes glaze over at the thought of looking at those instructions and trying to figure out what is going on.

[gnr609]

It has a Intel. This is the website where I got the instructions from
http://liliputing.com/2012/11/how-to...hromebook.html
Is there a way I could switch over to one of the generic 3.2 kernels?

[Favux]

Seems I have been here before, sometime in the last 6 months I think. But the other one was an ARM processor. We thought hey, just compile input-wacom to get a working wacom.ko and we're good to go. But it turned out there wasn't a kernel-header for the custom ARM kernel so there wasn't any way to compile wacom.ko.

With an Intel Atom processor I'd think there would be a chance. But I have no idea how to go about doing it unless you can find a kernel-header for your current running 3.4.0. I tend to doubt the guy who produced the custom kernel produced a kernel-header for it. The wacom.ko has to be compiled against the kernel you are actually running, you can't "borrow" one from the generics.

[gnr609]

I'll do some more research on. From what I understand the machine boots up with the signed kernel which i think is a chrome kernel and then switches user space to run ubuntu.
Thanks again for all your help.