On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 10:49:27PM +0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> That patch (and the corresponding code for the 4x5) makes the tablet
> send input as a 'Digitizer' as opposed to a 'Generic_Desktop' device.
> 
> Without the patch the events are send to wsmouse as regular mouse events.
> With the patch you have to read from /dev/uhid0 as you describe.

Could I please see your dmesg with and without the patch applied?

> In my experience the X server will abort when uhid0 is detached, but that
> was in XFree 4.2 days. Maybe current XFree or X.org handle such errors
> more gracefully.

My X server doesn't mind pluggin or unplugging a mouse...

	Geert