Public bug reported:
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
which he attests to the stability of the 0.7.3 beta driver and affirms
that it does, in fact, fix several severe bugs.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Medium
Status: Rejected
** Affects: wacom-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: High
Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs
Status: Confirmed
** Affects: wacom-tools (Ubuntu Dapper)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
** Affects: wacom-tools (Ubuntu Edgy)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Lack of support for hotplugging and Dapper kernel
https://launchpad.net/bugs/38336
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