If 'cheap but ok' is the overriding factor, you might want to investigate a serial based tablet off ebay. It may be a hassle to get it to work in Windows or OS X, but *nix usually has less problems.
Checking this out is left as an exercise for the reader, however. On 04/05/2011, ropers <rop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hiya, > I'm considering whether to try to get a graphics/pen tablet for > GIMP/graphics design and stuff. > > Are there any OpenBSD users out there who currently use a graphics > tablet with OpenBSD? > > These days, does support for these require custom drivers at all? Are > they basically just pointing devices? Are they supported by uhid(4)? > I've never owned a graphics tablet before, but I gather some Wacom or > other brand tablets/pens have eraser buttons -- which I suspect would > require a special driver, wouldn't it? > > I thus far only run i386 OpenBSD, and I've only checked > http://openbsd.org/i386.html#hardware , which doesn't mention graphics > tablets specifically. If they're not presently supported (anymore), > then that would also be good to know -- I'm just asking whether anyone > knows more. > > Grepping the archives, I found this: http://mongers.org/openbsd/graphire4 > However, it dates back to 2005 and refers to the usbtablet(4) driver > which disappeared between OpenBSD 4.3 and 4.4: > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usbtablet&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+4.3&arch=i386&format=html > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usbtablet&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+4.4&arch=i386&format=html > > I also found this info > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/symmetricalism/2269700653/>, but > apparently it pertains to a specific laptop, so I'm not sure how much > of that is generalizable, or where to find further info. > > If on the other hand someone did know how to currently get graphics > tablets to work, and maybe even could recommend a (preferably very) > inexpensive (but not shite) device that works well with OpenBSD, that > would be super grand. > > Many thanks in advance, > --ropers
