On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 08:43 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > > I note that the package wacom-tools is not listed in Ubuntu 10.04 RC. > > > Without this package I presume that it will not be possible to use Wacom > > > tablets to their full potential. Should this be reported as a bug? > > > > > > > a...@wopr:~$ sudo apt-get install wacom-tools > > [sudo] password for alan: > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > Package wacom-tools is not available, but is referred to by another package. > > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > > is only available from another source > > However the following packages replace it: > > xserver-xorg-input-wacom > > E: Package wacom-tools has no installation candidate > > > > > > a...@wopr:~$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-wacom > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > xserver-xorg-input-wacom is already the newest version. > > xserver-xorg-input-wacom set to manually installed. > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > a...@wopr:~$ > > > > a...@wopr:~$ dpkg -L xserver-xorg-input-wacom > > /. > > /usr > > /usr/share > > /usr/share/doc > > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-wacom > > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-wacom/copyright > > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-input-wacom/changelog.Debian.gz > > /usr/share/man > > /usr/share/man/man4 > > /usr/share/man/man4/wacom.4.gz > > /usr/lib > > /usr/lib/xorg > > /usr/lib/xorg/modules > > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input > > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wacom_drv.so > > /usr/lib/pkgconfig > > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/xorg-wacom.pc > > /usr/lib/X11 > > /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d > > /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-wacom.conf > > /usr/include > > /usr/include/xorg > > /usr/include/xorg/Xwacom.h > > /usr/include/xorg/wacom-properties.h > > /usr/bin > > /usr/bin/xsetwacom > > /lib > > /lib/udev > > /lib/udev/rules.d > > /lib/udev/rules.d/69-xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules > > > > > > Looks good! > > > Thank you for that, Al, not that I really understand what it all means. > Would I, therefore, be correct in assuming that if the Wacom tablet does > not perform as would be expected then that is a bug?
Basically it means that package wacom-tools has been replaced by xserver-xorg-input-wacom which is installed by default so indeed if the Wacom tablet doesn't work as expected, it is a bug. Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
