Ubuntu 8.10 wacom 绘图板驱动问题

我的绘图板在Linux认成Waltop的板子，一直以来用wacom的驱动跑得好好的。

但是前一阵子更新系统以后就出了问题，现象是移动没问题，但是一点击就没有反应了，得把笔尖离开板子几秒再靠近才行。或者如果一开始迅速把笔尖点在板子上移动也能响应，但是抬起就不行了。

中间折腾了很长时间，一开始以为电池没电了，后来发现Windows下好好的。后来开始到处搜，xorg.conf自然是改了无数次，另外还改了udev, hal。到最后这几个东西弄得差不多都明白了，绘图板还是不干活。

后来，终于在Ubuntu官方帮助里看到了如下文字：

Users might also be affected by a bug in the 8.1.4 version of the wacom drivers that comes with Ubuntu 8.10, where the input freeze when the pen touches the tablet. If that is the case for you, you can install updated drivers :

于是“一声叹息”。。。

后来想编译份最新的linuxwacom，但是又有别的问题，总报usbParse: Exceeded channel count; ignoring the events.搜了一下，似乎也是很新的问题，开发者还在解决中。

于是下了那个帮助里给的两个deb并安装，似乎第一次没有成功，也可能是没有重启的缘故。但是第二次就好了。

总算是好了。

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