Comments on: Ubuntu DIGIPRO T-8000U T-6000U T-5500U 12000U 14000U http://www.blogternals.com/2009/09/05/ubuntu-digipro-t-8000u-t-6000u-t-5500u-12000u-14000u/ Knowledge Belongs to the World! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:18:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ian Prideaux http://www.blogternals.com/2009/09/05/ubuntu-digipro-t-8000u-t-6000u-t-5500u-12000u-14000u/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Ian Prideaux Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:31:40 +0000 http://www.blogternals.com/?p=995#comment-733 I swear to the gods, I will _NEVER_ buy another Aiptek graphics tablet to work with Linux again, This thing is so flakey. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Latest is that I don't need an entry in /etc/modules, but I need to do some extra programming. Here's my rc.d file: #!/bin/bash case $1 in start) for EXEC_FILE in /sys/bus/usb/drivers/aiptek/*/execute do DIR_NAME=`dirname $EXEC_FILE` echo -n "Setting Up Aiptek $DIR_NAME " logger "Setting Up Aiptek $DIR_NAME" echo "relative" > $DIR_NAME/coordinate_mode echo "anything" > $DIR_NAME/execute echo -n "." echo "absolute" > $DIR_NAME/coordinate_mode echo "anything" > $DIR_NAME/execute echo -n "." echo "pencil" > $DIR_NAME/tool_mode echo "anything" > $DIR_NAME/execute echo -n "." echo "" done ;; stop) ;; status) ;; restart) ;; force-reload) ;; *) echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start}" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('733','Ian Prideaux'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('733','Ian Prideaux','I swear to the gods, I will _NEVER_ buy another Aiptek graphics tablet to work with Linux again, This thing is so flakey. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn\'t. Latest is that I don\'t need an entry in \/etc\/modules, but I need to do some extra programming. Here\'s my rc.d file:\r\n\r\n\r\n#!\/bin\/bash\r\n\r\ncase $1 in\r\n start)\r\n for EXEC_FILE in \/sys\/bus\/usb\/drivers\/aiptek\/*\/execute\r\n do\r\n DIR_NAME=`dirname $EXEC_FILE`\r\n echo -n \"Setting Up Aiptek $DIR_NAME \"\r\n logger \"Setting Up Aiptek $DIR_NAME\"\r\n\r\n echo \"relative\" > $DIR_NAME\/coordinate_mode\r\n echo \"anything\" > $DIR_NAME\/execute\r\n echo -n \".\"\r\n\r\n echo \"absolute\" > $DIR_NAME\/coordinate_mode\r\n echo \"anything\" > $DIR_NAME\/execute\r\n echo -n \".\"\r\n\r\n echo \"pencil\" > $DIR_NAME\/tool_mode\r\n echo \"anything\" > $DIR_NAME\/execute\r\n echo -n \".\"\r\n\r\n echo \"\"\r\n done\r\n ;;\r\n stop) ;;\r\n status) ;;\r\n restart) ;;\r\n force-reload) ;;\r\n *)\r\n echo \"Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start}\" >&2\r\n exit 3\r\n ;;\r\nesac\r\n'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I swear to the gods, I will _NEVER_ buy another Aiptek graphics tablet to work with Linux again, This thing is so flakey. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Latest is that I don’t need an entry in /etc/modules, but I need to do some extra programming. Here’s my rc.d file:

#!/bin/bash

case $1 in
start)
for EXEC_FILE in /sys/bus/usb/drivers/aiptek/*/execute
do
DIR_NAME=`dirname $EXEC_FILE`
echo -n “Setting Up Aiptek $DIR_NAME ”
logger “Setting Up Aiptek $DIR_NAME”

echo “relative” > $DIR_NAME/coordinate_mode
echo “anything” > $DIR_NAME/execute
echo -n “.”

echo “absolute” > $DIR_NAME/coordinate_mode
echo “anything” > $DIR_NAME/execute
echo -n “.”

echo “pencil” > $DIR_NAME/tool_mode
echo “anything” > $DIR_NAME/execute
echo -n “.”

echo “”
done
;;
stop) ;;
status) ;;
restart) ;;
force-reload) ;;
*)
echo “Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start}” >&2
exit 3
;;
esac

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]]> By: Ian Prideaux http://www.blogternals.com/2009/09/05/ubuntu-digipro-t-8000u-t-6000u-t-5500u-12000u-14000u/comment-page-1/#comment-728 Ian Prideaux Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:41:02 +0000 http://www.blogternals.com/?p=995#comment-728 I sweated the thick end of a week to get mine working in Ubuntu 9.10. Have a read of the sourceforge site http://aiptektablet.sourceforge.net/kernel.html. I had to add aiptek to /etc/modules, create the hal policy file (as above). That still didn't work. I finally had to program the driver: echo pencil > tool_mode echo something > execute I this in a rc.d file.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('728','Ian Prideaux'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('728','Ian Prideaux','I sweated the thick end of a week to get mine working in Ubuntu 9.10. Have a read of the sourceforge site http:\/\/aiptektablet.sourceforge.net\/kernel.html. I had to add aiptek to \/etc\/modules, create the hal policy file (as above). That still didn\'t work. I finally had to program the driver:\r\n\r\necho pencil > tool_mode\r\necho something > execute\r\n\r\nI this in a rc.d file.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I sweated the thick end of a week to get mine working in Ubuntu 9.10. Have a read of the sourceforge site http://aiptektablet.sourceforge.net/kernel.html. I had to add aiptek to /etc/modules, create the hal policy file (as above). That still didn’t work. I finally had to program the driver:

echo pencil > tool_mode
echo something > execute

I this in a rc.d file.

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]]> By: Eraldo http://www.blogternals.com/2009/09/05/ubuntu-digipro-t-8000u-t-6000u-t-5500u-12000u-14000u/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Eraldo Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:58:07 +0000 http://www.blogternals.com/?p=995#comment-679 I have an "Aiptek T-8000U" and tried to get it running following your tutorial, but I get an error in dmesg: [55720.222634] aiptek 2-5:1.0: Aiptek tried all speeds, no sane response [55720.222679] aiptek: probe of 2-5:1.0 failed with error -12 Any idea why that is the case or how I can fix it? If you need more information... please let me know! Greetings from Austria, Eraldo<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('679','Eraldo'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('679','Eraldo','I have an \"Aiptek T-8000U\" and tried to get it running following your tutorial, but I get an error in dmesg:\r\n[55720.222634] aiptek 2-5:1.0: Aiptek tried all speeds, no sane response\r\n[55720.222679] aiptek: probe of 2-5:1.0 failed with error -12\r\nAny idea why that is the case or how I can fix it?\r\nIf you need more information... please let me know!\r\n\r\nGreetings from Austria,\r\nEraldo'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have an “Aiptek T-8000U” and tried to get it running following your tutorial, but I get an error in dmesg:
[55720.222634] aiptek 2-5:1.0: Aiptek tried all speeds, no sane response
[55720.222679] aiptek: probe of 2-5:1.0 failed with error -12
Any idea why that is the case or how I can fix it?
If you need more information… please let me know!

Greetings from Austria,
Eraldo

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]]> By: Oblivion http://www.blogternals.com/2009/09/05/ubuntu-digipro-t-8000u-t-6000u-t-5500u-12000u-14000u/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Oblivion Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:10:54 +0000 http://www.blogternals.com/?p=995#comment-603 Thanks for this awesome write-up. It worked perfectly and my daughter is playing with TuxPaint right now!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('603','Oblivion'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('603','Oblivion','Thanks for this awesome write-up. It worked perfectly and my daughter is playing with TuxPaint right now!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks for this awesome write-up. It worked perfectly and my daughter is playing with TuxPaint right now!
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