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Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Symptom:
The active area on the tablet seems to "scroll" when the cursor moves to the screen's edge. You have already added the necessary "InputDevice" lines to your XF86Config file and the tablet is recognized when you plug it in.

If neither is the case, then please follow the wacomlinux HOWTO instructions up to the point where the above is true.

Solution:
These problems are due to the Xinput module shipped in this release not properly supporting this specific tablet. The following steps should get the tablet working for you as designed.

However, please note: Red Hat cannot provide technical support for compiling software. This information is being provided only for reference purposes. You will need to already be knowledgeable in compiling software and also have all relevant development packages installed. Proceed at your own risk.

1. Download the latest driver from sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=69596&package_id=68596
2. Uncompress and expand the tarball with tar xzf <filename.tgz>.
3. Locate the Xinput driver binary in the prebuilt/ directory. Since Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 uses kernel version 2.4 and XFree86 4.3 you are only interested in the wacom_drv.o_4.3k2.4 file.
4. As root, copy the driver the Xinput module directory with:

   cp wacom_drv.o_4.3k2.4 /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/
   

5. Backup the original driver. First change directories with:

   cd /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input
   

   Then rename the original file with:

   mv wacom_drv.o wacom_drv.o.original
   

6. Finally rename the new module with:

   mv wacom_drv.o_4.3k2.4 wacom_drv.o
   

7. Restart the X Window System by logging out and pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. The active area on the tablet should now match that of the screen.