USBTABLET(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual USBTABLET(4)
NAME
usbtablet - USB tablet input driver for *BSD
SYNOPSIS
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "idevname"
Driver "usbtablet"
Option "Device" "devpath"
Option "Type" "type"
...
EndSection
DESCRIPTION
usbtablet is an XFree86 input driver for USB tablet devices.
The usbtablet driver functions as a pointer input device, and may be
used as the X server's core pointer.
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
This driver supports most USB tablets like the Wacom Graphire or Pen-
Partner tablets.
CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details and for
options that can be used with all input drivers. This section only
covers configuration details specific to this driver.
Each device supports the following entries:
Option "Type" "stylus"|"eraser"|"cursor"
sets the type of tool the device represents. This option is
mandatory.
Option "Device" "path"
sets the path to the special file which represents serial
line where the tablet is plugged in. You have to specify
it for each subsection with the same value if you want to
have multiple devices with the same tablet. This option is
mandatory.
Option "Suppress" "Inumber"
sets the position increment under which not to transmit co-
ordinates.
If you don't specify this entry, the default value is 2.
Option "Threshold" "number"
sets the pressure threshold used to generate a button 1
events of stylus devices. The default value is 5.
Option "Mode" "Relative"|"Absolute"
sets the mode of the device.
Option "HistorySize" "number"
sets the motion history size. By default the value is zero.
Option "FactorX" "number"
Scaling factor between tablet coordinates and X screen co-
ordinates. If you don't specify it, it will be calculated
to match the width of your tablet to the width of your
screen.
Option "FactorY" "number"
Scaling factor between tablet coordinates and X screen co-
ordinates. If you don't specify it, it will be calculated
to match the height of your tablet to the height of your
screen.
Option "DebugLevel" number
sets the level of debugging info reported.
SEE ALSO
Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7).
AUTHORS
Lennart Augustsson <
[email protected]> wrote the original version for
XFree86 3.3.6, Matthieu Herrb <
[email protected]> adapted it to
XFree86 4.x.
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