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Name

tek4957 - Tektronix 4957 input driver

Synopsis


Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier "idevname"
  Driver "tek4957"
  Option "Device"   "devpath"
  ...
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Description

tek4957 is an XFree86 input driver for the Tektronix 4957 tablet.

The tek4957 driver functions as a pointer input device, and may be used as the X server's core pointer.

Configuration Details

Please refer to XF86Config(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.
Option "Device" "devpath"
sets the path to the special file which represents serial line where the tablet is plugged, for example /dev/ttyS0. This option is mandatory.
Option "DeviceName" "name"
sets the name of the X device.
Option "Speed" "number"
sets the sampling rate, from 1 to 6. Default is 6, maximum speed.
Option "Resolution" "number"
sets the resolution.

0 : 2340 dots : 1/200 inch
1 : 2972 dots : 1/10 mm
2 : 11700 dots : 1/1000 inch
3 : 11887 dots : 1/40 mm
4 : 5850 dots : 1/500 inch
5 : 5944 dots : 1/20 mm : default
6 : 4680 dots : 1/400 inch
7 : 1170 dots : 1/100 inch
8 : 12 dots : 1 inch
9 : 24 dots :
1/2 inch
Option "TopX" "number"
X coordinate of the top corner of the active zone. ( Default = 0 )
Option "TopY" "number"
Y coordinate of the top corner of the active zone. ( Default = 0 )
Option "BottomX" "Inumber"
X coordinate of the bottom corner of the active zone. ( Default = full scale )
Option "BottomY" "number"
Y coordinate of the bottom corner of the active zone. ( Default = full scale )

Bugs / Limitations

Currently, only "Absolute" mode is supported ( Sorry )

See Also

XFree86(1) , XF86Config(5) , xf86config(1) , Xserver(1) , X(7) .

Authors

Olivier DANET <[email protected]>

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