Re: ThinkPad X61 tablet: stylus works under Fedora 24 but not 42

On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 01:35:16 -0400 (EDT)
"D. Hugh Redelmeier" <[email protected]> wrote:

> The sentence says
>     Note that as of version 1.0, the xf86-input-wacom driver no longer 
>     supports serial devices.
> so it appears to refer to the drive version.

Yes, and elsewhere in the page, it appears to contradict (or at least amend) that statement with a suggestion that tablets with internal serial devices can work in linux.  Oh, actually, correcting myself -- that contradiction/amendment is in the "Serial Help" document that is linked from the middle of the page.

Also note, the sentence you quoted doesn't say "serial devices can't be used with modern X".  It just says "this driver doesn't support them".

I just think it's a bad idea to assume that the page is 100% well-edited.  The sentence you quoted may have been written in 2015 and may have been 100% true then.  Other parts of the page may have been written later.

> > When I was wandering around, I found more recent reference to "ISD-V4" 
> > drivers that may be what you need.
> 
> I don't know what that means.

I'm not sure either, but it's a good keyword for a websearch.
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