1.1 - Success Stories

This page documents different distributions tested by myself or reported from the users in the discussion mailing list. If you have success stories for a distribution or version not mentioned, let me know so I can update the page.

• Redhat
  • Fedora Core 5 - tested on kernel 2.6.16 & 2.6.17, X.org 7.0.0. See Mini-Howto (It has been reported that the new kernel update, 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5, has problem with input devices. Please DO NOT update to 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5)
  • Fedora Core 4 - tested on kernel 2.6.14 & 2.6.12, X.org 6.8
  • Fedora Core 3 - tested on kernel 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 & 2.6.9, X.org 6.8 (see Building wacom driver On Fedora Core 3)
  • Fedora Core 2 final - tested on kernel 2.6.5-1.358
  • Fedora Core 2 test1 - tested on kernel 2.6.1-1
  • Fedora Core 1 - tested on kernel ???
  • Redhat 9.0 - tested on kernel 2.4.20-6, 2.4.22, 2.4.24, 2.6.0, & 2.6.2
  • Redhat 8.0 - tested on kernel 2.4.18-17.8.0, 2.4.18-18.8.0, 2.4.18-19.8.0, & 2.4.18-24.8.0
  • Redhat 7.3 - tested on kernel 2.4.18-17.7.x
  • Redhat 7.2 - tested on kernel 2.4.18-17.7.x
  • Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 - tested on kernel 2.4.21-4
  • Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 - tested on kernel 2.6.9
• Mandrake
  • Mandriva 2006 32bit december club - tested on 2.6.12-12mdksmp X.org 6.9.0
  • Mandriva 2006 (Powerpack) - tested on 2.6.12-12mdksmp X.org 6.8.99.900 (6.9.0 RC 0)
  • Mandrake 10.0 - tested on 2.6.3 and X?
  • Mandrake 9.1
  • Mandrake 9.0 - tested on ???
  • Mandrake 8.2 - tested on kernel 2.4.18-6mdk
• Gentoo
  • Gentoo 2005.0, Xorg-X11 6.8.2-r4 & 6.8.2-r1, linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 & linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r6
  • Gentoo 2004.2, Xorg-X11 6.7.0, linux-2.6.8-rc3-mm2
  • Gentoo 2004.1, Xorg-X11 6.7.0, kernel 2.4.25 & 2.6.5
  • Gentoo 1.4rc, XFree86 4.2.0, kernel 2.4.19
  • Gentoo 1.4, XFree86 4.3.0-r5, kernel 2.6.3 (can not run wacomcpl and xsetwacom)
• Debian
  • Debian (sid) - XFree86 4.3 on 2.6.6 (see Installing wacom driver On Debian)
  • Debian (sid) - XFree86 4.3(?) on 2.6.0 (can not run wacomcpl and xsetwacom)
  • Mepis 200310 (Debian unstable) - XFree86 4.3 on 2.4.22
  • Debian Woody - XFree86 4.2 on 2.4.20
  • Debian Stable 3.0 - XFree86 4.3 on 2.4.18 (can not run wacomcpl and xsetwacom)
  • Debian Stable - XFree86 4.1
• Slackware
  • Slackware 10.2, kernel 2.6.16.9
  • Slackware 10.2, kernel 2.4.31
  • Slackware 10.1, kernel 2.6.11-rc4 & 2.4.29, X.org 6.8.2
  • Slackware 10.0, kernel 2.4.26, X.org 6.7.0
  • Slackware 9.1, with 2.4.22
  • Slackware 9.0
  • Slackware 8.1, (standard release)
• SuSE
  • Suse Linux 9.3, kernel 2.6.11.4-21.8
  • Suse Linux 9.2 Pro, kernel 2.6.8, X.org 6.8.1 (see Building wacom driver On Suse 9.2)
  • Suse Linux 9.1, kernel 2.6.4 & 2.6.5, XFree 4.3.99 (4.4.0 RC 2)
  • Suse Linux 8.0, kernel 2.4.18, XFree 4.2
• Ubuntu
  • Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake (refer to Ubuntu Wiki - Wacom for details)
  • Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary), kernel 2.6.10-5, X.Org 6.8.2-10
  • Ubuntu Breezy, kernel 2.6.12, X.Org 6.8
• FreeBSD
  • version 4.10, serial only
• Source Mage
  • gcc 3.2.2, Linux 2.4.21-pre4-ac3, XFree86 4.2.1 and 4.3.0
• PowerMac
  • Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 [Redhat variant for PPC] (see Building wacom driver On PowerMac)