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xserver-xorg-input-wacom: starting X session results in permanent black screen

Package: xserver-xorg-input-wacom; Maintainer for xserver-xorg-input-wacom is (unknown); Source for xserver-xorg-input-wacom is src:xf86-input-wacom.

Reported by: Shane Kimble <shanekimble12@hotmail.com>

Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 16:03:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: debian, moreinfo

Done: Arne Wichmann <aw@anhrefn.saar.de>

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Control: tags -1 debian moreinfo

Shane,

Sorry for the extreme delay with this.

On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 03:43:55PM +0000, Shane Kimble wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-input-wacom
> Version: 0.34.0-1
> 
> I own a Lenovo Thinkpad X201 Tablet laptop.  When initializing an X session with this package, the video goes black and the keyboard is no longer functional.  The only way to safely shutdown/reboot is via Magic Sysrq commands (ex: Raising Elephants Is So Utterly Boring).
> 
> On this same laptop, if the specified package is absent, the X session starts normally without tablet functionality.
> 
> Having encountered this issue on previous non-systemd distros, the solution is this command:
> $ isdv4-serial-inputattach /dev/ttyS0

Is this manual step still required or do the updated udev rules handle it?

If it is still necessary could you report it to Debian's BTS? Devuan doesn't
fork xf86-input-wacom and we use Debian's packages directly without
recompilation. So the fix should be included there.

Thanks.

Mark

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