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7.286. xorg-x11-drv-wacom

Updated xorg-x11-drv-wacom packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The xorg-x11-drv-wacom packages contain the X.Org X11 input drivers for Wacom graphics tablets.

Note

The xorg-x11-drv-wacom package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.16.1, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#835266)

Bug Fixes

BZ#859851
Due to a bug in the input driver, covering the Expresskeys on the Wacom Intuos5 graphics tablet caused a spurious stylus jump to the upper left corner (0,0). This bug has been fixed and the described issue no longer occurs.
BZ#862939
Previously, the xorg.conf configuration file with two devices containing the same input node caused a double free error and subsequent failure of the X server. With this update, xorg.conf has been fixed, and the server crash is now prevented.

Enhancements

BZ#838751
With this update, support for the Wacom Intuos5 series graphics tablets has been added to the xorg-x11-drv-wacom package.
BZ#857088
With this update, support for the Wacom Cintiq 22HD series graphics tablets has been added to the xorg-x11-drv-wacom package.
All users of xorg-x11-drv-wacom are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.