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Issue in using TABLET GT8601 iball pan tablet with Kubuntu

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sachinkr
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I am trying to interface my “iball” pen tablet to my Kubuntu Linux Machine “Kubuntu 20.04”
I observe that Kubuntu is detecting tablet as “TABLET GT8601” and device is created as hidraw4 and hidraw5.
But mouse pointer is not working.
Please suggest if we can do something here.

uname -a
Linux mypc 5.4.0-74-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Sat May 8 02:35:39 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


$ dmesg

[33634.590664] usb 3-3: new full-speed USB device number 18 using xhci_hcd
[33634.754759] usb 3-3: New USB device found, idVendor=2179, idProduct=0072, bcdDevice= 0.00
[33634.754763] usb 3-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[33634.754765] usb 3-3: Product: TABLET GT8601
[33634.754767] usb 3-3: Manufacturer: UGTABLET
[33634.773354] input: UGTABLET TABLET GT8601 Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:38:00.3/usb3/3-3/3-3:1.0/0003:2179:0072.000F/input/input30
[33634.773522] hid-generic 0003:2179:0072.000F: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [UGTABLET TABLET GT8601] on usb-0000:38:00.3-3/input0
[33634.778327] hid-generic 0003:2179:0072.0010: hiddev1,hidraw5: USB HID v1.00 Device [UGTABLET TABLET GT8601] on usb-0000:38:00.3-3/input1

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$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 018: ID 2179:0072 UGTABLET TABLET GT8601
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 248a:8367 Maxxter Wireless Receiver
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
embeddedcraft@mypc:~$



when I connect … hidraw4 and hidraw5 visible in /dev directory
$ ls /dev/ | grep hidraw
hidraw0
hidraw1
hidraw2
hidraw3
hidraw4
hidraw5

I can detect activities at hidraw4 device
$ sudo cat /dev/hidraw4
S f\*S f\ES f\SR f\�S v\�S v\�S �\�S �\TR �\▒T �\/T �\BT �\dT �\dT �\dT$ �\dT+ n\dTL Z\dTg F\dTv
but nothing at /dev/hidraw5


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