I am not sure whether I have posted in the correct area, since I cannot find any other topics similar.
I have recently installed openSuSE11.4 (from 11.2) and have downloaded and unpacked the driver xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0 but when I followed the INSTALL instructions and 'cd' to directory but when I went further to run ./configure, I get the following from Konsole:
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xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0 xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0.tar.bz2
daisy@linux-y6rn:~/src> cd xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0
daisy@linux-y6rn:~/src/xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0> ./configure
./configure: line 2053: config.log: Permission denied
./configure: line 2063: config.log: Permission denied
daisy@linux-y6rn:~/src/xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0> make check
make: *** No rule to make target `check'. Stop.
daisy@linux-y6rn:~/src/xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0> make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
daisy@linux-y6rn:~/src/xf86-input-wacom-0.16.0>
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I may have asked a very naive question according to the knowledgebase of the members of this forum. I have never attempted installation via source code, therefore any help would be appreciated. I also would like to know whether the Wacom Bamboo CTH460 is supported in this version of suse. In the previous distro (11.2) at least the tablet was recognised as a USB device (like the mouse) but no functions available except the 2 mouse buttons.

Thanks very much in advance.

Hello!

I'm wondering, is there really no binary package for that driver in SuSE? Did you look for it in the package manager before attempting installation from source? That is usually better, compiling stuff from source is just an "emergency solution" in case there's no package (or if you want to work on it, of course).
My distribution (arch linux) has a package called xf86-input-wacom. After I installed that, my tablet worked fine.

About your problem: Did you maybe run configure or so as root before? Try chmod -R 777 <the folder>.

Greetings,
Sven

Hi!

There is indeed a package for this in OpenSUSE that you should install instead of building it from source yourself:
http://software.opensuse.org/package/xf86-input-wacom
(just install it through the package manager)

On this discussion board this topic would probably fit best into the "Linux" sub forum - this sub forum is about accessibility.
However, as this really is an OpenSUSE specific question, you'd probably get much more help on the OpenSUSE forum. They have a hardware category that'd be perfect for this question.

Best regards,
Peter

Thanks very much for the 1-click install. There was no wacom driver included in the 11.4 I downloaded. The driver is being installed as this is being typed. I hope it will allow me to adjust the pen pressure etc & X Y coordinates so the cursor would not jump all over the desktop.

Cheers!

Sorry, I don't understand that problem...?
You probably know, but I still want to mention that a tablet is an absolute input device, i.e. if you take the pen away from the tablet and then put it down somewhere else the cursor will jump.

Cheers

Hi,
yes, I understand that. The driver is being reinstalled from the 1-click install provided by Peter. The last install I did has no menu to adjust pen pressure and just holding the pen over the tablet, the cursor goes crazy. Hard to explain, but I hope the driver I'm installing now will solve that problem.
Cheers

Moved to the Linux forum.