WHAT IS WACOM.....and what is it for! :'(

[CLEARview]

I was looking for every whereand i could not find an answer for these things.
I am wondering what is wacom becouse my Xorg.0.log tells me this:

(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module wfb
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBVisuals" is not used
mauricio@FEISTYmas:~$ grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) Failed to load module "wfb" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom



i really want to know if these things are real errors of my system or if i don't need these things.

What is WFB?
What is WACOM?
What is CYRILLIC?

What are these things for?

And if i really need these ones. How can i get these?

thanks for the answers and help.

[Snowhog]

Re: WHAT IS WACOM.....and what is it for!

WACOM is a 'stylus writing tablet.' As your system (as most) don't have such a device, the system records the warnings/errors in the log file. The warnings/errors as to wacom don't cause any harm to the system. If you would rather not see them at all, you can comment out the relevant sections of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as I've done below (the comment is the # in front of each line):

# Section "InputDevice"
# Driver "wacom"
# Identifier "stylus"
# Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
# Option "Type" "stylus"
# Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
# EndSection

# Section "InputDevice"
# Driver "wacom"
# Identifier "eraser"
# Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
# Option "Type" "eraser"
# Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
# EndSection

# Section "InputDevice"
# Driver "wacom"
# Identifier "cursor"
# Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
# Option "Type" "cursor"
# Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
# EndSection

You will also have to comment out the following lines:

# InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"

Warnings/errors in the log file as to wacom will be no more!

CYRILLIC is a font. It is being referenced but isn't on the system. Again, it can be ignored; it does not harm anything.

I don't know what the wfb module is.

[CLEARview]

Re: WHAT IS WACOM.....and what is it for!

Thank you Paul

I will do every thing you suggest.

[Snowhog]

Re: WHAT IS WACOM.....and what is it for!

Glad to have been able to answer 2 of your 3 questions.

[javierrivera]

Re: WHAT IS WACOM.....and what is it for!

Snowhog : It looks like lately I'm here just to annoy you . Again correct practical answer, but something wrong.

Sorry, but cyrillic is not a font, but an alphabet . It's how languages like Russian are written. There could be a lot of different cyrillic fonts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_alphabet

wfb is a module related to the nvidia drivers.

Javier.

[Snowhog]

Re: WHAT IS WACOM.....and what is it for!

Snowhog : It looks like lately I'm here just to annoy you .

Annoy? No, you made me laugh (at myself). :P

"It's how languages like Russian are written." That is true, but the emphasis is on "written" meaning what characters are used to represent, in written form, the spoken word. Character=font for the purposes of the computer.

"(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist." is stating, that the cyrillic (set) of fonts specified in the indicated directory isn't present on his system. So, we can be gentlemen and agree to agree that we are both correct?

[javierrivera]

Re: WHAT IS WACOM.....and what is it for!

Sure .

Well, I have some nitpicking about the character=font bit, but I'll resist this time .

Javier.