Hi,
I am using Debian 9 Stretch and I intend to buy a graphics board the manufacturer, Gaomon, does not provide drivers for like Wacom does for its own products. Is it possible to build one's own Linux driver? If one is a completely driver-building newbie like me?
Thanks,
debcub
P.S. Before the question arises: the Gaomon M106K is about the same price as a Wacom Intuos Draw S CTL-490DW-S, but Gaomon's GT is about double the size as Wacom's and has more advanced features, more professional.
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How can I build my own driver for a Graphics Board?
Re: How can I build my own driver for a Graphics Board?
If I was so inclined I'd start by modifying one of the manufacturer's other drivers. You might be able to modify a windows driver.
Personally, I wouldn't touch this one. I'd make a list of desirable cards and check each on-line for Linux compatibility.
Personally, I wouldn't touch this one. I'd make a list of desirable cards and check each on-line for Linux compatibility.
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Re: How can I build my own driver for a Graphics Board?
Looks like there's work happening on Github for this:
https://github.com/DIGImend/digimend-ke ... rs/pull/85
https://github.com/DIGImend/digimend-ke ... rs/pull/85
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Re: How can I build my own driver for a Graphics Board?
Yes it is possible,Is it possible to build one's own Linux driver? If one is a completely driver-building newbie like me?
I am using Minix 3 , now, but sometimes this still is a problem, and some times we need to write our own,... So yes it is possible,“Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote their own device drivers?” Linus Torvalds
How can I build my own Linux driver ?
One of many "educational" results,
http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/drivers_linux/
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Go to school, and learn how to use the search engines, or go to a library and start studying all the information you can find. That is how.
Or, find a very skilled programmer, that also has experience with reverse engineering, and pay them to build/write your driver.
That all depends on how much you study, and practice, the best way (in my opinion), start out with some simple drivers, even if there are all ready existing ones, you won't be a "completely driver-building newbie like me?" very long, but it is not something you will learn over night, it depends also on how fast you learn things,.... any way I have some more important things to do now,If one is a completely driver-building newbie like me?
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Re: How can I build my own driver for a Graphics Board?
Thank you for this! Looks like I have to learn C first to incorporate this added support into an existing driver?sunrat wrote:Looks like there's work happening on Github for this:
https://github.com/DIGImend/digimend-ke ... rs/pull/85
And thank you all for your comments so far.
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Re: How can I build my own driver for a Graphics Board?
If possible, purchase such equipment that is supported by open source drivers.debcub wrote:Hi,I am using Debian 9 Stretch and I intend to buy a graphics board the manufacturer, Gaomon, does not provide drivers for like Wacom does for its own products. Is it possible to build one's own Linux driver? If one is a completely driver-building newbie like me?
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Re: How can I build my own driver for a Graphics Board?
You don't have to learn anything except how to download a zip file from Github and build it. Preferably use dkms so it gets rebuilt if you install a different kernel, but otherwise just the standard make and makeinstall method.debcub wrote:Thank you for this! Looks like I have to learn C first to incorporate this added support into an existing driver?
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Re: How can I build my own driver for a Graphics Board?
I will buy a small Wacom Intuous to learn the GT basics first. I think I could not manage to tinker with drivers at the same time
Later I can return to Gaomon; maybe there are even better drivers then.
Thank your all here again for your tips
Later I can return to Gaomon; maybe there are even better drivers then.
Thank your all here again for your tips