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I downloaded kernel 3.9.10, applied the patch with patch -p1 < ../huion.patch, then I followed this instructions to compile the kernel, then I installed the deb packages that were generated, rebooted and I'm typing this from the new kernel, uname -a reports my custom build. Everything good so far.

Now the problem, I connect the Huion 580 tablet and it doesn't work. My lsusb looks like this:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 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 001 Device 003: ID 256c:006e <-- This is the tablet!!!!
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 4168:1011  
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04a9:1746 Canon, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 413c:2111 Dell Computer Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 03f0:a707 Hewlett-Packard

But the tablet is not in xinput list:

⎡ Virtual core pointer                           id=2   [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ reserved Targus Wireless Optical Mouse    id=8    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                          id=3   [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ DELL Dell USB Wired Entry Keyboard        id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ DELL Dell USB Wired Entry Keyboard        id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ HP Webcam HD-2200                         id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]

What could be the problem? I can't use mainline kernel 3.11 (which supposedly includes the patch) because there are no nVidia drivers that work yet.

Before applying the patch I run make oldconfig and left everything as default pressing enter a bunch of times. Then I applied the patch and run that command again and it asked about Huion driver with options [N,m], I pressed N for NEW I think...

Some people got it working with this patch, not me. How can I know if the patch was applied and that this device is supposed to get detected? Do I have to load the driver manually somehow?

Edit: Compiling kernel again pressing m this time, let's see how this goes...

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    Did you enable CONFIG_HID_HUION in your kernel config? – gertvdijk Jul 19 '13 at 08:26
  • I was a bit confused about that bit. Before applying the patch I run make oldconfig and left everything as default pressing enter a bunch of times. Then I applied the patch and run that command again and it asked about Huion driver with options [N,m], I pressed N for NEW I think... Did I do something wrong? Do I have to compile again? – elclanrs Jul 19 '13 at 08:28
  • Please edit your question to provide more details. :) And no, N is "don't compile", y is "compile in-kernel" (not available for all modules) and m is for module build. Can you verify that you have a hid-huion.o file in your build tree? If not, then rebuild the kernel with the m setting. – gertvdijk Jul 19 '13 at 08:34
  • OK, I'm back in 3.8 generic, gonna compile again. Should I patch first and then config or the other way around? I just did it the same way as before and this is the line where I get the choice Huion tablets (HID_HUION) [N/m/?] (NEW) – elclanrs Jul 19 '13 at 08:41
  • I see, I pressed N so stupid me. I saw NEW and assumed wrongly. I'm compiling again, will come back with more details in a couple hours.... – elclanrs Jul 19 '13 at 08:47
  • It really should not take hours. GNU Make will skip building all other parts as that's already built! (unless you've ran make clean) Essentially it's only compiling the very small patch only now if you reconfigure and recompile. There's no need to compile from scratch. And again please edit your question with all this new information. Comments are not fit for that - editing your question is how this site works. – gertvdijk Jul 19 '13 at 08:51
  • I'm compiling everything from scratch so it'll take a while... – elclanrs Jul 19 '13 at 08:53
  • I got it working!!! – elclanrs Jul 19 '13 at 22:23

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I finally got it working. First download kernel 3.9.10, extract and apply patch:

> cd linux-3.9.10
> yes "" | make oldconfig
> patch -p1 < ../path/to/huion.patch
> make oldconfig
  Huion tablets (HID_HUION) [N/m/?] m
> fakeroot make-kpkg -j 4 --initrd --append-to-version=elclanrs kernel-image kernel-headers
  ...

After that I installed the packaged debs, rebooted and everything works now, uname -a reports custom kernel.

Finally I had to restrict the tablet to only one monitor, the right one in this case. My setup is (1920+2560)x1440:

xinput set-prop "HUION 580" --type=float "Coordinate Transformation Matrix" 0.5714 0 0.4285 0 1 0 0 0 1

Here are the patched kernel debs for Ubuntu 13.04 64bit:

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