x61 tablet drivers

Sorry for the really slow response - I saw your question a while ago but I've only just now had time to have a play with 8.10 on my X61.

All of the drivers for the X61 are included by default. The touchscreen needs some configuration though. I'll include my /etc/X11/xorg.conf below. If you press Alt-F2 to get up the Run Application dialogue and enter "gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf" into that, press enter, and enter your password when asked. Then copy the contents of my xorg.conf, replacing what was there. Then restart the X server (easy way is to restart the computer) and the touchscreen/pen should work.

On my laptop the stylus is fine by default but the touch part (using my finger) needed some calibration - those settings are in the xorg.conf. I don't know how likely they are to be applicable to your machine. If things don't seem to be lining up I can explain how to do the calibration.

---[begin: /etc/X11/xorg.conf]
# xorg.conf for Ubuntu 8.10 on Lenovo X61T (might be applicable to other tablets/distros/versions)
Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
# Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
# Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
# Option "EmulateWheel" "on"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
# Option "EmaulateWheelButton" "2"
# Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "cursor"
 Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
 Option "Type" "cursor"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
 Option "Mode" "Absolute"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "stylus"
 Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
 Option "Type" "stylus"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "eraser"
 Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
 Option "Type" "eraser"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "touch"
 Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
 Option "Type" "touch"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
# following options are calibration
 Option "TopX" "48"
 Option "TopY" "86"
 Option "BottomX" "931"
 Option "BottomY" "946"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
 Driver "synaptics"
 Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
 Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
 Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
 Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen"
 InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
 InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "touch" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection