HOW TO: Install a LinuxWacom Kernel Driver for Tablet PC's

[BMWDriver]

Hi, great thread, saved me many headaches.

I'm under Karmic Beta using a Graphire4, and I have the encrypted home folder, so I'm stuck for section 3 and creating a ".xinitrc" file. The "chmod" command constantly returns errors, strangely two different ones, one of them being wrong operator used (I'm translating from French... so it's probably inaccurate) or "/" as an invalid option.

At least, I can set my buttons with wacomcpl!

[10hp]

I followed the first HOW TO's on this thread : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1038949
I realized it was right ....
are still at the beginning of Section 2.... and now? I did not understand what to do.....
I have wacom bamboo fun model (CTH 461)
How should I use the instruction on post #176?
I try to follow these... : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=967147 is correct?

[Favux]

Hi BMWDriver,

Sorry I don't know what to do with the encrypted home folder. If you figure it out please let us know. Maybe gali98 can help you.


Hi 10hp,

You may not be doing anything wrong.

Is it brand new? Does it also have multi-touch?

I think the Wacom Bamboo Fun model (CTH 461) may not be supported by linuxwacom yet.

To check in a terminal:

lsusb

look for something like:

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 056a:00d1 Wacom Co., Ltd

or try:

lshal>lshal.txt

look for something like:

  usb.product = 'USB HID Interface'  (string)
  usb.product_id = 209  (0xd1)  (int)
  usb.speed = 12.0 (12) (double)
  usb.vendor = 'Wacom Co., Ltd'  (string)
  usb.vendor_id = 1386  (0x56a)  (int)
  usb.version = 2.0 (2) (double)

Vendor ID = 056a = Wacom
Product ID = ? If it is something like 0xD1 or 0xd1 or 00d1 etc. it is probably one of the new ones.

We are trying to add support for the new models to linuxwacom on this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1290251
We are getting close. Ayuthia is putting out new patches soon. Probably in post #144 : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...290251&page=15

If it is not one of the new ones we will have to figure out what is wrong.

[10hp]

Hi favux

the output of the lsusb contains a line like yours:

this --> Bus 005 Device 002: ID 056a:00d2 Wacom Co., Ltd

and this command does not return output ---> lshal>lshal.txt ........?

[Favux]

Hi 10hp,

The 'lshal.txt' file is probably in your "/home/yourusername/" directory.

Yes, you have one of the new models. That is why it is not working. Please see the links I gave you to the thread on the new Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch's. We almost have it working now.

[10hp]

ok Favux...I'm going to see
Thank you very very much for the best help...

[sanette]

Hi all

I've just installed ubuntu karmic beta on a Toshiba tablet-pc (portege M750).

everything seems to work out-of-the-box: stylus with pressure, eraser, even touch. Wow ! (it even works on the live-CD)

however the devices naming issue is still there: wacomcpl doesn't show any device, but one can still use xsetwacom with devices like "PnP Device (WACf009)"

BUT there is a big issue, and I'm wondering whether others have it:

the pointer motion is way too slow: it really lags behing, making it unusable for almost everything (writing, drawing in particular).

Strange thing is that the speed is ok when I don't press the pen on the screen (I mean when when I move the pen close to the screen, without touching).

Any clue ? Should I install a newer wacom driver ?

[sanette]

Oh, I just made a transcendental experiment: plug-in an Intuos 4 on the toshiba tablet-pc...

It works and the pointer speed is very good for the Intuos,
and remains very slow for the internal touch screen...

[Favux]

Hi sanette,

Wow! Transcendence. A Wacom usb external graphics tablet plugged into a Wacom serial tablet pc! Awesome.

Some serial tablets seem a little flaky in Karmic. Before we assume it's a problem with Baud rate or something let's try some "simpler" things.

If you are still using the xorg.conf you could try:

Option "Speed" "Rspeed"

from: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/in...howto/inputdev
Or the xsetwacom version of it if you are using wacomcpl's .xinitrc or the equivalent:

SpeedLevel    integer (1 - 11)         sets relative cursor movement speed

from: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/in...owto/xsetwacom
And the topic just got brought up (coincidence?) in linuxwacom-discuss: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/f...xwacom-discuss

Hope this helps.

[sanette]

Hi Favux

thanks for the suggestion.
However I have tried

stylus="PnP Device (WACf009)"
xsetwacom set "$stylus" speedlevel 11

(and other values)
but it seems to have no effect.

I don't use xorg.conf so I haven't tried your other option.