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

[martinjochimsen]

xserver-xorg-input-evtouch has now left my laptop!

and

martin@martin-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep [Ww]acom
[   11.544622] input: Wacom ISDv4 93 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.5/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/input/input7
[   11.547844] input: Wacom ISDv4 93 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.5/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.1/input/input8
[   11.547921] usbcore: registered new interface driver wacom
[   11.547925] wacom: v1.52:USB Wacom tablet driver

[Favux]

OK, let's look at your Xorg.0.log now along with xinput --list. If you've rebooted.

Well then since things are showing up on xsetwacom list let's try to modify the xsetwacom script. Not clear how since touch and stylus seem to have the same device name. That shouldn't happen. I think it should be "Wacom ISDv4 93 touch". You need to change touch to "Wacom ISDv4 93" with the quotes in the command. But you can use ID #. So lets guess stylus is 12 and touch 13. Then it would be instead of:

xsetwacom set touch bottomy "3905"

like

xsetwacom set "Wacom ISDv4 93 touch" bottomy "3905"
or
xsetwacom set 13 bottomy "3905"

And you'd change each command.

Or we could just make an xorg.conf and add the old sections with minor modifications and everything should work.

[raderack]

I shouldnt have upgrade to new version...
there is no install instruction for the new ubuntu...
and the wacom-tools dont exist in that version
so what to do?

[Favux]

Geez raderack, and we just got your Bamboo working in Karmic! So you upgraded to Lucid? Do you have a copy of your old wacomcpl's .xinitrc file?

[raderack]

upgraded to 10.04 lts
the tutorial of the first page went well,until i got to the

sudo cp ./src/2.6.30/wacom.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko
cp: impossível obter estado de `./src/2.6.30/wacom.ko': Arquivo ou diretório não encontrado

it said unable to find the 2.6.30/wacom.ko in the src diretory

but when i do

miguel@miguel-desktop:~/linuxwacom-0.8.6-1$ modinfo -n wacom
/lib/modules/2.6.32-21-generic/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko

and when i try to install wacom-tools

sudo apt-get install wacom-tools
Lendo listas de pacotes... Pronto
Construindo árvore de dependências       
Lendo informação de estado... Pronto
O pacote wacom-tools não está disponível, mas é referenciado por outro pacote.
Isto pode significar que o pacote está faltando, ficou obsoleto ou
está disponível somente a partir de outra fonte
No entanto, os pacotes a seguir o substituem:
  xserver-xorg-input-wacom
E: O pacote wacom-tools não tem candidato para instalação

the package wacom-tools is not available but it is referenced to another package..the: xserver-xorg-input-wacom (what is already installed,but my tablet isnt working..again)..so i tried to do the tutorial again..but got stuck in the cp part...

[Favux]

Hi raderack,

You should read Lucid Lynx (10.4) near the top of the HOW TO. Things have changed. Wacomcpl does not yet work with xf86-input-wacom. And linuxwacom's X driver doesn't work with the Xserver 1.7 in Lucid.

So you need to make your own xsetwacom command script file manually instead of using wacomcpl and it's .xinitrc. I've been talking to Martin about it the last couple pages.

[raderack]

Ok,so that for a newbie in ubuntu is kinda a really hard work..
maybe the conf file for my previous kernel is still heare,and i can use it in that new ubuntu version? how i do that?

[Favux]

Ok,so that for a newbie in ubuntu is kinda a really hard work

I agree that setting up a tablet is a little harder than it should be. But that's because the tablet makers don't have as much incentive to support their tablets in linux as they do in Windows.

If you upgraded rather than did a clean install it should be there. It is a hidden file called .xinitrc in your home directory. So in Nautilus/Places make sure in View that Show Hidden Files is checked so you can see it.

[raderack]

No lucky

miguel@miguel-desktop:~$ sudo updatedb
[sudo] password for miguel: 
miguel@miguel-desktop:~$ locate .xinitrc

and that was supposed to locate the file
an ls -la in my home dir,dint reveal any .xinitrc too..

[Favux]

Darn. Sounds like you did a clean install. OK, I'll try to assemble what's close to a Bamboo .xinitrc file for you. I'll post it here rather than a new post so keep an eye on this post.

Alright, here's Shatterblast's .xinitrc, and he has a Bamboo:

xsetwacom set pad AbsWDn "core key  CTRL  SHIFT s"
xsetwacom set pad AbsWUp "core key  CTRL  SHIFT s"
xsetwacom set pad Button4 "core key  NumpadMinus "
xsetwacom set pad Button3 "core key  NumpadPlus "
xsetwacom set pad Button2 "core key  F12 "
xsetwacom set pad Button1 "CORE KEY  Esc"
xsetwacom set stylus Suppress "15"
xsetwacom set stylus RawSample "15"
xsetwacom set stylus ClickForce "5"
xsetwacom set stylus PressCurve "0 0 100 100"
xsetwacom set stylus Accel "1"
xsetwacom set stylus SpeedLevel "4"
xsetwacom set stylus TPCButton "off"
xsetwacom set stylus mode "Relative"
xsetwacom set stylus Button3 "Button 3"
xsetwacom set stylus Button2 "Button 2"
xsetwacom set stylus Button1 "Button 1"
xsetwacom set eraser Suppress "15"
xsetwacom set eraser RawSample "15"
xsetwacom set eraser ClickForce "5"
xsetwacom set eraser PressCurve "0 0 100 100"
xsetwacom set eraser Accel "1"
xsetwacom set eraser SpeedLevel "4"
xsetwacom set eraser mode "Relative"
xsetwacom set eraser Button1 "Button 1"
xsetwacom set cursor Accel "1"
xsetwacom set cursor SpeedLevel "4"

and here are some alternate settings:

xsetwacom set stylus Suppress "2"
xsetwacom set stylus RawSample "4"
xsetwacom set stylus ClickForce "6"
xsetwacom set stylus PressCurve "0 10 90 100"
xsetwacom set stylus TPCButton "on"
xsetwacom set stylus Button3 "Button 3"
xsetwacom set stylus Button2 "Button 3"
xsetwacom set stylus Button1 "Button 1"

For xsetwacom commands see the LWP's HOWTO.

So make a script file and call it say .xsetwacom.sh, make it executable put it in your home directory and enable it to autostart.