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

[raderack]

the funny is the gimp found an virtual core XTEST pointer but it didnt work for my tablet..
ok so used gedit created,made the sh file executable under nautilus,but how to put it to autostart?
when i run it in terminal this is what happens.

miguel@miguel-desktop:~$ ./.xsetwacom.sh
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'pad'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'pad'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'pad'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'pad'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'pad'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'pad'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'eraser'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'eraser'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'eraser'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'eraser'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'eraser'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'eraser'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'eraser'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'eraser'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'cursor'
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device 'cursor'

so that means that my compile of linuxwacom didnt run whitout erros...

[bcw]

Hello,

I followed the instructions in the first entry. I have tried the '10-wacom.fdi', the udev rules, the replacement xf86-input-wacom install, and the xorg.conf tricks. I always get this:

bret@aphrodite:~$ xsetwacom list
Serial Wacom Tablet eraser ERASER    
Serial Wacom Tablet STYLUS    
bret@aphrodite:~$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Logitech Optical USB Mouse              	id=11	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse              	id=13	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Serial Wacom Tablet eraser              	id=14	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Serial Wacom Tablet                     	id=15	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Macintosh mouse button emulation        	id=16	[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)]
    ↳ Fujitsu FUJ02E3                         	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Fujitsu FUJ02B1                         	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=12	[slave  keyboard (3)]

The stylus works fine, but I can't use xsetwacom to rotate the digitiser with the display. It has worked fine with Hardy 8.04 and currently with Gentoo. However, only Lucid has got the sound working on this machine, so I want to use it.

Can you suggest what I can try? This is a slate PC with a serial Wacom digitiser, usually set as /dev/ttyS0 via setserial. I tried that too - no difference.

Thanks in advance,
bcw

[Favux]

Hi bcw,

From xinput list we see:

stylus = "Serial Wacom Tablet" or 15

eraser = "Serial Wacom Tablet eraser" or 14

In the rotation script you are using substitute for stylus, in the xsetwacom commands that are rotating it, the long device name with the quotes or the number. Do the same for the eraser lines.

If you don't have a script see the Rotation HOW TO.

[oberonking]

Hi oberonking,

Your post of "udev.txt" using "udevadm info --export-db > $HOME/udev.txt" didn't actually attach to your post. Could you do that again?

mm.... it exceeded the size and I don't see it, sorry. here it comes again.

[raderack]

ok,so i put the script to run at the begin of session using system->preferency->Application Session and put the .sh file..
still nothing...

[Favux]

Hi raderack,

That's because they changed the device names. You are almost there. We have to learn the new device names and substitute them into the xsetwacom commands replacing stylus, eraser, and pad with them. So in a terminal let's look at the output of:

xinput --list

Hi oberonking,

OK, let me look at it.

[bcw]

From xinput list we see:

stylus = "Serial Wacom Tablet" or 15

eraser = "Serial Wacom Tablet eraser" or 14

In the rotation script you are using substitute for stylus, in the xsetwacom commands that are rotating it, the long device name with the quotes or the number. Do the same for the eraser lines.

Oh, lovely. That works.

I notice now another change in behaviour - pressing the "right" or "middle" buttons on the stylus without touching the stylus to the screen acts immediately, whereas before I had to touch the screen to register the "click". Do you have any knowledge of this problem?

Thanks,
bcw

[raderack]

so heare is the output

miguel@miguel-desktop:~$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600            	id=9	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ USB+PS/2 Optical Mouse                  	id=10	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Macintosh mouse button emulation        	id=12	[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)]
    ↳ Microsoft Wired Keyboard 600            	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft LifeCam                       	id=11	[slave  keyboard (3)]
miguel@miguel-desktop:~$

that Virtual core XTEST pointer appear in the gimp where was the wacom tablet,in input devices..so thats the new name?

[Favux]

Hi bcw,

I notice now another change in behaviour - pressing the "right" or "middle" buttons on the stylus without touching the stylus to the screen acts immediately, whereas before I had to touch the screen to register the "click". Do you have any knowledge of this problem?

Yes, you are in "hover" mode. The wacomcpl had an option for that. Not sure I remember what the xsetwacom equivalent was. The xsetwacom commands are at the LWP's HOWTO. You could try in a terminal:

xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet" TPCButton "on"

The change should be immediate.


Hi raderack,

Well Xtest isn't it, I don't think. The names should be similar to BCW's in his xinput list posted above. Is your tablet plugged in? If so does it work at all? It should work without the script, that's to help you fine tune it.

[raderack]

the tablet is plugged in the usb yes..the light of the bamboo tablet is on..but when i move the pen on the tablet the pointer in the screen dont move it..
so i compiled the linuxwacom-0.8.6-1 wrong?