Install Wizardpen driver for Iball tablet

[Favux]

Hi cereyanakapilma,

Your tablet should work out of the box according the DIGImend site: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...support_status

How does your tablet behave when on the evdev driver? Could you post the tablet line in the output of?:

lsusb

FYI Everybody

We've just learned how to compile the WizardPen driver in Precise and it seems to work. So I imagine it should work in Oneiric and it would be interesting to try it in Quantal. The "HOW TO" needs a little polishing still but you can find it here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...3&postcount=27 It is on the HOW TO Add Support for KYE, UC-logic, and Waltop Tablets in Ubuntu thread.

So folks whose tablet is not yet supported, see DIGImend link above, should have a work around. Don't forget to submit tablet diagnostics if you have an unsupported/new tablet.

Also DIGImend is actively soliciting developers to help with the workload.

[cereyanakapilma]

[QUOTE=Favux;12315576]Hi cereyanakapilma,

Your tablet should work out of the box according the DIGImend site: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...support_status

How does your tablet behave when on the evdev driver? Could you post the tablet line in the output of?:

lsusb

onuruluturhan@onuruluturhan:~$ lsusb
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:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 064e:a103 Suyin Corp. Acer/HP Integrated Webcam [CN0314]
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2101 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 5543:0041 UC-Logic Technology Corp. Genius PenSketch 6x8 Tablet

[Favux]

Thank you for the lsusb output. Okay your UC-Logic Technology Corp. Genius PenSketch 6x8 Tablet is not supported. While the 0042 (Genius PenSketch 12x9) is supported the 0041 isn't. Mystery solved.

Muy-buro has the same tablet and already submitted the diagnostics for it to the DIGImend site. You could monitor the mailing list and help test the kernel driver when Nick posts it.

In the meantime we have it working using the WizardPen driver. See the link I gave above. The example .conf file on the HOW TO for Muy-buro applies to your tablet too.

[barneyjoseph]

Hi,

I have an iBall PF1209 Drawing Tablet. The Tablet works and the sensitivity fine too. I do have one problem and I am not sure how to explain it. I'll try my best however. Here goes:

My computer has Windows Vista and Ubuntu installed side by side. The Tablet works fine on Vista as you can see below: Working on Gimp in Vista:


In Ubuntu the pointer moves and sometimes gets stuck while moving/when a button is pressed/when a menu opens up. There is no telling when the pointer will stop following. The solution for me is to lift my hand off the tablet and place it back again. The pointer will jump to which ever position it wants and will return to the point that I want it to. The effect is like this: Using MyPaint in Ubuntu:


Can someone please help me? This used to work before. I had to reinstall my computer and therefore reinstall Wizardpen. I know that this has worked very well in Ubuntu, Windows Xp Sp2, Sp3 and Windows Vista Business. I have no clue as to how to make this work now!

Thanks in advance for ANY help!

[barneyjoseph]

In case anyone was following.... I've checked for duplicity in the xinput list.... that didn't work. There was a troubleshooting tip about the double click problem.... commented out the settings in 70-wizardpen.conf. But it still happens!

I've found out that the jumping happens only when there is a hard press on the pen and not for a slight stroke..... Please help! I've added a picture from MyPaint:

[barneyjoseph]

The same thing happens in Gimp too... just in case anyone has the question! It's just that MyPaint shows the return stroke while Gimp doesn't show. In Gimp, if the pressure hits a max and goes below in the same stroke itself, the pointer gets stuck at the position of change of pressure!

I've tried to reinstall wizard pen!

I have an iBall PF1209 Tablet. But:

lsusb

Bus 005 Device 004: ID 19d2:fff1 ONDA Communication S.p.A. 
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 5543:0042 UC-Logic Technology Corp. Genius PenSketch 12x9 Tablet
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0079:0006 DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0461:4d22 Primax Electronics, Ltd 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

If this is the case the iBall PF1209 is internally known as UC-Logic Genius PenSketch 12x9 Tablet. What then is the MatchVendor value?

I've also set the "TopZ" to "10" and the "BottomZ" to "1024" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "WizardPen Tablet"
    Driver         "wizardpen"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-_TabletPF1209_-event-mouse"
    Option         "TopX" "0"
    Option         "TopY" "1553"
    Option         "BottomX" "32541"
    Option         "BottomY" "32762"
    Option       "TopZ"  "10"
    Option       "BottomZ"  "1024"
EndSection

Here is the output of the events:

grep -i name /proc/bus/input/devices
N: Name="Power Button"
N: Name="Power Button"
N: Name="Dell Dell USB Keyboard"
N: Name="USB Optical Mouse"
N: Name="                TabletPF1209"
N: Name="                TabletPF1209"
N: Name="                TabletPF1209"
N: Name="DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  "

Yup... the name shows up in a weird way I hope I have given all the data to any kind soul who is willing to help me. And yes, I did try changing the pen's nib

[Favux]

Hi barneyjoseph,

OK, so a iBall PF1209 Drawing Tablet. And with lsusb you've identified the Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID): 5543:0042

You can see the DIGImend project says it is a supported tablet: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...support_status calling it the UC-Logic Tablet PF1209.

So what we need to know is what release of Ubuntu are you using? The ouput of the following command in a terminal will tell us the same thing:

Xorg -version

[barneyjoseph]

Hi Fauvx,

Thanks for replying... here's what you asked for:

X.Org X Server 1.9.0
Release Date: 2010-08-20
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-29-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux barney-OptiPlex-360 2.6.35-32-generic #67-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 5 19:35:26 UTC 2012 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-32-generic root=UUID=78c47e03-e705-4d1a-8296-e9078fec647d ro quiet splash
Build Date: 20 October 2011  03:03:54PM
xorg-server 2:1.9.0-0ubuntu7.6 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
Current version of pixman: 0.18.4
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.

[Favux]

That appears to be Maverick. Vanilla Maverick Gnome?

While Maverick was my favorite release so far since it is no longer supported we probably shouldn't spend much time trying to set your tablet up on it unless you confirm that you want to continue using it.

Anyway with Maverick we're still using the WizardPen driver that I assume you got from Martin Owen's PPA?: https://launchpad.net/~doctormo/+arc...org-wizardpen/ I ask because your wizardpen.conf file seems custom and not the one that would have come from the PPA package.

Also please post the output of the following command in a terminal:

xinput list

That will help us with the match in the .conf file.

[barneyjoseph]

I followed the tutorial posted here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TabletSetupWizardpen. I am using Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10.

xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                        id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                  id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ USB Optical Mouse                           id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳                 TabletPF1209               id=10    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳                 TabletPF1209               id=11    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳                 TabletPF1209               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)]
    ↳ Dell Dell USB Keyboard                      id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]

This is what I've added to my xorg.conf file [etc/X11/xorg.conf]:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "WizardPen Tablet"
    Driver         "wizardpen"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-_TabletPF1209_-event-mouse"
    Option         "TopX" "0"
    Option         "TopY" "1553"
    Option         "BottomX" "32541"
    Option         "BottomY" "32762"
    Option       "TopZ"  "10"
    Option       "BottomZ"  "1024"
EndSection

And here is usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-wizardpen.conf:

Section "InputClass"
   Identifier      "wizardpen"
   MatchIsTablet   "on"
   MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/by-id/usb-_TabletPF1209_-event-mouse"
   MatchProduct    "TabletPF1209"
   MatchVendor     "UC-LOGIC|Genius|PenSketch|TabletPF1209"
   MatchTag        "wizardpen"
   Driver          "wizardpen"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
   Identifier      "wizardpen ignore mouse dev"
   MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/by-id/usb-_TabletPF1209_-mouse"
   MatchTag        "wizardpen"
   Driver          "mouse"
   Option          "MouseSpeed" "16"
   Option          "ignore"     "true"
EndSection

Thanks once again!