HOW TO Set Up the Bamboo Pen & Touch in Lucid

[sentinella86]

Yes, 64-bit.

Look at the HOW TO in the first post. See "I. Install LinuxWacom's 0.8.8-8 wacom.ko (the USB kernel driver)". The command:

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linuxwacom/linuxwacom-0.8.8-8.tar.bz2

downloads the source code tar.

NOw it's ok. the proble was the copy of wacom.ko

But there are the problem with the touch. If Imove fast, crashed.

[Favux]

That may be the bug in xf86-input-wacom. In which case you may have to compile it also (II.). You may need to change:

#define BAMBOO_TOUCH_JUMPED 30

to

#define BAMBOO_TOUCH_JUMPED 300

and then compile it. See "Troubleshooting" near the bottom of the HOW TO.

[sentinella86]

there aren't this string(in xdrv directory and wcmCommon.c file):

#define BAMBOO_TOUCH_JUMPED 30

in this file, similar, there are:

/* ignore Bamboo touch data if point is abnormal */
	if ((ds.device_type == TOUCH_ID) && (common->tablet_id >= 0xd0
	    && common->tablet_id <= 0xd3) && ds.proximity)
	{
		/* jumps more than 30 points */
		if (!(ds.x * ds.y) || (pLast->proximity &&
			(abs(ds.x - pLast->x) > 30 || abs(ds.y - pLast->y) > 30)))
		{
			/* ignore the data */
			goto ret;
		}

[sentinella86]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW IT'S ALL OK.

in maverick(64bit) the procedure is this:

1)Open terminal and add this:

sudo apt-get install git-core

git clone git://linuxwacom.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev libxi-dev x11proto-input-dev xserver-xorg-dev libxrandr-dev libncurses5-dev xutils-dev autoconf libtool pkg-config

sudo apt-get upgrade

cd xf86-input-wacom

now go(nautilus) in /home/$USER/xf86-input-wacom/src/ and open with gedit the file "wcmCommon.c" and in the line 34
CHANGES THIS:

#define BAMBOO_TOUCH_JUMPED 30

TO :

#define BAMBOO_TOUCH_JUMPED 300

THEN in the terminal add :

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64

make

sudo make install
OR
sudo checkinstall  (make and install deb)

And Thank You For All.... Favux

[Favux]

Hi sentinella86,

Nice job!

You're welcome.

[sentinella86]

there is a gui configuration?

[sylaulove]

Hi everybody, I'm back

That's not an issue, my tablet is working just fine.

I'd like to run a script I made (to set my preferences with xsetwacom) each time I plug in my tablet.

For now, I have to run the script each time I plug the tablet because some settings I really dislike (like TPCButton on)

I'm sure it is possible (everything is possible on Ubuntu) to make this script run automatically on every plugging of my tablet.

It is not useful to run it on my login since I have a laptop, so I boot the computer, get my stuff out, plug the tablet later, sometimes I unplug/plug and it sets back the original settings.

Thanks

[torturedutopian]

sentinella86 : I followed very carefully your guide, under Maverick 64 bits, but it doesn't seem to work -- CTH-661. I cannot mouse my mouse pointer at all (neither with the pen nor the touch)

(it may be related to the fact I use the x-updates PPA)

Cheers !

[robyshot]

is it normal that from time to time (i don't know if that depends from the system upgrades ,maybe the kernels?) the tablet doesn't work? i mean like it would be the first time i plug it in the pc and i have to repeat the procedure in the first post to make it work again?

[robyshot]

apart from my message above, I have another issue with my tablet (cth-461); the fact is that the pen input is recognized as single point,that means that if press with the pen the decoration of a window and try to move it, nothing happens or if i use krita it recognizes just a point pressure so it's impossible to draw anything. This doesn't happen if i use my fingers, everything goes straight.
how can i resolve this?