HOW TO Set Up the Bamboo Pen & Touch in Lucid

[Favux]

Hi steffanllyn,

Welcome to Ubuntu forums!

You are correct, it won't work unless the wacom.ko driver is loaded. Usually sudo depmod -a or rebuild all module dependencies prevents that. Sometimes it takes a few restarts to shake out. And for whatever reason some systems just won't auto-load the wacom module. To "force" it to load add wacom to the bottom of the list in the modules file in /etc.

gksudo gedit /etc/modules

and restart.

[steffanllyn]

Thanks for that tip. Adding 'wacom' to /etc/modules did the trick. I just have to figure out my next steps now from the instructions provided (when I get the chance to spend a few uninterrupted moments on my PC!)

[steffanllyn]

Hmmm... I'm not too sure where I go next with the instructions at the start of this thread. I've gone through sections I. and II. but section III. refers to editing a conf file (/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-wacom.conf in my case since I have Ubuntu 11.10 and am trying to install a Bamboo Connect (CTL470/K; Product ID = 0xdd))

But what edits are required?

[Favux]

If you compiled input-wacom-0.13.0 it should be working now. Is it?

The .conf file examples are just to show you where static configuration is done for your tablet. You normally do not need to do anything with them. And since the Connect is a "Pen" you only need an xsetwacom script with a section for the stylus. If you want one.

[steffanllyn]

No; my graphics tablet isn't working. When I select 'System Settings' and 'Wacom Graphics Tablet' I get the message 'No tablet detected'.

I'm afraid I'm drowning somewhat in the mass of detail in the original post and could do with another slight nudge in the right direction. Your comment that I 'only need an xsetwacom script with a section for the stylus' has left me a little lost.

My /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-wacom.conf contains...

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Wacom class"
MatchProduct "Wacom|WACOM|Hanwang|PTK-540WL"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "wacom"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Wacom serial class"
MatchProduct "Serial Wacom Tablet"
Driver "wacom"
EndSection

Should I simply add an entry to the "MatchProduct" line in the "Wacom class" section? (I have a USB graphics tablet)
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Wacom serial class identifiers"
MatchProduct "WACf|FUJ02e5|FUJ02e7|FUJ02e9"
Driver "wacom"
EndSection

# Waltop tablets
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Waltop class"
MatchProduct "WALTOP"
MatchIsTablet "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "wacom"
EndSection

# N-Trig Duosense Electromagnetic Digitizer
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Wacom N-Trig class"
MatchProduct "HID 1b96:0001|N-Trig Pen"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Button2" "3"
EndSection

[Favux]

Should be no need. The generic usb snippet should match your DD:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Wacom class"
MatchProduct "Wacom|WACOM|Hanwang|PTK-540WL"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Driver "wacom"
EndSection

Let's do some diagnostics. What is the output in a terminal of the following command?

xinput list

[steffanllyn]

xinput list gives...

stevelake@stevelake-desktop:~/Desktop$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Trackball id=9 [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)]
↳ UVC Camera (046d:09a4) id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]

[Favux]

Alright, there is no indication of the tablet.

Did you by chance try to use a PPA to get the tablet working? If so which PPA?

It seems like the wacom.ko that is loading doesn't support the DD. A PPA with a dkms (dynamic kernel module support) implementation could block your compiled input-wacom-0.13.0 wacom.ko. Or something went wrong with the compile or the copying (cp) of the wacom.ko into place.

[steffanllyn]

Yes, I did. I tried both ppa:doctormo/wacom-plus and ppa:lekensteyn/wacom-tablet - without success.

[Favux]

Yes, I did. I tried both ppa:doctormo/wacom-plus and ppa:lekensteyn/wacom-tablet - without success.

Alright. Unless the DoctorMO PPA has been updated recently that's likely the problem. It is outdated and it's wacom.ko doesn't work with your tablet. Uninstall it. See if you can do it through Synaptic Package Manager. Whatever. If the Lekensteyn PPA is still installed your tablet will likely start working. If not I can check where it's at in terms of updates, but pretty recent, 0-13-0 if I recall correctly.