Wacom support gone slightly awry in Maverick

[Dave M G]

I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10, and as with every upgrade, the Wacom tablet has problems.

The problem is simply that when I boot or log in, the Wacom is not in "relative" mode, and the buttons are not configured as I have previously set them.

It seems that it has reverted to the default, and is ignoring my configuration files.

Any advice on how to diagnose and solve this problem would be much appreciated.

Here is the contents of my /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-wacom.fdi:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- -->

<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
    <match key="input.originating_device" contains="if0">
      <match key="info.product" contains="Wacom">
        <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">wacom</merge>
        <merge key="input.x11_options.Type" type="string">stylus</merge>
        <merge key="info.product" type="string">stylus</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.Mode" type="string">Relative</merge>
           <merge key="input.x11_options.Button2" type="string">3</merge>
           <merge key="input.x11_options.Button3" type="string">2</merge>
           <merge key="input.x11_options.Speed" type="string">1.2</merge>
          <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-setup-wacom</append>
          <append key="wacom.types" type="strlist">eraser</append>
          <append key="wacom.types" type="strlist">cursor</append>
          <append key="wacom.types" type="strlist">pad</append>
      </match>
    </match>
  </device>
  <device>
    <match key="input.x11_options.Type" contains="eraser">
      <merge key="info.product" type="string">eraser</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
  <device>
    <match key="input.x11_options.Type" contains="cursor">
      <merge key="info.product" type="string">cursor</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
  <device>
    <match key="input.x11_options.Type" contains="pad">
      <merge key="info.product" type="string">pad</merge>
    </match>
  </device>
</deviceinfo>

Here is the output of xinput --list:

⎡ Virtual core pointer                        id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                  id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ATEN UC-10KM V1.3.124                       id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Dexin Corp. LASER Mouse                     id=10    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Wacom Graphire4 6x8 eraser                  id=12    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Wacom Graphire4 6x8 cursor                  id=13    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Wacom Graphire4 6x8 pad                     id=14    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Wacom Graphire4 6x8 stylus                  id=15    [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)]
    ↳ ATEN UC-10KM V1.3.124                       id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ zc3xx                                       id=11    [slave  keyboard (3)]

And here is the output of xsetwacom list:

Wacom Graphire4 6x8 eraser ERASER    
Wacom Graphire4 6x8 cursor CURSOR    
Wacom Graphire4 6x8 pad PAD       
Wacom Graphire4 6x8 stylus STYLUS

[Favux]

Hi Dave M G,

With Lucid and Maverick HAL/.fdi is no more. Configuration is now done through the 10-wacom.conf in /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/. You can think of the new .conf files in xorg.conf.d as extensions of the xorg.conf.

I've forgotten what tablet you have. You can do some configuration in the 10-wacom.conf. Most likely to configure it you'll want to use an xsetwacom script.

[Dave M G]

Favux,

Thank you for replying.

I do not seem to have the directory you are talking about:

$ cd /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/
bash: cd: /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/: No such file or directory

I do, however, a /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-wacom.conf file, which contains the following:

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier "Wacom class"
# WALTOP needs a patched kernel driver, that isn't in mainline lk yet,
# so for now just let it fall through and be picked up by evdev instead.
#	MatchProduct "Wacom|WALTOP|WACOM"
	MatchProduct "Wacom|WACOM"
	MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
	Driver "wacom"
EndSection

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

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Wacom serial class identifiers"
        MatchProduct "WACf|FUJ02e5|FUJ02e7"
        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

Is this what I want to edit, and if so, how do I swap over the configurations I had in order to do so?

[Favux]

Yep, that's it. Looks like they renamed it and changed the directory.

You can add some options there. What are the options you want? In other words what was your configuration?

[Dave M G]

Favux,

Thank you for replying.

The options I want to move over from the old configuration are:

<merge key="input.x11_options.Mode" type="string">Relative</merge>
           <merge key="input.x11_options.Button2" type="string">3</merge>
           <merge key="input.x11_options.Button3" type="string">2</merge>
           <merge key="input.x11_options.Speed" type="string">1.2</merge>

In other words, for the default mode to be "relative", and to switch the buttons so that "left click" button is the one closest to the tip of the stylus.

What is the equivalent configurations in the new config file?

I seem to have also long ago set a speed option, but that is lower priority.

By the way, have you seen this Wacom Control Panel? I hope that something like this becomes the default method for configuring Wacom tablets. Right now, it doesn't seem to support either of the changes I want to make, I can only change pen pressure with it. The button and mode options are grayed out.

[Favux]

Those shouldn't be a problem. Except speed which I believe has been dropped. You could also do them with an xsetwacom script. I already have some for several tablets. Which tablet do you have?

Yes I've seen that. I keep meaning to test it. I think I tried an earlier version about a year ago that didn't work too well. Unfortunately the LWP developers want one that works with the gnome settings daemon etc.

[Dave M G]

Favux,

Thank you for your continued help.

Um... sorry, I might be a bit slow, but when you say "those shouldn't be a problem", that sounds good, but I'm not really sure on what I'm supposed to be doing?

What is the syntax, and which section in the new configuration file am I supposed to put them?

If there is an online guide I should be using, please point me in the right direction.

[Favux]

Sorry, I need to know the type of tablet you have so I know what snippet to add them to. I'm not just being nosy. I'll guess you have a usb tablet so we'll add them to the usb snippet like so:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "Wacom class"
# WALTOP needs a patched kernel driver, that isn't in mainline lk yet,
# so for now just let it fall through and be picked up by evdev instead.
#    MatchProduct "Wacom|WALTOP|WACOM"
    MatchProduct "Wacom|WACOM"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Mode" "Relative"
    Option "Button2" "3"
    Option "Button3" "2"
EndSection

And like I've been saying you can get finer control of your tablet by setting up a .xsetwacom.sh script specific to your tablet.

[Dave M G]

Favux,

Thanks so much for your help. It's working as hoped now.

I hope that something like the Wacom Control Panel evolves to become the standard interface for configurations.

Because I never want to look at a Wacom configuration file again for the rest of my life.

[AdrianPtchv]

Hi!

After every upgrade I have the same problem with my tablet.
After the last two upgrades the method of setting up the tablets changed too so the information I keep from the previous time, which helps me recover with the settings I want, doesn't work any more.

I have wacom bamboo pen CTF-430.
The problem after every upgrade of the OS is that buttons 2 and 3 of the pen work when the pen is not in touch with the tablet. I want them to work only when the pen's tip touches the tablet.

The last thing which worked for me was:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "Wacom class"
    MatchProduct "Wacom|WACOM"
    MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
    Driver "wacom"
    

Option "TPCButton" "on"

put in /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-wacom.conf

This time with Ubuntu 10.10 it doesn't work again (why this guys have to change the conf files and the method altogether every upgrade - first it wast xconfig, then HAL, after this config and now other thing?).

Can you please help me make my tablet work properly again?
I want the buttons of the pen working only when the pen is in touch with the tablet.
Now I have to click them while keeping the pen above the tablet which is uncomfortable and makes my hand hurt.

I just can't find proper information as to how one should generate the proper config file this time and what all the commands and options mean and are.