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    Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    EDIT:upgraded to 14.10 but still doesn't work...
    Hi, I'm new to Ubuntu and Linux
    I tried if my Genius MousePen i608X works, but it just moves like a mouse and doesn't click on anything. I read on an older thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1899225) a person had the same problem, but I didn't understand much (about kernels and codes and stuff), so could anyone tell me how to get this tablet to work in a simpler way?
    here's what it writes for 'lsusb'
    Code:
    Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubBus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0a81:0101 Chesen Electronics Corp. Keyboard
    Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0458:501a KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems) 
    Bus 004 Device 002: ID 15ca:00c3 Textech International Ltd. Mini Optical Mouse
    Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
    here's 'xinput --list'
    Code:
    ⎡ 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)]
    ⎜   ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad                  id=13    [slave  pointer  (2)]
    ⎜   ↳ Genius MousePen i608X                       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)]
        ↳ Video Bus                                   id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        ↳ Sleep Button                                id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        ↳ CHESEN USB Keyboard                         id=10    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        ↳ CHESEN USB Keyboard                         id=11    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard                id=12    [slave  keyboard (3)]
        ↳ HP WMI hotkeys                              id=14    [slave  keyboard (3)]

    here's '
    xinput list-props "Genius MousePen i608X"'
    Code:
    Device 'Genius MousePen i608X':
        Device Enabled (151):    1
        Coordinate Transformation Matrix (153):    1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
        Device Accel Profile (276):    0
        Device Accel Constant Deceleration (277):    1.000000
        Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (278):    1.000000
        Device Accel Velocity Scaling (279):    10.000000
        Device Product ID (271):    1112, 20506
        Device Node (272):    "/dev/input/event10"
        Evdev Axis Inversion (280):    0, 0
        Evdev Axis Calibration (281):    <no items>
        Evdev Axes Swap (282):    0
        Axis Labels (283):    "Abs X" (390), "Abs Y" (391), "Abs Z" (602), "Abs Rotary X" (603), "Abs Rotary Y" (604), "Abs Rotary Z" (605), "Abs Pressure" (392), "None" (0)
        Button Labels (284):    "Button Left" (154), "Button Middle" (155), "Button Right" (156), "Button Wheel Up" (157), "Button Wheel Down" (158), "Button Horiz Wheel Left" (159), "Button Horiz Wheel Right" (160), "Button Side" (599), "Button Extra" (600), "Button Forward" (601), "Button Unknown" (274), "Button Unknown" (274), "Button Unknown" (274), "Button Unknown" (274)
        Evdev Middle Button Emulation (285):    0
        Evdev Middle Button Timeout (286):    50
        Evdev Third Button Emulation (287):    0
        Evdev Third Button Emulation Timeout (288):    1000
        Evdev Third Button Emulation Button (289):    3
        Evdev Third Button Emulation Threshold (290):    20
        Evdev Wheel Emulation (291):    0
        Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes (292):    0, 0, 4, 5
        Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia (293):    10
        Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout (294):    200
        Evdev Wheel Emulation Button (295):    4
        Evdev Drag Lock Buttons (296):    0

    my kernel: 3.11.0-19-generic
    I have the 32-bit version of ubuntu
    please help, I just want to draw.......
    Last edited by bluesky541; July 3rd, 2014 at 01:46 PM.

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    Re: Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    I have the same problem, does anybody, know a solution to this one?

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    Re: Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    Hi,

    I've got the same tablet, still having some issues, but already found a solution for your problem.

    From your lsusb:
    Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0458:501a KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)

    You can see ID 0458:501a. The problem is that you have newer version of MousePen i608X, the old one had ID 0458:05011. Currently the only one solution is to compile a kernel:

    1. Download a kernel source (from www.kernel.org).
    2. Make sure that you have enough free space on disk (about 10 GB)
    3. Unpack the kernel
    4. Modify the ID of MousePen i608X device (on my kernel copy is it file drivers/hid/hid-ids.h, here change 0x5011 to 0x501a)
    5. Optionaly make the kernel configuration (you can "copy" current and tweak only new things with command: make oldconfig)
    6. Compile the kernel (it will take long long time, command: make)
    7. Install modules (command: sudo make module_install)
    8. Install the kernel (command: sudo make install)
    9. Reboot and select the proper kernel

    I hope this will help you, for me it's working.

    UPDATE:
    With this modification I couldn't use whole width of tablet (only more than 3/4 worked).
    Better than hard modifying product id will be using this patch:
    http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg31764.html

    There is also updated descriptor with corrected dimensions.
    Last edited by vmyska; September 29th, 2014 at 05:11 PM.

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    Re: Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    Sorry to ask, but im a huge newbie, and I really need to get my tablet working.
    how do I apply the patch?

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    Re: Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    Hi, I have the same tablet & same problem.
    Filed a bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...r/+bug/1391260
    see this also http://askubuntu.com/questions/54704...work-in-ubuntu

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    Re: Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    Hi, I have been experiencing the same problem before, on 14.04 (I can't remember the kernel version I used then), which I managed to solve by remapping the keys of the pen like this:
    xinput set-button-mat <device ID> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1
    My device ID is 8, yours may vary, check it with xinput --list.
    The only thing not working with that fix was pressure, and possibly the mouse you got with the tablet (I lost it so I was unable to check ).

    However, after upgrading to 14.10, the problem turned into an opposite one: the clicks are registered (even the pressure!), although mapping is messed up, but I can't move the pointer with the pen.
    My kernel is 3.16.0-24-generic, the latest one supplied by Ubuntu update.
    I'll mess around a little more to try to get the mapping right, but as far as moving is concerned, I'm in the total dark.

    Thanks in advance.

    edit: Now it seems to work as before (and as described in the original post). I can move the pointer and managed to remap the buttons, but I'm not getting pressure now. The only thing I did was install proprietary drivers for graphics card (fglrx-updates).
    Last edited by ivannanic; November 19th, 2014 at 05:47 PM.

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    Re: Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    Quote Originally Posted by gitsythomas View Post
    Hi, I have the same tablet & same problem.
    Filed a bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...r/+bug/1391260
    see this also http://askubuntu.com/questions/54704...work-in-ubuntu
    I have answered that question on Askubuntu, I assume it's yours. See if it might help you.

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    Re: Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    After I upgraded the linux kernel version to 3.18.3-031803-generic, Genius MousePen i608X works well

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    Re: Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    In case people find the thread: The post above means that a 15.04 install should work straight away.
    Bringing old hardware back to life. About problems due to upgrading.
    Please visit Quick Links -> Unanswered Posts.
    Don't use this space for a list of your hardware. It only creates false hits in the search engines.

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    Re: Genius MousePen i608X doesn't work

    Quote Originally Posted by mörgæs View Post
    In case people find the thread: The post above means that a 15.04 install should work straight away.
    I'm using Xubuntu 15.04 ... the tablet works with the stylus without doing anything other than plugging the tablet into a USB port on my laptop .
    But ... the mouse isn't working . The tablet acknowledges the mouse, but the computer doesn't.

    Actually, given that this thread is marked solved, it would probably be best if I start a new thread ...
    Last edited by Graeme.N; June 27th, 2015 at 05:56 AM.

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