drfalkor
January 18th, 2007, 04:28 PM
Hi,
I have sendt a mail to the wacom guys, and got this answer:
Dear Mr. Pedersen,
thank you for your e-mail dated 13.01.2007.
Yes, in case you own a USB model of our tablet, you can get a beta version of
our driver to use on your Linux machine.
For more info about the linux/unix Wacom project, please consult the web page of
the software development department: www.wacomeng.com
If there should be further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us
again.
Best regards
Paolo Pinzuti
Wacom technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
Subject: Drivers help.
>Hi,
>
>I've got my Wacom I 3 A5 to work perfectly on my windows xp box. But, here
>is the thing, I got it to work on my Linux box with some alternative
>drivers, but the pen pressure dont work. So, is it possible for you guys to
>make some linux drivers ? it would be great, because I know there is a lot
>of linux users with a wacom tablet (from forums), but can't get it to work
>perfectly. There is a photoshop-like-program on Linux that's called 'The
>Gimp'. So it would be great to give us editors at the linux platform some
>handy drivers.
>
>--Øyvind A. Pedersen.
;)
EDIT: Is this old news ?
I have sendt a mail to the wacom guys, and got this answer:
Dear Mr. Pedersen,
thank you for your e-mail dated 13.01.2007.
Yes, in case you own a USB model of our tablet, you can get a beta version of
our driver to use on your Linux machine.
For more info about the linux/unix Wacom project, please consult the web page of
the software development department: www.wacomeng.com
If there should be further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us
again.
Best regards
Paolo Pinzuti
Wacom technical Support
************************************************** ********************************************
Technical Support: mailto:support@wacom.eu
Retailer Contact: mailto:sales@wacom.eu
Support Hours: Monday - Friday 08:00 - 18:00 CET
Wacom Website: http://www.wacom-europe.com
Anonymous FTP Site: ftp://ftp.wacom-europe.com
Accessories: http://www.wacom-shop.net
Spare Parts: mailto:parts@wacom.eu
+49 (0)180 5000 -375 / Fax: -376 (Central
Store Hamburg)
Spare Parts/ Accessories (UK):
Upgrades Unlimited (UK)
Phone: +44 (0)208 / 358 58 55
Fax: +44 (0) 208 / 905 80 15
Email: mailto:sales@unlimited.com
************************************************** ********************************************
WACOM Europe GmbH
Europark Fichtenhain A9
D-47807 Krefeld
Germany
************************************************** ********************************************
In order to enable us to answer to your inquiries as fast as possible, please
indicate the ticket number listed below with every future correspondence:
#WACOMEU#0107/1739487#SBT
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Drivers help.
>Hi,
>
>I've got my Wacom I 3 A5 to work perfectly on my windows xp box. But, here
>is the thing, I got it to work on my Linux box with some alternative
>drivers, but the pen pressure dont work. So, is it possible for you guys to
>make some linux drivers ? it would be great, because I know there is a lot
>of linux users with a wacom tablet (from forums), but can't get it to work
>perfectly. There is a photoshop-like-program on Linux that's called 'The
>Gimp'. So it would be great to give us editors at the linux platform some
>handy drivers.
>
>--Øyvind A. Pedersen.
;)
EDIT: Is this old news ?