HOW TO: Install a LinuxWacom Kernel Driver for Tablet PC's

[stoneage]

ok

Here you go :-
Xorg.0.log.tar.gz

It does maybe look that way:-

(**) Wacom Bamboo 4x5 Pen: Applying InputClass "evdev tablet catchall"

[Favux]

Yep, I'm seeing evdev but no wacom. Let's make sure your wacom.ko is autoloading:

lsmod | grep wacom

[stoneage]

Seems to be -

organic@organic-desktop:~$ lsmod |grep wacom
wacom 33237 0
organic@organic-desktop:~$

[Favux]

Alright, something is going wrong with your driver install.

Check in Synaptic Package Manager that you have xserver-xorg-input-all installed. If not install it.

Then follow the Bamboo HOW TO step I (to compile linuxwacom to get the wacom.ko).: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...09&postcount=1

That should establish usb communication and get the tablet working. You should also probably follow step II. to clone xf86-input-wacom. That fixes some pressure issues.

[stoneage]

Yep, that was it. I purged wacom-tools and xserver-xorg-input-wacom because I was changing from the 0.8.8-8 to the 0.8.8-10 driver. That removed xserver-xorg-input-all.

If you are changing linuxwacom versions the following is needed to clear the previous version (do not do in Karmic):

sudo apt-get install wacom-tools xserver-xorg-input-wacom

sudo apt-get purge wacom-tools xserver-xorg-input-wacom

*different versions can conflict with each other.

Perhaps that step should happen the other way round - purge, then install?


It is working now though, and thanks once again for the fast and excellent support.

[Favux]

Hi stoneage,

Outstanding!

Yes that purge routine is getting obsolete. And I'm not surprised it confused you. Once Hardy has expired I'll probably remove it. Although I think some folks are still occasionally having problems with version conflicts there's not much we can do about it because of the new dependency with xserver-xorg-input-all. Just repeat the driver compile a couple of times and hope you get there.

[martinjochimsen]

Hi everybody and especially Favux!

It's been a long time since I last was on this thread. I kind of gave up in Ubuntu 10.04 with calibrating the touch. I screwed up everything everytime I tried to install the drivers....or what ever it was. It's long time ago, and I can't remember.
Now I'm up for it again!"
I must say that Maverick is a BIG improvement. The only thing that I need is calibrating the touch. Even my stylus with right-click works out the box. And that's almost the best thing!!!
My laptop is a HP tx2590eo.
I'm not sure how much of the guide I should follow, when I only need to calibrate the touch thing. As I said the last time I was here, I'm a bit rusty to what I have to do.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Martin

[Favux]

Hi Martin,

Before you change anything let's see what the output of:

xinput --list

is on your system.

[martinjochimsen]

martin@martin-laptop:~$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Wacom ISDv4 93 Pen eraser id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Wacom ISDv4 93 Pen stylus id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Wacom ISDv4 93 Finger touch id=13 [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)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Sleep Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ CNF7060 id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ HP WMI hotkeys id=16 [slave keyboard (3)]

[Favux]

Hi Martin,

OK, that looks good. The wacom.ko is distinguishing between touch and the stylus. So I think all you need to do is set up a xsetwacom script.

See the one for the TX2000 attached to the bottom of post #2 at the Bamboo P&T HOW TO. That should work for your TX2500 too. Instructions for installing it are in step IV. of the HOW TO.

You should check out Magick Rotation 1.1 too. It now lets you toggle touch on and off. See the Rotation HOW TO for the link.