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

[oberonking]

Thanks for the information. Before we try fixing the kernel module, let's see if we just need to patch the wacom driver to see your device. Please try the following:

cd
sudo apt-get build-dep xserver-xorg-wacom
wget http://linuxfans.keryxproject.org/packages/wacom/waltop/xf86-input-wacom-0.10.5.tar.bz2
tar -xvjf xf86-input-wacom-0.10.5.tar.bz2
cd xf86-input-wacom-0.10.5
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

I found this link that showed that the driver was not recognizing the device so I have patched the driver similar to what the person suggested. The same change is usually done for the N-trig devices which I think was what Favux was suggesting to me.

Please give this a try and use the wacom xorg setting.

Sorry about no post before....
it compile ok... no errors, the linuxwacom too.
I try with xorg and post the results.

[oberonking]

I'm having some test... and... maybe wacom are taken the tablet.

(II) Module wacom: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 0.10.5
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
(II)          WALTOP             Tablet    : type not specified, assuming 'stylus'.
(II)          WALTOP             Tablet    : other types will be automatically added.
(**)          WALTOP             Tablet    : always reports core events
(II)          WALTOP             Tablet    : hotplugging dependent devices.
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
(**)          WALTOP             Tablet     eraser: always reports core events
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "         WALTOP             Tablet     eraser" (type: ERASER)
(--)          WALTOP             Tablet     eraser: using pressure threshold of 61 for button 1
(--)          WALTOP             Tablet     eraser: Wacom USB PL/Cintiq tablet speed=38400 maxX=17920 maxY=10752 maxZ=1023 resX=508 resY=508  tilt=disabled
(--)          WALTOP             Tablet     eraser: top X=0 top Y=0 bottom X=17920 bottom Y=10752 resol X=508 resol Y=508
(II)          WALTOP             Tablet    : hotplugging completed.
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "         WALTOP             Tablet    " (type: STYLUS)
(--)          WALTOP             Tablet    : top X=0 top Y=0 bottom X=17920 bottom Y=10752 resol X=508 resol Y=508
(II) config/udev: Adding input device          WALTOP             Tablet     (/dev/input/mouse2)
(II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)

the only thing that don't know how do it... are the configurations.. what method?? xorg? xsetwacom??

xsetwacom don't work for me...

mato@R2-D2:~$ xinput --list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Genius Optical Mouse                    	id=8	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳          WALTOP             Tablet     eraser	id=9	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳          WALTOP             Tablet      	id=10	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Macintosh mouse button emulation        	id=12	[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)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=11	[slave  keyboard (3)]

use xsetwacom set 10 xwhereveX.... the result are.

mato@R2-D2:~$ xsetwacom set 10 Button2 "Button 3"
Error (2): WacomConfigOpenDevice: No such device
Set: Failed to open device '10'

Any idea???

EDIT: with xsetwacom set " WALTOP Tablet " TPCButton "off" don't have the error, but nothing happens.

The configurations that I needed are:

xsetwacom set "         WALTOP             Tablet    " TPCButton "off"
xsetwacom set "         WALTOP             Tablet    " Button3 "Button 2"
xsetwacom set "         WALTOP             Tablet    " Button2 "Button 3"
xsetwacom set "         WALTOP             Tablet    " Button1 "Button 1"

[Favux]

Hi oberonking,

Quick way to tell if the Wacom drivers have your tablet is enter:

xsetwacom list

The output should have your devices. Just entering 'xsetwacom' should list options for xsetwacom and show it's there.

[oberonking]

Hi oberonking,

Quick way to tell if the Wacom drivers have your tablet is enter:

xsetwacom list

The output should have your devices. Just entering 'xsetwacom' should list options for xsetwacom and show it's there.

I try this already... nothing happens, there's not exit

mato@R2-D2:~$ xsetwacom list
mato@R2-D2:~$

I have pressure.. but all buttons (2 on the pen and the tip) work like Button1...

The only way to make this work is to passing xsetwacom set " WALTOP Tablet " TPCButton "off"

But I can't

[Favux]

Hi oberonking,

It looks like the Wacom driver doesn't have the tablet. Could you post the entire Xorg.0.log? Right click and compress with Create Archive and attach to post using Manage Attachments below.

[oberonking]

Hi oberonking,

It looks like the Wacom driver doesn't have the tablet. Could you post the entire Xorg.0.log? Right click and compress with Create Archive and attach to post using Manage Attachments below.

here is it....

[Favux]

Hmmm. It looks like it is setting up OK on:

(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"

But then comes:

(II) config/udev: Adding input device          WALTOP             Tablet     (/dev/input/mouse2)

It may be setting up on mouse2 also and that may be interfering with the set up on event5.

If eraser is 9 in xinput then stylus should be 10. And there doesn't seem to be duplicate inputs in xinput which you would expect to see if setting up on mouse2.

Any response from the stylus or eraser at all?

[oberonking]

Any response from the stylus or eraser at all?

The tablet works.... but the tip and the both buttons of the pen work like LMB... with wacomcpl (I miss it) if I set like "Side Switch + tip" buttons work again...
I read on other post http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1475433 that have same tablet that I and make it work with Wizardpen... I try with that and tell you how goes

[oberonking]

Work like a charm with Wizardpen... but, all ways exist one "but" @#~@½½¬@#½¬¬½

Blender presure needs that the tablet be "stylus" for the system, with fdi need to put "<merge key=”info.product” type=”string”>stylus</merge>" and that's all...

With xorg I don't know how...

[Favux]

I don't think you can do it with a .conf file in xorg.conf.d. You may be able to do it using xorg.conf, but I doubt it. I think that will only work with the Wacom driver. In wacom when doing a section you define type as stylus and that's what shows up in xinput, stylus.