********** UPDATE 15th October 2010 **********
UP until last night the wizardpen driver wasn't working for a lot of people in maverick, however due to some work by Negora and Dr Mo the driver is now working on maverick, at least for me, you can install the driver already if you have the drmo ppa installed, if not you can add the ppa mentioned in this thread and install the driver using synaptic.
I would recommend removing any other versions of the wizardpen driver before installing the new one.
Please also consider adding your tablet information to this page ---> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GraphicsTablet
and please see this for more information ---> https://lists.launchpad.net/wizardpe.../msg00000.html
****** UPDATE 5th May - 2010 ******
As of 10.4 (lucid lynx) getting the trust tb-6300 (the tablet I use) to work is pretty easy, and as far as I know the other tablets listed in this post and the wiki should also work, with minimal tweaking.
You still need to make sure the following are installed as well
Code:
sudo aptitude install xutils libx11-dev libxext-dev x-dev build-essential xautomation xinput xserver-xorg-dev
So for lucid add this to your sources list - ppa:doctormo/xorg-wizardpen I normally do this through synaptic, once added reload and look for the wizardpen entry, just type wizardpen into the quick search filed.
Install the driver, then reboot just to make sure, or restart the session and you should be good to go.
If you want to adjust the way your tablet behaves then you need to edit the ----> 70-wizardpen.conf file this can be found here ----> /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d it may be in a different place to me, so if you can't find it there look here ---> /etc/xorg.conf.d
You can either edit as root or copy the file to your home directory and edit it there (this is what I did, I also saved the original file first, in case of issues)
This is my config file for reference, this works for the Trust-tb-6300, and it works really well for me, so hopefully it will work for others.
Code:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "wizardpen"
MatchIsTablet "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
MatchVendor "UC-LOGIC|KYE Systems|Ace Cad"
Driver "wizardpen"
Option "TopX" "2199"
Option "TopY" "3598"
Option "BottomX" "30325"
Option "BottomY" "29278"
Option "TopZ" "10"
Option "BottomZ" "1023"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "wizardpen ignore mouse dev"
MatchIsTablet "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
MatchVendor "UC-LOGIC|KYE Systems|Ace Cad"
Driver ""
EndSection
You can also use the method below and install from bzr, but as far as I know the bzr version is the same as the version from the ppa
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If you experience problems with anything relating to the wizardpen driver and your tablet by all means post in this thread and those of us that keep an eye on it will try and help, any bugs you feel there are you really will be helping by posting bug reports on the wizardpen section of launchpad, the links are in this thread, thank you
****** UPDATE 28th March 2010 - I have added this section for people wanting to set up a trust tablet (using the wizardpen driver) on lucid beta, it should be okay for the rc of lucid as well ? ******
First make sure these packages are installed -
Code:
sudo aptitude install xutils libx11-dev libxext-dev x-dev build-essential xautomation xinput xserver-xorg-dev
these steps are also mentioned in the wizardpen wiki wizardpen wiki
Next run the following in terminal -
Code:
sudo apt-get install bzr
then this -
Code:
bzr branch lp:wizardpen
You may get a message about letting bzr know about your id etc, don't worry about it and let things run, you should then end up with a folder in your home directory named "wizardpen"
Next - cd to the wizardpen folder, open erminal and type -
Code:
cd /home/YOUR USER NAME/wizardpen
Next run the following -
you may get an error about autoconf not being found, so you if you open synaptic and look for "autoconf" and you should see that lucid is using a later version, all I did was to install one of the versions that comes up as obsolete, this seemed to work.
you may also get a message about "libtoolize" not being found, again open synaptic and look for "libtool" and install it.
then repeat the step above (remember you need to be in the wizardpen folder) -
hopefully there won't be anymore issues.
Next run the following in terminal -
Code:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
what should happen is a .deb package should be built in your home directory, it will match your systems architecture, eg - if you run 64bit it will build a 64bit.deb.
next run the .deb (which will be something like this - xserver-xorg-input-wizardpen_0.7.1-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) you can either double click it or run - sudo dpkg -i ../xserver-xorg-input-wizardpen_0.7.1-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb etc
this should be all you need to do, there is no need to edit xorg.comf or create fdi files, as from what I can gather lucid doesn't use hal anymore it's all udev rules etc now, I think (I'm not pretending to understand it)
I have my trust tablet working in lucid beta 1 and it's very smooth in operation, if I'm honest it seems to be working better than in karmic etc.
If you run into trouble I will try and help as much as I can, for other versions, eg - karmic you should probably follow the bits below this, as I originally wrote this how to for karmic.
Hope this helps.
Cheers.
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Hello, this is my first how to, so if I get things wrong please feel free to give your input.
This how to is a result of my efforts to set up my Trust 6300 slimline graphics tablet on karmic koala, if you are running a different version of ubuntu then you should read through the info in the link below, as this will probably be more helpful.
This should work for the following tablets, with some tweaking.
Code:
# Acecad Flair II GT-504
#
DigiPro 5.5×4” Graphics Tablet
# Digital Ink Pad (A4 format)
# G-pen
# Genius Wizardpen
# Genius Mousepen
# Genius
# iBall
# Manhattan
# Pentagram
# QWare
# Trust TB-3100
# Trust TB-5300
# Trust TB-6300
# UC-LOGIC
# iBall Tablet PF8060
i originally tried to use this how to -
Code:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TabletSetupWizardpen
and eventually I did use part of it for the installation of the " wizard pen " driver.
so to begin.
Part 1 - driver installation.
This is simple enough (even for me)
download the wizard pen driver, I'm using the alpha version which is mentioned on the page I have linked.
( I have attached the file so you don't have to go hunting)
Important ! - before following the steps below you need to install some things, so run the follwoing code in a terminal
Code:
sudo aptitude install xutils libx11-dev libxext-dev x-dev build-essential xautomation xinput xserver-xorg-dev
to install the driver this is what I did, put the file in your home directory, or where ever you like (I tend to install everything from my home directory rather than the desktop)
then extract the archive (I normally right click and select extract here, I forget the command line way of doing it)
once extracted open a terminal and cd to the wizard pen file -
Code:
cd /home/your user name/wizardpen-0.7.0-alpha2
and press enter.
now you need to run the following -
Code:
sudo ./configure --with-xorg-module-dir=/usr/lib/xorg/modules && make
&& make install
and providing you don't have any issues (fingers crossed) you can check the installation by running the following -
Code:
ls /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen_drv.*
you should get this if everything went okay -
Code:
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen_drv.la
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen_drv.so
if you did then the fun begins, now if you have read through the wiki entry I linked then you will be thinking oh s*&t (I did) but fear not it's actually quite simple because you don't need to mess with xorg at all, and I don't think you need to in karmic ?
Part 2 - setting up udev, if your device is usb.
plug your tablet in (if you haven't already)
and run this in a terminal -
Code:
cat /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/product
the output should look something like this -
Code:
Tablet WP5540U
UHCI Host Controller
UHCI Host Controller
UHCI Host Controller
EHCI Host Controller
here is mine for reference, as your's may be different -
Code:
A815
KU990
USB2.0-CRW
HS USB FlashDisk
Basics Desktop
USB Trackball
Tablet WP8060U - this is my trust 6300 slim line usb tablet
EHCI Host Controller
EHCI Host Controller
OHCI Host Controller
OHCI Host Controller
now we need to add a udev rule - Please note that the SYSFS{product} is tablet specific so see the output from the above command ( this one - cat /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/product)
now open a terminal (if you don't have one open) and run the following -
and then this -
Code:
echo 'BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="event*", SYSFS{product}=="Tablet WP8060U", NAME="input/%k", SYMLINK+="tablet-event", MODE="0666"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/010_local.rules
Note ! the section in the above code that says - SYSFS{product}=="Tablet WP8060U" needs to match your tablet
now this -
Wait a second ! - because according to the wiki you should run the code below to restart udev, but running this will give you some messages about invoking scripts if you are using karmic.
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart
so instead of the code above, if you're using karmic try this -
Code:
service udev restart
if this is wrong please feel free to let me know and I'll amend it.
Note ! if - service udev restart, doesn't work then you could always resort to restarting your session.
now you will need to check to make sure the syslink has been created so run the following code -
Code:
ls -la /dev/tablet-event
if you get a line of output then everything is okay, unless it says something really bad 
Part 3 - calibration
now this step is where i had some interesting results, but feel free to have ago.
first cd to the calibrate folder in the driver file, so in terminal run the following -
Code:
cd /home/your user name/wizardpen-0.7.0-alpha2/calibrate
then run -
then -
Code:
sudo ./wizardpen-calibrate /dev/tablet-event
now providing everything went okay you should now have some instructions to follow, so follow away, and save the last 12 lines of the output in a text file, you will need them.
this is where things got a little odd for me, because when a adjusted the fdi file (which we will create in a little while) with the dimensions that the calibrate tool gave i had great difficulty using my tablet because for some reason the dimensions weren't right, I ran the calibrate tool a number of times trying different corners and always the same result, so if you have trouble then maybe you should try the steps I will outline in a minute.
so if you get funky coordinates for your tablet and is the same as mine, that being a trust 6300 slim line usb tablet, then try this, which is taken from the wiki -
Tablet W8060U (UC-Logic):
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "WizardPen Tablet"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Driver "wizardpen"
Option "Device" "/dev/tablet-event"
Option "TopX" "826"
Option "TopY" "2626"
Option "BottomX" "32747"
Option "BottomY" "32762"
Option "MaxX" "32747"
Option "MaxY" "32762"
EndSection
copy and paste the above or just keep it handy some where, you will need the bits that say top x etc etc.
now on to the fdi file, which is where the wiki could do with updating, mainly because it doesn't mention and fdi file, so I'm going to use this thread for the creation of the fdi file (the fdi file in this thread is for a different tablet, but we will adjust it to work for the trust 6300 tablet, and it may well work for other tablets)-
Code:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8506008
PS - thanks to drpjkurian
right now (I'm going to do things a little differently) open gedit or your choice of text editor.
and copy and paste the following into it -
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<!-- This MUST match with the name of your tablet obtained -->
<!-- in Step 2 specified previously -->
<match key="info.product" contains="NAME OF YOUR TABLET">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">wizardpen</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.SendCoreEvents" type="string">true</merge>
<!-- Modify these configuration accordingly -->
<!-- See CONFIGURATION OPTIONS section for the full-set of -->
<!-- configurable options -->
<merge key="input.x11_options.TopX" type="string">5619</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TopY" type="string">6554</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.BottomX" type="string">29405</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.BottomY" type="string">29671</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxX" type="string">29405</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxY" type="string">29671</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
Please note that where it says " the name of your tablet " in the above code you will need to put the name of your tablet, if you didn't make note of it you can run the following -
Code:
grep -i name /proc/bus/input/devices
now once thats done you need to save the file and name it the following -
Code:
99-x11-wizardpen.fdi
and right click on it and select copy
and then you will need to put this file in the right place, so this is how I did it, in a terminal run -
and enter your password, then you will need to navigate to the following folder in your file system -
Code:
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/
once there right click and select paste, and this should put the file in the right place, and the reason you need to do gksudo nautilus is because you need to be root to make changes to the file system.
now with that done it's the moment of truth, reboot you system and keep your fingers crossed and if I have written this out right and not made any mistakes your trust 6300 tablet should work.
Some points to note, the fdi file may well work for other tablets, but you will need to change the tablet name to match yours, and the x,y and z coordinates, the other thing is that this fdi file doesn't give you pressure sensitivity, which if you're like me you will want, so what to do ?
well it's easy enough, you need to add some extra lines to the fdi file.
you will have to find out what sort of pressure ranges your tablet has, the trust 6300 (the one i have) has 1024 ranges of pressure, so open the fdi file in your text editor, we are going to add some new lines -
Code:
<merge key="input.x11_options.topZ" type="string">6</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.bottomZ" type="string">1024</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.maxZ" type="string">1024</merge>
these lines need to be put in the right place, so to make it easy, if you have the same tablet as me (did i mention it was the trust 6300 slimline tablet) here is my fdi file, which works like a charm for me, I should point out that you may well get this fdi file to work for other tablets if you tweak the x,y and z coordinates to match your tablets dimensions.
my fdi file -
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<!-- This MUST match with the name of your tablet -->
<match key="info.product" contains="UC-LOGIC Tablet WP8060U">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">wizardpen</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.Type" type="string">stylus</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.SendCoreEvents" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.topZ" type="string">6</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.bottomZ" type="string">1024</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.maxZ" type="string">1024</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TopX" type="string">1946</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TopY" type="string">2861</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.BottomX" type="string">32747</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.BottomY" type="string">32762</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxX" type="string">32747</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxY" type="string">32762</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>
you can see that the new lines have been added to the start of the file and relate to the z axis, which is basically the stylus.
the lines that have 1024 and 6 relate to the pressure, 1024 being the maximum and 6 being the minimum.
I have tweaked mine a little because i noticed that if i set the lower end too low, then i would activate the left click events, so you may want to adjust this, once edited copy the fdi file into the - /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ folder and just over write the old one, the reboot and you should have pressure sensitivity, at least in gimp.
one last thing to get the tablet to work in gimp (I'm not sure about other applications) you will need to adjust a few things in gimp.
so open gimp (if you use it) and go to input devices, --> edit --> preferences --> input devices, click on " configure extended input devices " and in the window that should pop up you should see the option that says device, and if go through this you should see your tablet, uc logic etc etc, now I have mine set like this -
Code:
Mode - screen
X - 1
Y - 2
Pressure - 3
the other options I have left alone.
you can add other things to the fdi file to do various things, there is a read me in the wizard pen archive.
I hope you find this how to useful
cheers.
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