HOWTO: Wacom in 8.04 Hardy

**neko18** · April 25th, 2008

Wacom on 8.04 Hardy

These are the steps I took to make my Wacom Bamboo Fun work in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy. These instructions should work for most Wacom tablets.

0. Make sure you have a couple hours available. This will take a while. Also, print off a copy of this post because you will need to restart your computer a couple of times. If something goes wrong, see the troubleshooting section at the end of this post.

1. Plug in your tablet and open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal). Enter the commands in the following steps line by line into the terminal, pressing enter after each command. If you are prompted for a password, type your password then press enter.

2.

Code:

lsusb | grep -i wacom

Mine is a "056a:0017". Most models beginning with "056a" should work.

3.

Code:

mkdir wacom
cd wacom

4.

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential x11proto-core-dev libxau-dev libxdmcp-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev xtrans-dev libx11-dev x11proto-xext-dev libxext-dev libxi-dev linux-libc-dev libc6-dev libncurses5-dev xserver-xorg-dev tk-dev tcl-dev -y

5.

Code:

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linuxwacom/linuxwacom-0.8.0-3.tar.bz2
tar xjf linuxwacom-0.8.0-3.tar.bz2
cd linuxwacom-0.8.0-3

6.

Code:

sudo ln -s /usr/include/pixman-1/pixman.h /usr/include/pixman.h
sudo ln -s /usr/include/pixman-1/pixman-version.h /usr/include/pixman-version.h

7.

Code:

./configure --enable-wacom
make
sudo make install

8.

Code:

cd ..
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf .
gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

9. Place the following lines near the beginning of the file. If you have a touchpad, make sure you place these lines before the "Synaptics Touchpad" Section.

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
	Driver		"wacom"
	Identifier	"stylus"
	Option		"Device"	"/dev/input/wacom"
	Option		"Type"		"stylus"
#	Option		"ForceDevice"	"ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
	Option		"USB"		"on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Driver		"wacom"
	Identifier	"eraser"
	Option		"Device"	"/dev/input/wacom"
	Option		"Type"		"eraser"
#	Option		"ForceDevice"	"ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
	Option		"USB"		"on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Driver		"wacom"
	Identifier	"cursor"
	Option		"Device"	"/dev/input/wacom"
	Option		"Type"		"cursor"
#	Option		"ForceDevice"	"ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
	Option		"USB"		"on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Driver		"wacom"
	Identifier	"pad"
	Option		"Device"	"/dev/input/wacom"
	Option		"Type"		"pad"
	Option		"USB"		"on"
EndSection

10. Find the section that looks somewhat like this. It will be near the end of the file.

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	Inputdevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

11. Add these lines within the section you found in step 10.

Code:

	InputDevice     "stylus"	"SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice     "cursor"	"SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice     "eraser"	"SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice	"pad"

12. Save (Ctrl-S) and quit (Ctrl-Q).

13.

Code:

cp /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko wacom.ko.`uname -r`
sudo cp linuxwacom-0.8.0-3/src/2.6.24/wacom.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko

You may get an error on this step. If you do, please write down the error. If your tablet does not work when you finish this HOWTO, please post this error so I (or someone else) can work through it with you.

14.

Code:

sudo depmod -e

15.

Code:

cd linuxwacom-0.8.0-3/prebuilt
sudo ./uninstall
sudo ./install

16.

Code:

wget 'http://git.debian.org/?p=users/ron/wacom-tools.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/xserver-xorg-input-wacom.udev;hb=master' -O wacom.udev
cp /etc/udev/rules.d/50-xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules wacom.udev.backup
sudo cp wacom.udev /etc/udev/rules.d/50-xserver-xorg-input-wacom.rules

17.

Code:

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

18.

Code:

sudo ./uninstall
cd ..
sudo make install

19. Reboot your computer.

20. At this point, my tablet began working. If yours still is not, please post in this thread if you need help. Be sure to include any errors you received from the terminal. Also, include the ouput of the following two commands as an attachment (text file):

Code:

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
ls -l /dev/input

Troubleshooting

1.
Problem: X.org does not start after restarting your computer the first time.
Solution:
1. Restart your computer. You can do this either by pressing your power button or by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete.
2. When you see "GRUB Loading... Please Wait" on your screen, press the Escape key.
3. Scroll down to the "Recovery mode" entry with the arrow keys and press Enter. It is usually the second one.
4. Once the messages stop scrolling on the screen, enter the following commands. Press enter after each line. Remember to replace "USERNAME" with your actual username. If you do not remember your username, see the troubleshooting #2 entry.

Code:

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.wacom_modified
cp /home/USERNAME/wacom/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
reboot

2.
Problem: You do not remember your username.
Solution: Run the following command. It will output a list of users. You will probably be able to recognize your username from this list.

Code:

cat /etc/passwd | grep "/home" | cut -d: -f1

3.
Problem: It didn't work.
Solution: Read though the posts in this topic. If you do not find a solution that applies to you, post a new reply asking for help.

**arelis** · April 25th, 2008

Thanks! That was fast

There is a little error in your guide. "make install" should be "sudo make install" because without permissions make install doesn't work.

Also, if you bold out "correctly" where it says "If your tablet works correctly, stop now" and put this in the sentence: "(That is, if your tablet does seem to work, but not like it normally would, for example if it functions like a touchpad)", that might help. I got my tablet to work using your guide, but on first reboot (before i did apt-get remove wacom-tools xserver-xorg-input-wacom, and installed those back), it functioned like a touchpad. When i followed those final instructions, however, my tablet functions normally. How do i customize my tablet now? And, for example, the pad? I ran wacomcpl but the list which normally has the components of the tablet, is empty. Also, how do i reset the settings of the tablet to the settings you get when first installing it?? I screwed up the settings once, when on Ubuntu Gutsy, and the 'defaults' button in wacomcpl didn't do much good.

**Nesmontu** · April 25th, 2008

Thanks, worked liked a charm for me! Maybe this should go on the wiki?

**jazzroy** · April 25th, 2008

it worked for me too. thanks!!

**Eastisle** · April 25th, 2008

Wow thanks Neko. Works better than ever. It got my Bamboo working right after step 19.

**ChromeKaldra** · April 25th, 2008

i don't know if by "working" you mean "is more than a mouse". If so then no, it's only acting like a mouse. [w/o box selection too...]

But if by working you mean 'responsive' then yes!

i thank you for this as well, as it has gotten my tablet responsive.

Now i just gotta get Gimp to recognize it...any links anyone?

**SnakeArtworX** · April 26th, 2008

Hi.
I have a problem with my Bamboo One tablet. However, I'm using 7.10 and I wonder if my tablet will finally start to "cooperate" under 8.04?
I've did everything to make it work, but there's no /dev/input/wacom, no event in /dev/input/ is responding after cat eventx (where x is the number of event). So if there's anyone with Bamboo One, please share your experience with that model and Ubuntu 7.10 or 8.04.

**Eastisle** · April 26th, 2008

Hi Snake,

The Bamboo is automatically recognized in 8.04 but it has to be configured through the use of this guide. Otherwise, the stylus moves the cursor on the screen but very slowly and the tablet basically behaves like a touchpad.

In 7.10 the Bamboo didn't function at all through plug and play. It can be made to work though. There's a guide on this forum that worked for me 100%.

I'm using the Bamboo in 8.04 as I write this, works super smooth thanks to this guide.

Edit:
Didn't notice you were referring to the Bamboo One. In that case, this might help:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...05&postcount=4

**adamsad1** · April 26th, 2008

This works perfectly on my X61 tablet!

Thanks a lot!

**neko18** · April 26th, 2008

@arelis
Thank you for the suggestions. I modified the howto accordingly.

To get `wacomcpl` working correctly, open a terminal and enter the following commands. I updated the howto to include them.

Code:

cd wacom/linuxwacom-0.7.9-11/prebuilt
sudo ./uninstall
cd ..
sudo make install
wacomcpl

@Nesmontu
Thanks for the suggestion. I posted a link to this thread on the wiki.

@jazzroy, @Eastile
I'm glad you got your tablet working.

@ChromeKaldra
Please reboot your computer with the tablet plugged in, then run the following command. Reply to this thread with its output.

Code:

ls -l /dev/input

@SnakeArtworX
The link Eastile gave in his edit should work.

@adamsad1
I didn't realize this worked for serial tablets as well as USB tablets. Thanks for pointing that out.

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