So, I finally solved this thing (had been at it for at least a couple of months) so I'll just post here exactly how to do it. Most of the steps are similar to the ones on this thread, so much of this guide will be a copy-paste of that.
1. Go to the terminal and install all of these
Code:
sudo apt-get install setserial wacom-tools xserver-xorg-input-wacom
2. Map the hardware port to a virtual serial port
Code:
sudo setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x0238 irq 4 autoconfigure
3. Check that all is working; first type
Code:
wacdump -f tpc /dev/ttyS0
and move your pen around the screen. If the numbers move, keep going. If they don't you're out of luck.
4. Put the appropriate entries in the xorg file. type
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
, and paste these lines in there somewhere (I put them at the beginning)
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
Option "Button2" "3"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
and then add these lines to the Section "ServerLayout":
Code:
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
4.1. (Optional for screen rotatiOn in step 8 ). Add these lines to the "Device" section:
Code:
Option "RandRRotation" "on"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "DRI" "false"
WARNING:This last line will disable3D acceleration but i'ts neccesary.
Click the save button and close gedit.
5. Make these changes permanent by typing
Code:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure setserial
and selecting the option "autosave once"
6. Restart and it should all be working!
After this my tablet worked just fine, but the other guides included this last step so I'll post it here as a "last resor" measure.
7. Type
Code:
sudo xsetpointer stylus
I actually don't know what this command is for, so if someone were to illuminate me...
I know there aren't a lot of M1300 users out there but still I wish when I bought mine there was a guide just like this one to set it up.
This is working for hardy but presumably it would work with future versions as well.
UPDATED INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTREPID
All right, so Intrepid is here, so here is what needs to be done differently in order to setup the wacom tablet.
- Replace step 4 in these instructions for the ones in this post
- For screen rotation, just follow the usual steps (in the next post)
- For screen brightness, the steps described 2 posts from this one are no longer necessary. Just add the screen brightness applet to the gnome panel and it should Just Work
Got the battery problem solved. Follow these instructions
trainerjonathan located the thread where there are instructions to get an onscreen keyboard at login
Originally Posted by
trainerjonathan
By the way the instructions to add the on-screen keyboard to the login screen in this
post worked perfectly for me.
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