Re: Problems with Wacom Bamboo over Gutsy

> Whoops, I forgot to add this:
> You also have to execute these instructions, before you restart your system:
> http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/installwacom
>
> And then perhaps test it using these instructions:
> http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/loadwacom
>
> After all that, and a reboot, you should be able to use your wacom tablet.
> And you can set the actions for the buttons with instructions like these:
> xsetwacom set pad AbsWUp 4 #scroll up
> xsetwacom set pad AbsWDn 5 #scroll down
> xsetwacom set pad button3 4 #< key: scroll up
> xsetwacom set pad button1 5 #> key: scroll dn
> xsetwacom set pad button2 1 #FN1 key: left mouse button
> xsetwacom set pad button4 3 #FN2 key: right mouse button
>
> (that's my set up for my Wacom)
>
> On Nov 28, 2007 1:25 AM, Marcel de Jong <mdejong@...> wrote:
>  
>> Hi Bruno,
>> I'm currently struggling to get it working again in Gutsy too (I
>> recently reinstalled my system).
>> The following things to look out for.
>> the prebuilt setup is apparently Fedora only, so that won't work.
>> But what should work is the following:
>> first install Ubuntus build-essential (sudo apt-get install build-essential)
>>
>> go to the folder  linuxwacom-0.7.8-3/
>> and execute the following:
>> ./configure --enable-wacom
>> if that spits back some error messages, you need to install a few -dev packages.
>> I'm not 100% sure which ones, but off the top of my head: ncurses-dev
>> xserver-xorg-dev
>> if those are installed, run the command again:
>> ./configure --enable-wacom
>>
>> then you enter 'make'
>> and after that has finished you enter 'sudo make install'
>>
>> I noticed that you had this in your xorg.conf:
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>        Driver          "wacom"
>>        Identifier      "stylus"
>>        Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/wacom"
>>        Option          "Type"  "stylus"
>>        Option          "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>        Driver          "wacom"
>>        Identifier      "eraser"
>>        Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/wacom"
>>        Option          "Type"  "eraser"
>>        Option          "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>        Driver          "wacom"
>>        Identifier      "cursor"
>>        Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/wacom"
>>        Option          "Type"  "cursor"
>>        Option          "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
>> EndSection
>>
>> you need to comment the lines with 'Option          "ForceDevice"
>> "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY' (just add a # in front of those)
>> and you also need to add
>> Option "USB" "on"
>> to those sections.
>> And uncomment the three lines at the bottom of the file. (the one that
>> has '# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet' above them)
>>
>> If you also want to enable the ring and buttons add this too
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>        Driver          "wacom"
>>        Identifier      "cursor"
>>        Option          "Device"        "/dev/input/wacom"
>>        Option          "Type"  "pad"
>>        Option          "USB"   "on"
>> EndSection
>>
>> and add a
>> InputDevice     "pad"        "SendCoreEvents"
>> to that lower section.
>>
>> BTW, there could be an issue with the 'device' "/dev/input/wacom"
>> You might want to check if that file exists. If it doesn't, then you
>> need to find out under which event your Wacom is hiding.
>> you could do that with 'wacdump /dev/input/event0' (0 upto 6, normally)
>> if any of those events give back a 'core dump' error message, chances
>> are that that is the Wacom (for some reason if Wacom is mentioned in
>> xorg,conf, wacdump doesn't work anymore)
>>
>> Please before you do any altering to your xorg,conf file, first make a backup!
>>