Wacom HOWTO

**Fry-kun** · 20th September 2007, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Lindy

Great howto Fry-kun! But I feel a little in the cheap seats though having only a lowly Graphire3 6x8 =).
Question: Is it necessary to have in the Xorg.conf /dev/input/uinput-wacom-Graphire3-6x8 as opposed to
just /dev/input-wacom in the section(s) "InputDevice" option "Device" line(s)?
The reason I ask is that I have Option "Device" /dev/input-wacom and everything appears to be working properly.

Thanks, glad it was helpful

To answer your question: no, it is not necessary if you only have one tablet.

**Lindy** · 21st September 2007, 12:05 AM

no, it is not necessary if you only have one tablet.

Thanks, thats nice to know.

FNHi · 21st September 2007, 10:45 PM

Upgrade you linuxwacom v. 0.7.4 driver to more powerful v. linuxwacom-0.7.8-3.
No Need recompiling kernel modules by hand.

Originally Posted by Fry-kun
1. Driver package.

Although it's not the latest and greatest, the package of wacom drivers in Fedora's yum repository seems to make my tablets work properly. If you want the latest bells and whistles, go to http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/ and get the latest verison. It'll require building kernel modules, though - which in turn means recompiling those modules by hand every time yum updates your kernel.

Install the Fedora wacom driver package:
# yum install linuxwacom

If you want the latest bells and whistles, go to http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/ and get the latest verison. It'll require building kernel modules, though - which in turn means recompiling those modules by hand every time yum updates your kernel.

I was installing new driver from http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/ at top of
# yum install linuxwacom

I was following these steps:

1. remove linuxwacom packages

1. Upgrade my kernel to 2.6.22.5-76.fc7 with full set of packages.

2. Install linuxwacom both packages linuxwacom and linuxwacom-developer

3. Download the most recent linuxwacom driver package from
http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/main
page to your home directory and unpack it:

[fnhi@fnhi Desktop]$ bunzip2 linuxwacom-0.7.8-3.tar.bz2
[fnhi@fnhi Desktop]$ tar xvf linuxwacom-0.7.8-3.tar
[fnhi@fnhi Desktop]$ cd linuxwacom-0.7.8-3
[fnhi@fnhi linuxwacom-0.7.8-3]$ cd prebuilt/
[fnhi@fnhi prebuilt]$./uninstall
[fnhi@fnhi prebuilt]$./install

Now I got upgrade fo my linuxwacom driver form 0.7.4 to 0.7.8 without recompiling those modules by hand.
And you can use wacomcpl GUI tool for making configuration: pressure, mapping, etc. in GUI interface ;-) You can use this command line for runing wacomcpl:
# /usr/local/bin/wacomcpl

Or you can put wacomcpl in you System/Preferences/Hadware/wacomcpl
for easy way to run this tool.
Go here for learning howto do this stuff.
http://www.howtoforge.com/the_perfec...top_fedora7_p4
Go you tutor from thise line

One thing you will notice is that XMMS isn't listed anywhere in our menu although we know we installed it. That's no problem, only the XMMS menu entry is missing. Let's create it:

Here is my log file for wacom

Code:

[fnhi@fnhi prebuilt]$ grep -i wacom /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(II) LoadModule: "wacom"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//wacom_drv.so
(II) Module wacom: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
(II) Wacom driver level: 47-0.7.8 $
(**) stylus device is /dev/input/wacom
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(**) WACOM: PressCurve 0,0,100,100
(**) eraser device is /dev/input/wacom
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(**) WACOM: PressCurve 0,0,100,100
(**) cursor device is /dev/input/wacom
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(**) pad device is /dev/input/wacom
(**) WACOM: suppress value is 2
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "pad" (type: Wacom Pad)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "cursor" (type: Wacom Cursor)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "eraser" (type: Wacom Eraser)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "stylus" (type: Wacom Stylus)
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
stylus Wacom X driver grabbed event device
(==) Wacom using pressure threshold of 61 for button 1
(==) Wacom USB Intuos3 tablet speed=9600 maxX=60960 maxY=45720 maxZ=1023 resX=5080 resY=5080  tilt=enabled
(==) Wacom device "stylus" top X=0 top Y=0 bottom X=60960 bottom Y=22860
(==) Wacom device "eraser" top X=0 top Y=0 bottom X=60960 bottom Y=22860
(==) Wacom device "cursor" top X=0 top Y=0 bottom X=60960 bottom Y=22860
(==) Wacom device "pad" top X=0 top Y=0 bottom X=60960 bottom Y=22860
[fnhi@fnhi prebuilt]$

And here is my xorg.conf
I was making setting for my radeon video card, for one big display in 2monitors, and configuring my wacom for correct proportion active mapping (tracking).

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display



Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Multihead layout"
        Option         "MonitorLayout"     "LVDS, CRT"
	Screen         0  "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
	Screen         1  "Screen1" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "AlwaysCore"
	InputDevice    "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "pad"
	Option	    "Xinerama" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Synaptics"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "stylus"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "stylus"
	Option	    "USB" "on"
	Option	    "Tilt" "on"
	Option	    "PressCurve" "0,0,100,100"
	Option	    "Mode" "Absolute"
	Option	    "Speed" "1"
        Option "TopX" "0"
        Option "TopY" "0"
        Option "BottomX" "60960"
        Option "BottomY" "33250"
        Option "KeepShape" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "eraser"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "eraser"
	Option	    "USB" "on"
	Option	    "PressCurve" "0,0,100,100"
	Option	    "Mode" "Absolute"
	Option	    "Speed" "1"
        Option "TopX" "0"
        Option "TopY" "0"
        Option "BottomX" "60960"
        Option "BottomY" "33250"
        Option "KeepShape" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "cursor"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "cursor"
	Option	    "Mode" "Absolute"
	Option	    "USB" "on"
	Option	    "Speed" "1"
        Option "TopX" "0"
        Option "TopY" "0"
        Option "BottomX" "60960"
        Option "BottomY" "33250"
        Option "KeepShape" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "pad"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "pad"
	Option	    "USB" "on"
	Option	    "Button1" "6"
	Option	    "Button2" "7"
	Option	    "Button3" "4"
	Option	    "Button4" "5"
        Option "TopX" "0"
        Option "TopY" "0"
        Option "BottomX" "60960"
        Option "BottomY" "33250"
        Option "KeepShape" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "LCD Panel 1024x768"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 48.5
        VertRefresh  40.0 - 70.0
        # 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
        Modeline "1024x768_100.00"  113.31  1024 1096 1208 1392  768 769 772 814  -HSync +Vsync
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Philips 109B6"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 95.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
        # 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
        Modeline "1024x768_100.00"  113.31  1024 1096 1208 1392  768 769 772 814  -HSync +Vsync
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
        VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
	BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]"
        Option      "MonitorLayout"     "LVDS, CRT"
        Screen      0

EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard1"
	Driver      "radeon"
	VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
	BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]"
	BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
        Option      "MonitorLayout"     "LVDS, CRT"
	Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
                Depth           24
		Modes	       "1024x768_100.00"
        EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen1"
	Device     "Videocard1"
	Monitor    "Monitor1"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes	       "1024x768_100.00"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

How to take pressure in GIMP and in Inkscape you can learn here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom

P.S. Now, no need for recompiling those kernel modules by hand
every time yum updates your kernel.
You can get upgrade you linuxwacom driver to more powerful v. linuxwacom-0.7.8-3
and take comfort work with wacomcpl

**Fry-kun** · 22nd September 2007, 01:30 AM

FNHi, sounds awesome.
I'll definitely try it when I get home

Update: tried and it seems to be working.
After installing the prebuilt binaries, the installer complained at me that I *might* need to rebuild the wacom kernel module. After restarting X, it seems to have worked.
I'll add it to the HOWTO sometime when it's not 3 in the morning

**chaud lapin** · 23rd September 2007, 10:19 AM

Fry-Kun,

A very big THANKS for compiling (and maintaining!) this How-to. Just got my Graphire4 working on F7.

LMANSUY · 30th September 2007, 06:07 PM

Thank you for your tuto, but unfortunately, it doesn't work "out of the box" for me :-)

In order to pass the GDM crash when the tablet is unplugged, I had to modify the xorg.conf to replace "/dev/input/wacom" by "dev/input/uinput-wacom".

By doing this, my graphire 4 work very well.

**leadgolem** · 9th October 2007, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by Fry-kun

FNHi, sounds awesome.
I'll definitely try it when I get home

Update: tried and it seems to be working.
After installing the prebuilt binaries, the installer complained at me that I *might* need to rebuild the wacom kernel module. After restarting X, it seems to have worked.
I'll add it to the HOWTO sometime when it's not 3 in the morning

You can also get the new driver version from the fedora development repo.

**Fry-kun** · 4th December 2007, 03:36 AM

bump because I just updated the HOWTO for Fedora 8

**leadgolem** · 4th December 2007, 04:45 AM

Out of curiosity, anybody gotten this thing to work across a bluetooth?

**Thetargos** · 4th December 2007, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by leadgolem

Out of curiosity, anybody gotten this thing to work across a bluetooth?

Not directly with Fedora, but I've known people that have gotten theirs to work with Ubuntu and SuSE.

**leadgolem** · 4th December 2007, 07:59 AM

Really? I don't suppose you could point me to a thread/how-to? Even if it is for another distro I might be able to adapt the techniques.

BTW: I don't have any problem getting the system to see my tablet as a bluetooth mouse.

**Thetargos** · 4th December 2007, 11:11 AM

You may want to check the Linux-Wacom mailing list archives, I believe you can consult them from the project's site at linuxwacom.sf.net

**leadgolem** · 4th December 2007, 04:40 PM

I loath mailing lists. Even mailing list archives...

**Fry-kun** · 4th December 2007, 07:49 PM

A little searching session and here's a promising result:
http://cs.ozerki.net/zap/wacom-bt/

Mind you, I don't have a bluetooth tablet, so I can't really tell you if it works (properly) or not...

**leadgolem** · 4th December 2007, 08:38 PM

Hmm, I was hoping not to have to build/package. Oh well. Thanks.
EDIT: It just seems like you should be able to link the bluetooth input to the wacom linux driver...

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