GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 317347
impossible to choose and save tools for different wacom devices
Last modified: 2006-10-02 00:09:21 UTC
Distribution/Version: Ubuntu Breezy On Ubuntu Breezy, Wacom Graphire3 (USB) and linuxwacom 0.6.4. 1. Add wacom config lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "cursor" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "USB" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "stylus" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "USB" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Eraser" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "USB" "on" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" [...] InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" [...] EndSection 2. Restart X.org 3. Start GIMP 4. Enable cursor, stylus and eraser tool in Addintion input devices prefs to work for the whole screen. 5. Save preferences. 6. Open "input device status" palette. 7. Try to select select any tool (e.g. Ink tool) with stylus device. Changes apply to Core Pointer only. With stylus devices being active (eraser end of pen is clicking surface of teh tablet) ">" cursor in "Input device status" palette points to Core Pointer only. 8. Try to select any tool with eraser device. Changes apply to Core Pointer only again. With eraser device being active (eraser end of pen is clicking surface of teh tablet) ">" cursor in "Input device status" palette points to Core Pointer only. 9. Exit GIMP and edit devicerc manually to set different tools for different devices. 10. Start GIMP. Devices are disabled again. Upon reenabling all wacom devices are equal to Core Pointer again, so everything is like in steps 7 and 8. 11. Exit GIMP. Copy'n'paste Carol's config for deveicerc (http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/gui/preferences/inputdevices.html). 12. Start GIMP. Same as step 10. This is also reproducible in GIMP 2.2.8, also in Fedora Core 3/4 and GIMP 2.2.8/CVS HEAD. Any help is highly appreciated.
Sounds very much like a known bug in the wacom driver. Please try a newer version and please report the problem to Ubuntu if that fixes the problem.
Alexandre, what's the status of this?
Last thing I heard from Ubuntu maintainers a couple days ago is: Task: ubuntu wacom-tools Severity: Normal => Major Priority: None => Medium Assignee: Ubuntu Kernel Team => Matthew Garrett Explanation: Not really a kernel team issue, so don't know who will take this one. Current version being pulled from Debian is 0.6.6. I don't really have any way to test this.
Well, you could build the wacom module yourself. http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/ currently states: "Driver 0.7.2 released It supports kernel 2.6.13/14 and a few new tablets (Graphire4, PL710, DTF720, Intuos3 6x11 and Volito2). It also reports tool ID and serial number to Xinput/Apps through valuators. No need to build mousedev.c, evdev.c, and usbmouse.c for kernel 2.6.x and modify /dev/input/mice in /etc/X11/xorg.conf anymore! "
Alexandre, what's the status of this issue?
Resolving as INCOMPLETE since there has been no response for a year.