GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 609086
Bad stylus behaviour with genius 8x6 tablet
Last modified: 2010-02-06 18:59:34 UTC
Hi. I've just replaced my old AceCad tablet with Genius 8x6 tablet. it works fine in ALL programs I checked except for GIMP (and inkspace) ..... :( In gimp, The problem is that the x-axis doens't react as it should. for example - if I use a brush tool - I get two cursors - one with a brush where the pen is and another where it actualy draws. Here is a screen shot about the problem : http://www.flickr.com/photos/47152508@N05/4326636701/ I've googled for a few hours with no aparent solution. I'm using gimp 2.6.8 on windows XP home edition. I've also tried downscaling to gimp 2.2 and gimp 2.4 and the problem still exists. To my best knowledge, the tablet driver is the latest and it seems to work fine. I also get pressure recognition both in gimp and in the tablet utility. Do you know of any solution about this frustrating situation ? Thanks, Ohad.
Could be bug 334988 or bug 442835 or bug 462210 or maybe a duplicate of another tablet-related bug in GTK+.
I found another web entry about this problem here : https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/517477 The description is very simliar to my problem. This is a quote from there : "Hi there, I do not know who to turn to regarding this problem, I hope I am posting in the correct place. If not, please could someone point me in the right direction? I am a digital artist / computer technician and have been using GIMP for the last 2 years, I've never had much issues with it and recommend it to many of my artist friends to try, I've recently tried out inkscape but am still getting used to it I have googled around for a solution to this problem, I only found more questions than answers ========= Using: GIMP ver 2.6.7 with GPS and GAP OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 Tablet: Genius Mousepen 8 x 6 Display: 20" LG flatron @ 1600 x 900 OK, what's happening? - I have a Windows XP machine here, and I was using a 19" CRT monitor on it up till the day before yesterday. - Yesterday I acquired a shiny new 20" LCD. I installed it and continued working as normal. - I got the clever idea to try and set the two screens up as a Dual View on my Nvidia card. - My Genius 8x6 Mousepen tablet operated as normal in Windows itself and general programs - Then I opened up GIMP to do some work and the strangest thing happens. (I managed to find a video on the net with my issue, but no solution, I think it's the best way to explain the problem here) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-963158980122070242# -I have tried updating the tablet drivers, even the display drivers and that didnt work. -I have tried the Input Settings in Gimp, that did not work -The only thing that brought me a minor amount of joy was completely removing the tablet driver, but then I have no pressure sensitivity and I require it for my work. - I finally decided to remove the second screen and just use the LCD one. GIMP is now having that exact problem on my single display as well. - I uninstalled GIMP 2.6.7, - I downgraded all the way down to Gimp 2 to see if it would help if I reinstalled it with the manual GTK install. Same problem - I reinstalled Gimp 2.6.7, finally got the "must restart your computer" screen i wanted, but upon restart still the same thing. This problem is persistent between both GIMP and Inkscape, perhaps other GTK programs too. I reckon it must be a problem with the GTK, since SAI Paint, and Photoshop are working perfectly. =================== If there is perhaps some kind of Dual monitor issue, it would be very nice to be able to have that ability in future versions. For an artist like myself, I use GIMP at least 6 hours a day, and I would like to have the ability to have my IM programs, reference pictures or perhaps even a movie playing in the other monitor while I am drawing on the main one. =================== At this moment is looks like a complete Windows wipe is the solution, which I really dont want to do I would greatly appreciate any help I can get, I do so love my GIMP and will continue supporting and using it Thank you very much -Cat " If I can help in giving any more information, please let me know and I will be happy to provide whatever I can. Thanks, Ohad.
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 32491 ***
(In reply to comment #3) > Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into > our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you > find. > > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 32491 *** Hi. I looked into the bug you declare as a duplicate but I can't seem to find the similarity. Maybe you stated a wrong duplicate bug number ? Thanks, Ohad.
Right. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 324913 ***
(In reply to comment #5) > Right. > > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 324913 *** Hi Michal, Thank you for the quick reply. However, I still can't seem to identify the problem to be exactly the same as the duplicate bug since I have only one monitor. I have checked the installation on 3 different xp machines and the problem was in all 3 of them. maybe I can supply any additional info that can help to narrow down this bug, or at least find the right duplicate match if one exists. Thanks, Ohad.