GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 8024
Mouse doesnt draw when using the Graphire graphics tablet.
Last modified: 2009-08-15 18:40:50 UTC
Package: gimp Version: 1.1.18 (Latest CVS) Name........: Alex Roberts Email.......: bse@error.fsnet.co.uk Platform....: Debian Woody, kernel 2.2.14, AMD k6-266, 64meg, A6 Wacom Graphire GIMP Version: 1.1.18 (Latest CVS) GTK Version.: 1.2.7 -- Other system notes: -- -- Problem description: I've configured gtk, gimp and X to use my new Wacom Graphire tablet. the tablet works fine, but i cant use the mouse to draw, select, or use the context menus, etc. it just doesnt respond. the graphire mouse also has the same problem. this problem doesnt appear in the gnome-iconedit app. -- -- How to repeat: um. try to draw or anything with the mouse while having the tablet active... -- -- Other comments: -- ------- Additional Comments From gosgood@idt.net 2000-03-30 05:03:47 ---- Subject: Same case with Intuos From: "Garry R. Osgood" <gosgood@idt.net> To: 8024@bugs.gnome.org Message-Id: <38E32681.F86E023B@idt.net> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 05:03:47 -0500 package: gimp EMail : gosgood@idt.net GIMP Version: 1.1.18 GTK Version.: 1.2.7 Platform....: SGI Indigo IP20, SGI O2 IP32_5k Same phenomenon observed here. Also observered in Gimp Version 1.1.15 Both the mouse and wacom devices were enabled via the Dialogs->Input Device dialog and their behavior monitored through Dialogs->Device Status When taking up the mouse, Device Status would register the change, switching from wacom to mouse However, the cursor did not change shape on mouse button down, leading me to surmise that Tool::CursorUpdateFunc are not being invoked on the currently active tool Given that the bug is present in 1.1.15, I don't think any recent changes have triggered this. Be good, be well Garry ------- Additional Comments From egger@suse.de 2000-06-26 15:23:21 ---- Subject: Regarding GIMP bug #8024 From: egger@suse.de To: 8024@bugs.gnome.org Cc: gosgood@idt.net Message-Id: <20000626211854.112DB5969@Nicole.muc.suse.de> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:23:21 +0200 (CEST) Hiho! Have you been able to discover that problem with more recent versions of GIMP, too? If yes, I'm going to check the signalling in GIMP.... -- Servus, Daniel ------- Additional Comments From gosgood@idt.net 2000-07-31 12:51:19 ---- Subject: 8024 Addenda From: "Garry R. Osgood" <gosgood@idt.net> To: 8024@bugs.gnome.org Message-Id: <3985AE87.5423E727@idt.net> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:51:19 -0400 All, The problem persists with Gimp 1.1.24, and involves Wacom Intuos as well as Grapphire. In investigating the possibility of teaching the Hollywood branch about pressure sensitivity, I came across this tasty morsel, which suggests that GTK itself is having trouble with proximity events; these never happen with the symmetry that one desires and may be contributory to the mouse never being recognized as a device. http://www.gtk.org/~otaylor/xinput/howto/setting-up.html See the last article, "The mouse doesn't work with the GIMP (or other GTK programs)" The suggested workaround does not succeed on SGI platforms. It seems this material is about a year old. The hunt continues... Garry Osgood ------- Bug moved to this database by debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-01-28 10:50 ------- This bug was previously known as bug 8024 at http://bugs.gnome.org/ http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8024 Originally filed under the gimp product and general component. The original reporter (bse@error.fsnet.co.uk) of this bug does not have an account here. Reassigning to the exporter, debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org. Reassigning to the default owner of the component, egger@suse.de.
Re-assigning all Gimp bugs to default component owner (Gimp bugs list)
if this is really still an issue (which I can't verify in lack of an Graphire, my Intuos works fine) AND we have a chance to fix it in GIMP we should try to do it for 1.2.x.
I just got a Wacom Graphire 2 tablet, and set it up. At first, I fired up the Gimp (1.2.3), and everything was spiffy. Then I closed it down, and did some web surfing. Went back in, and I can select tools, edit layers, and do generally anything else I might need to, but it won't accept any input into the "image area". Tried switching it back out for my optical mouse, and now it won't recognize that anymore (!). Everything else works fine, but I can't do ANY editing, selecting, or anything.
I am not sure this is even a GIMP bug. Without help from owners of this particular tablet we can't do anything about it. Moving to milestone 1.2.5.
Moving to 1.2.6 milestone, since it is looking like there will be a pretty quick 1.2.( release.
This is very likely a driver problem. People keep reporting weird problems with Graphire tablets.
It's been a while since the last report on this subject and new drivers have been released in the meantime. Can we get some feedback from a Graphire user telling us if this is still a problem ?
We are about to release 2.0 and will not put any more efforts into gimp-1.2 development. So this bug report is not going to get any further attention. I am closing it now.