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Bug 511104 - Wacom Bamboo tablet freezes from time to time
Wacom Bamboo tablet freezes from time to time
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 496958
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: General
2.4.x
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-01-21 19:37 UTC by Roger Sæle
Modified: 2008-10-30 20:08 UTC
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Description Roger Sæle 2008-01-21 19:37:23 UTC 
My Wacom Bamboo Fun Medium tablet is working fine in GIMP, with pressure and everything. But from time to time the cursor freezes. I take the pin in and out of the active area (out of focus or whatever), and after a while (of random length of about 1-10 sec.) it works again. Then I can draw for a while before it freezes again. Sometimes it helps tapping the tablet with the eraser and it comes to life again. It seems to happen randomly, sometimes I can draw for a long period of time without problems.

I get the same problem with both my desktop computer and my laptop.

I use (on both computers):

WinXP Pro SP2
GIMP 2.4.2 (GTK+ 2.10.0)
Wacom Bamboo Driver 5.05-7
Comment 1 Roger Sæle 2008-01-22 14:06:36 UTC 
My Wacom Bamboo Fun Medium tablet is working fine in GIMP, with pressure and
everything. But from time to time the cursor freezes. I take the pen* in and out
of the active area (out of focus or whatever), and after a while (of random
length of about 1-10 sec.) it works again. Then I can draw for a while before
it freezes again. Sometimes it helps tapping the tablet with the eraser and it
comes to life again. It seems to happen randomly, sometimes I can draw for a
long period of time without problems.

I get the same problem with both my desktop computer and my laptop.

I use (on both computers):

WinXP Pro SP2
GIMP 2.4.2 (GTK+ 2.10.0)
Wacom Bamboo Driver 5.05-7

*typo corrected
Comment 2 Sven Neumann 2008-01-22 15:20:26 UTC 
Please ask Wacom then to improve support for their tablets in GTK+. I don't think there is anything we can do about this issue in GIMP.
Comment 3 Michael Schumacher 2008-01-23 09:50:23 UTC 
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 496958 ***