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Bug 735981 - Confuse interaction when wacom calibration is triggered after connecting an external display
Confuse interaction when wacom calibration is triggered after connecting an e...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 748659
Product: gnome-settings-daemon
Classification: Core
Component: wacom
3.12.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Carlos Garnacho
gnome-settings-daemon-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-09-03 17:28 UTC by Germán Poo-Caamaño
Modified: 2016-03-10 14:57 UTC
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Description Germán Poo-Caamaño 2014-09-03 17:28:56 UTC
I have a Thinkpad X220T (ISDv4 E6) and the following settings:

1. At office: Dock station connected to 2 external displays
   (DisplayPort and VGA).
   The external displays are ON, the laptop display is OFF.
2. At home: 1 external display connected to Display Port.
   The external display is ON, the laptop display is OFF.
3. Other: Only laptop.  The wacom is calibrated.

Here is the confusing behaviour:

Every time I switch to setting 1 or 2 (plug an external monitor) I get the message "Calibration needed".

If I press "Calibrate", the control center is opened on "Wacom Tablet", with the "Calibrate" button disabled, and apparently no interaction required.

What is the user supposed to do?
Why do I get notified on an action that I cannot perform?


When I first saw the message, I thought it would ask me to map/calibrate the tablet with respect to the external display. Or even more, when having 2 displays, to which one I wanted to map it.

Even nicer would be; be able to rotate the laptop display, and using it as a tablet for the external display.

This is in an Ubuntu 14.04 (32 bits), with gnome 3.12.2.  Please, let me know if you need more information or to perform an action.
Comment 1 Bastien Nocera 2016-03-10 14:57:45 UTC
Thanks for taking the time to report this.
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 748659 ***