[SOLVED] Trying to install Wacom CTL-4100 tablet

donreid · 08-20-2018, 05:11 AM

I am trying to install a Wacom CTL-4100 tablet on my Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64bit desktop. Specifically, I am trying to install the file input-wacom-0.41.0.tar.bz2.

I'm following the method described here https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/compil...-ubuntu-linux/ and also reading the INSTALL file within the tar.

Everything seems ok right through running ./configure. When I run make install I get the following:

donald@donald-Mint-desktop /usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0 $ sudo make install
[sudo] password for donald:
Making install in 3.17
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0/3.17'
make -C /lib/modules/4.4.0-21-generic/build M=/usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0/3.17 modules_install
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic'
INSTALL /usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0/3.17/wacom.ko
At main.c:222:
- SSL error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory: bss_file.c:175
- SSL error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file: bss_file.c:178
sign-file: certs/signing_key.pem: No such file or directory
INSTALL /usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0/3.17/wacom_w8001.ko
At main.c:222:
- SSL error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory: bss_file.c:175
- SSL error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file: bss_file.c:178
sign-file: certs/signing_key.pem: No such file or directory
DEPMOD 4.4.0-21-generic
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic'
mkdir -p /etc/depmod.d
echo "override wacom * extra" > /etc/depmod.d/input-wacom.conf
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin:/bin:/sbin" depmod -a 4.4.0-21-generic
/usr/sbin/update-initramfs -u -k 4.4.0-21-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic
Warning: No support for locale: en_GB.utf8
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0/3.17'
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0'
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0'
donald@donald-Mint-desktop /usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0 $

The log file for the installation shows this:

Selecting previously unselected package input-wacom.
(Reading database ... 321330 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../input-wacom_0.41.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking input-wacom (0.41.0-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0/input-wacom_0.41.0-1_amd64.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/plymouth/themes/mint-logo/mint-logo.plymouth', which is also in package mint-artwork-common 2.1.8.1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/usr/local/src/input-wacom-0.41.0/input-wacom_0.41.0-1_amd64.deb

Help!

Soadyheid · 08-22-2018, 11:27 AM

Hi Don,

No idea if this story will be of any use to you.

I noticed a second hand Wacom CTL-460k USB model in a computer exchange shop for £20.00 and asked the people in the shop whether it would work under Linux or not? did it come with drivers or not (Windows ones obviously) and got a "Uhhhhh.. dunno." answer.
"Can you show me it working on Windows then?"
"Uhhhh.. dunno" (again) They tried plugging it into a Windows laptop and not a lot happened. I don't think downloading drivers from the net was an option at this point.
"Never mind," I said, "I'll take it and see what happens." It's only £20.00 so I don't think my wife will kill me.

I plugged it in to my Mint 18.2 box and lo and behold it showed up under the System Settings, Hardware section.
Once configured, (Really weird having an absolute pointing device rather than a relative one!) it works fine. It only works over one of my two screens but that's fine. Works great in Mypaint and Freecad though I much prefer the mouse in FreeCAD.

If you've got the CTL-4100 have you tried just plugging it in? It looks like the 460k is a previous model so probably similar. Forget the free software though!
If you haven't got one, £70.00 odd is probably too big a jump to risk it not working without tinkering with drivers. Otherwise, any friends with one so you can test drive first?

Just my

Play Bonny!

p.s. Running Mint 18.3 now and all good.

donreid · 08-23-2018, 05:05 PM

Thank you for your reply, and it does have some relevance. I had tried logging out and plugging the device in but could not see it in System Settings / Graphics Tablet. I tried reinstalling the Wacom driver but got the same error messages as before. As a last resort I logged back in and plugged in the tablet and this time it appeared in System Settings and is working.

I ran grep "" /sys/module/wacom*/version and it came up with the version that I had been trying to install.

However it does not work the same way as an identical unit works on my daughter's MAC, so I will need to investigate what is causing that. I'll close this post.