Hello all,

I just purchased a Wacom Graphire3 tablet to do some graphic work with the GIMP. I set everything up according to the HOWTO on linuxwacom.sourceforge.net. X plays nicely with the tablet. It handles the cursor well, but inside the GIMP things go awry.

Regardless of whether the tablet tools are set to Screen or Window mode, the X pointer is not the same as the tool pointer. Both are displayed, and they never seem to be in the same place. For example, if a circular brush is selected, the X arrow pointer might be in the lower right quadrant of the screen, but the actual tool is in the lop left quadrant. This makes drawing confusing, but -- even worse -- if placing the brush in the correct place has the other pointer outside the GIMP window, whatever is under the X pointer is clicked.

I´ve attached at the bottom what software versions I´m using as well as relevant snippets from my XF86Config file. I´ve spent hours searching around the interweb, but to no avail. So far, I haven´t seen anyone with a similar problem. Thanks in advance.

Software:
Gentoo
The GIMP 2.2
X.org 6.8.2 - r1
Kernel 2.6.11-nitro2
linuxwacom-0.6.6

_XF86Config_
...
#Section dealing with the tablet devices
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2" # USB ONLY
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2" # USB ONLY
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY
Option "TopX" "0"
Option "TopY" "0"
Option "KeepShape" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2" # USB ONLY
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "TopX" "0"
Option "TopY" "0"
Option "KeepShape" "on"
Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY
EndSection
...
#X ServerLayout
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" "AlwaysCore"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" "AlwaysCore"
InputDevice "cursor"
InputDevice "stylus"
InputDevice "eraser"
...

I know it's lame to reply to one's own post, but I found an answer after another couple stabs at Googling.

http://gug.sunsite.dk/forum/?threadid=2425

Worked out perfectly!