WACOM Intuos.3 A5 tablet

kxs · 10-21-2005, 02:13 AM

I`ve got little problem with my Intuos.3 tablet. I`ve got Ubuntu Breezy installed. The tablet worked out of the box, but not too good. I had to edit xorg.conf to get it work properly. Now everything is fine, except the express keys of my tablet. I can`t get them to work. I`ve built and installed expresskeys-0.2.4 package (it`s my first post here, so I can`t paste the adress of the site with the expresskeys).
Unfortunately I don`t know how to run it properly. I try "expresskeys pad" command, but I get then "expresskeys ERROR: Can not find pad device: pad". It seems that my pad device isn`t detected or something. Here`s my xorg.conf:

Code:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	# Load	"GLcore"
	Load	"i2c"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	# Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"pl"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mouse0"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "cursor"
        Driver "wacom"
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
        Option "Type" "cursor"
        Option "USB" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "stylus"
        Driver "wacom"
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
        Option "Type" "stylus"
        Option "USB" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "eraser"
        Driver "wacom"
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
        Option "Type" "eraser"
        Option "USB" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Driver        "wacom"
	# Intuos3 or Cintiq 21UX		 
	# SERIAL ONLY
	#Option        "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"          
	# USB ONLY
	Identifier    "pad"
	Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/event2"   
	Option        "Type"          "pad"
	# USB ONLY
	Option        "USB"           "on"                  
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"
	Driver		"nvidia"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	Option		"DPMS"
	HorizSync	28-51
	VertRefresh	43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"NVIDIA Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT]"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
	InputDevice     "cursor"     "AlwaysCore"
        InputDevice     "stylus"     "AlwaysCore"
        InputDevice     "eraser"     "AlwaysCore"
	InputDevice     "pad" # For Intuos3 or Cintiq 21UX tablets. It should NOT send core event
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

I hope someone could help me as I really need this tablet to work properly. Thank you in advance.

kxs · 10-22-2005, 06:10 AM

by the way: I don`t think that the problem is expresskeys package. After "xidump -l" I get:
"eraser extension
stylus extension
cursor extension
Generic Keyboard keyboard
Configured Mouse disabled
NVIDIA Event Handler extension"

So, no "pad" device either. Should I create it somehow manually?

kxs · 10-23-2005, 02:53 PM

My tablet works now with express keys.
If someone has the same problem as I wrote before you must do this:
- from this site: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/dl
you must download the newer linux wacom package; in my case it was linuxwacom-0.7.0-1.tar.bz2
- in the terminal type:

Code:

locate wacom_drv.o

- you should get something like this:

Code:

/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/wacom_drv.o

- backup the old driver:

Code:

cp /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/wacom_drv.o /home/user/Desktop/wacom/wacom_drv.o_old

- now unpack the package linuxwacom-0.7.0-1.tar.bz2 (you don`t need to compile anything)

- in the package`s folder enter "prebuilt"

- now replace with wacom_drv.o_xorg the older driver:

Code:

cp wacom_drv.o_xorg /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/wacom_drv.o

- now just restart X and it`s all done

Now you can use this program:
http://web.telia.com/~u46133770/wacom/index.html
and make your custom shortcuts to Express Keys

Morbid · 01-13-2006, 10:39 AM

Thank you for this post. I just ordered a Wacom Intuos 3 and was concerned about it not working properly on Linux when I got it. I even went so far as to install XP on another HD just in case. With the way you presented everything, I now feel confident I'll have it going in no time. I wish everyone would lay things out for each other in a similar fashion. Thanks again.

kxs · 01-13-2006, 02:45 PM

I`m glad that I`ve helped

gymnart · 06-22-2006, 09:00 AM

Your instructions were so nice and simple, I wonder why they couldn't write that on the project's HOWTO page? I've tried reading through their instructions, I got so overwhelmed.

I hope this will work with SuSE 10.0. I have kernel 2.6.13-15.10.

WOTHed · 02-06-2007, 02:49 PM

http://web.telia.com/~u46133770/wacom/index.html
is now at http://hem.bredband.net/devel/wacom/