Good compatible graphics tablet?

Romanus81 · 03-29-2008, 11:04 PM

I just want a good, compatible, graphics tablet for slackware. Do they work well with linux or will I need to do a lot of tweaking to get things to work? Is there anything I should look for before buying?

2Gnu · 03-29-2008, 11:32 PM

Recently discussed on another board, for what it may be worth: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r202...raphics-Tablet

arubin · 03-31-2008, 03:58 AM

I have a Wacom Graphire 3 and that works fine.

Indeed when I first started with Linux in the days of Slackware 9.1 I used the tablet exclusively for my mouse and one of the reasons I stuck with Slackware was that I found it the best distribution for getting the tablet working. There is a linuxwacom site which has instructions and software.

titopoquito · 03-31-2008, 04:52 AM

More about the Graphire 3: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...60#post2907360

arubin · 03-31-2008, 05:19 AM

That is an interesting post, in particular the bit about the udev rule.

One problem That I have had is that the tablet only works properly if it is plugged in when I boot, even if I restart kde. Would the udev rule enable me to have it working properly if I plug it in to a booted system.

titopoquito · 03-31-2008, 05:28 AM

Sorry, I don't know. I still own no tablet myself.

I guess the question might be if X loads the module dynamically or if you have to restart the X server. Never tried such thing

em21701 · 03-31-2008, 10:27 AM

I have a usb wacom intuos3. As posted above it must be plugged in at boot to work properly. Otherwise no problems.