Wacom tablet for Suse Pro 9.2

maelstrom209 · 11-11-2004, 08:43 PM

I managed to get my Wacom Graphire tablet to be pretty much working for a couple days now. I thought it was all good but wasn't aware of a minor problem. For Windows, the tablet is pressure sensitive and is very accurate in terms of matching my hand pressure. With the tablet on Suse though, its able to used and all but there's no pressure sensitivity. I was wondering if there's a way to configure that because if there is, I have yet to find it. If anyone has already done this, please let me know because I'd like to get the tablet working correctly.

maelstrom209 · 11-17-2004, 11:57 AM

In Suse 9.2 Pro there's an option for me to go configure the tablet. I configured it before but apparently the settings were not saved. So i went back and changed them again so now my tablet works better. The tablet is now able to detect pressure but I'm coming across another problem. The ratio of the tablet's active area is different than the screen that I have. I tried to configure the numbers so that it was stay in proportion but I find that the tablet's active area shifts around as I move the pen. The active area is supposed to remain static so it'd directly correspond to the screen. Does anyone have any idea about why the active area is shifting around?

tardigrade · 12-26-2004, 12:24 AM

sorry i dont have an answer for you. But i was wondering what setting you set and where it is for the pressure sensitivity. ill try to help you out with your question but im not sure what your asking. My pad is a 4x6 and seems to have to behaviour you are looking for. That is when i put the pen top right it moves the cursor to the top right on the screen. same with all other positions. Is that what your going for? Mine did that on the default from sax2. thanks and sorry i cant help you much.

tardigrade · 12-26-2004, 12:29 AM

i just looked up my XF86Config

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "wacom"
  Identifier   "Mouse[5]"
  Option       "AlwaysCore" "on"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
  Option       "InputFashion" "Tablet"
  Option       "Mode" "Absolute"
  Option       "Name" "GRAPHIRE / INTUOS (USB)"
  Option       "SendCoreEvents" "on"
  Option       "Tilt" "on"
  Option       "Type" "cursor"
  Option       "USB" "on"
  Option       "Vendor" "WACOM"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "wacom"
  Identifier   "Mouse[7]"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
  Option       "InputFashion" "Pen"
  Option       "Mode" "Absolute"
  Option       "Name" "GRAPHIRE / INTUOS Stylus (USB)"
  Option       "Protocol" "Auto"
  Option       "SendCoreEvents" "on"
  Option       "Tilt" "on"
  Option       "Type" "stylus"
  Option       "USB" "on"
  Option       "Vendor" "WACOM"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "wacom"
  Identifier   "Mouse[9]"
  Option       "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
  Option       "InputFashion" "Eraser"
  Option       "Mode" "Absolute"
  Option       "Name" "GRAPHIRE / INTUOS Eraser (USB)"
  Option       "Protocol" "Auto"
  Option       "SendCoreEvents" "on"
  Option       "Tilt" "on"
  Option       "Type" "eraser"
  Option       "USB" "on"
  Option       "Vendor" "WACOM"
EndSection

maybe the mode "absolute" line is what your looking for?

jdblick · 12-26-2004, 12:32 AM

In the sax2 screen it shows an input item. It had a mouse and keyboard as input devices and properties/configuration for them. I would definately look there.

maelstrom209 · 12-26-2004, 01:00 AM

Thanks for your help. I thought this thread has been forgotten and lost amongst the numerous other threads out there. I managed to solve the problem but totally forgot to post how I did it. What I did in Yast was configure the input devices. For the Wacom tablet there are 2 settings that caught my eye, "Relative" and "Absolute." The correct choice is absolute. Mine was on "Relative" and everything was pretty much jacked up. On "Absolute" the active area stayed put and the pressure sensitive was working. I guess it was just a matter of setting the correct config settings. Thanks for all of your help though. I really appreciate it.

gymnart · 06-22-2006, 08:18 AM

What are you configuration settings, maelstrom209?
I have SuSE 10.0 and my tablet does not have pressure sensitivity. It's one of the older Graphire 5X3.

Also, I have a new Intuos3 Tablet on my Windows computer that I would love to use for my SuSE computer but I'm not so sure of the settings. That one is 6X8

maelstrom209 · 06-25-2006, 01:22 AM

I haven't gotten 10.0 but I think that they setup is generally the same. In YaST, there's a option to edit your peripherals. Within there there's settings for the tablet. From there you can setup the active area for your tablet. I did this for Graphire 3. I have since upgraded to Graphire 4 but haven't been using my tablet with a linux OS.

I hope that you is of some help for you. I'll be updating one of my boxes to Suse 10 and will be using a tablet on it. I'll let you know if what I try works.

gymnart · 06-25-2006, 10:10 AM

Thanks very much, Yes! Let me know how it goes with you.