[SOLVED] Wacom CTL490DW not working with Debian 8

whiskyjack · 01-20-2016, 09:50 AM

$uname -r

Code:

3.16.0-4-amd64

Wacom tablet is detected:

#lsusb

Code:

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 056a:033b Wacom Co., Ltd

Checking
#dmesg

Code:

[    3.343251] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=056a, idProduct=033b
[    3.343255] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[    3.343258] usb 2-1.2: Product: Intuos PS
[    3.343260] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Wacom Co.,Ltd.
[    3.346779] hidraw: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[    3.347978] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    3.347980] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    3.413750] usb 2-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[    3.497923] Switched to clocksource tsc

HOWEVER!!!
#xxd /dev/input/wacom

Code:

xxd: /dev/input/wacom: no such file or directory

I have no idea what this means or where to start; any and all help is greatly appreciated.

whiskyjack · 01-20-2016, 10:13 AM

Well, it turns out that I hadn't installed the kernel driver. Like a colossal dolt. The instructions for compiling and installing the driver can be found here: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/wi...hp/Input-wacom

mclavey · 02-18-2016, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whiskyjack

Well, it turns out that I hadn't installed the kernel driver. Like a colossal dolt. The instructions for compiling and installing the driver can be found here: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/wi...hp/Input-wacom

Did the 490 do anything usefull after you got it to work ... I have one and it is working Kinda... like the touch pad on my laptop ... but not very well ...

whiskyjack · 02-18-2016, 12:54 PM

Yeah this tablet works very well. I don't really use any of it's hot keys, since I'm pretty much a keyboard kind of guy, but mostly I use the tablet in lieu of a note pad. I got it for doing math on a digital medium.