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How to set up a Wacom Tablet
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mikeb
 Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11254 |
Hi there Pizzasgood and thanks for a very useful How to 
I have a request (posh word for nag) Could you recompile the kernel module for the 2.6.18.1 kernel using the release you used for your last post...this supports the latest bamboo tablets (and other improvements). I tried your 2.6.21.7 version in a copy of puppy 2.17.1 I have and it worked great...even before x was set up and the kernel is 2.6.21.5...with a newly purchesed bamboo tablet. I haven't a clue about kernel compiling so would be appreciated regards mike |
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Pizzasgood
 Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 6266 Location: Knoxville, TN, USA |
Okay, but I'll have to download the kernel source first. I'll try to get it done today or tomorrow evening. _________________ Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib  |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11254 |
oh excellent....do it when you have time...hopefully this will be useful others too
many thanks mike |
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Pizzasgood
Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 6266 Location: Knoxville, TN, USA |
Okay, here you go. Haven't tested this yet, so let me know if it doesn't work and I'll dig up my tablet. attachment removed - see first post for a download link _________________ Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib Last edited by Pizzasgood on Tue 26 Aug 2008, 16:19; edited 2 times in total |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11254 |
Pizzasgood...you are the shining star on the puppy horizon
Just tried it and we are cooking on gas.........seems 100% on initial testing. So now we have up to date wacom drivers for puppy 2 3 and 4. My strange woman sends a big thankyou hug..... mike |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11254 |
further feedback...... the xdriver seems to have grown in size so it tried the one from your orginal package...works fine. actually works more than just fine...it's amazing...pressure senisitivity in gimp is surreal. And this is using wacom's basic model which even us ordinary mortals can afford
Another interesting point...most of the functionality is there with only the kernel driver....the x driver just seems to calm it down abit and give pressure sensitivity. If anyone gets the chance try it...... once again many thanks mike and thee gang
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Pizzasgood
Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 6266 Location: Knoxville, TN, USA |
You can strip wacom_drv.so the driver to cut the size down to something like 79kb. I used to strip everything before packaging, but once the stripping broke something. Now I only package something stripped if I've tested it first (which I haven't in this case). _________________ Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11254 |
fair enough...thanks for the explanation...
mike |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11254 |
Just a quick note... I was having problems running on X11R6 ie the tablet not releasing the curser /switching modes when using the gimp,inkscape etc.. After some research it seems like X is often setup so that the tablet will be detected as a mouse input (as well as a tablet) so potentially conflicting with the mouse... the solution is in xorg.conf changing the mouse device settings from Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" (which symlinks to psaux or mice) to Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" this ensures only the mouse triggers mouse events and cursor mode switching is correct. It may be helpful for X11R7 as well if any odd behaviour is encountered (mouse / tablet switching seems cleaner this way) mike |
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RobertB
 Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 145 Location: Big D |
My daughter, who has more artistic talent in her little finger than I do in my whole body, bought a tablet (from woot.com for $35). It's not a Wacom; it's a DigiPro USB 8x6 tablet (512 levels of pressure sensitivity), but the thread on another DigiPro refers back here. I'm on Puppy 2.17, and I have a PS2 mouse. I figured the PS2 mouse would have fewer conflicts, though I can put my USB mouse on if I need to. When I first hooked it up, it was generating mouse button click events, but not any movement events. So I followed the directions in this thread: * modprobe wacom * Install wacom_drv.pup * Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf according to http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/inputdev and http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/srvlayout * Edit it again after doing cat /proc/bus/input/devices
Here are the results of the edits:
The result: the tablet doesn't send mouse events any more. It now does absolutely nothing. Makes a good mouse pad.
Is it possible that I just don't understand how to use the tablet? I tried using it to draw in mtPaint, but no luck -- mouse draws, tablet doesn't. So I installed Gimp, and couldn't even figure out how to draw a line. (I ended up drawing a line after another start, but omg the Gimp is a powerful but complicated mess!) I do notice that my cursor, as I type, is flickering a lot more than usual, as if the system were receiving messages from some device... My daughter says if I don't get it working, I owe her a Windows box. Help save my puppy! 
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11254 |
RobertB one to try is run 'depmod' in a terminal then try 'modprobe wacom' again..... lsmod will list all modules loaded....wacom and evdev should be in there. also running dmesg should show the module loading (or not) are you using this drive 'This is ONLY for the Puppy 4.00 that uses the 2.6.21.7 kernel' ? as it does work with 2.17 ...at least the kernel part does. otherwise the DigiPro may not be able to work with the wacom driver mike |
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RobertB
Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 145 Location: Big D |
Tried it, no luck. No errors doing depmod and then modprobe again, but no difference. Installed the wacom_k2.6.21.7.pet and rebooted... no change. Hope it plays well with the original .pup that I installed previously! Here's the (partial) output from lsmod:
Here's the only thing in dmesg that I see that has anything to do with the tablet (though I could have missed something, since I'm not sure what to look for):
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11254 |
ok run cat /proc/bus/usb/device if wacom is not listed these drivers won't work for you... mike |
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Pizzasgood
Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 6266 Location: Knoxville, TN, USA |
Yep, almost certainly need to find drivers and configuration settings specifically for your tablet. I probably can't help much with that, since I don't have one of those tablets on my end to test with. 
_________________ Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib |
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mikeb
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 11254 |
http://www.velvetcache.org/2007/03/18/digipro-tablet-and-linux looks like possible on linux...just will need a kernel module for puppy. wonder if using wizardpen hardware inside mike |
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