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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5330 Location: Ontario

Sorry . I don't follow this post closely, Charlie.

I edited my post at the bottom to say that the recent
versions of xf86-input-wacom don't
work so it's important to get a stable
version.

There are lots of versions available at this website
but I used a stable version
xf86-input-wacom-0.10.9.tar.bz2
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/files/xf86-input-wacom/

I wonder if the driver is really being compiled???
It seems to use the driver that Puppies
have already installed by default.

By the way you just need devx_xxx.sfs
to do the compiling

I'll check the latest version xf86-input-wacom-0.11.1.tar.bz2
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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5330 Location: Ontario

When I tried to compile version 11.1 on Fluppy,
I got this warning. I'm not sure what's going on???
I'll stick with my previous version.

charlie6 · Last edited by charlie6 on Tue 27 Sep 2011, 10:28; edited 3 times in total

Hi don570,
many thanks again for your compiling tutorial !
I got a try on it on slacky 311.37 and got it compiled. Works on later Slackos.
name: xf86-input-wacom-SPup311-0.11.1.pet

jamesbond · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 3354 Location: The Blue Marble

This thread sounds alive, so let me pose a question ... anybody around here got hot-pluggin USB wacom to work? The current situation seems to be, you need to plug the wacom before you start X server (or, if X server is already started, you need to re-start it) ...

This isn't a trick question, I'm looking for an answer myself and if I find it first, I will share with the rest of you.

cheers!

charlie6 · Posted: Mon 01 Aug 2011, 14:38 Post subject:

Hi Jamesbond!
... nice meeting you here!

jamesbond · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 3354 Location: The Blue Marble

This is how kubuntu did it https://wiki.kubuntu.org/X/InputConfiguration. I haven't gotten it to work yet.

jamesbond · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 3354 Location: The Blue Marble

Enable wacom tablet hotpluggin in five easy steps:
1. Your Xorg must be 1.8.0 or higher (how to check: run Xorg -version from terminal). Mine is version 1.9.5.
2. You must have recent xkeyboard config that supports evdev (here: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig). Mine is version 2.1
3. You must have recent udev (need input_id and 60-persistent-input.rules). Mine is udev 166
4. You must 50-wacom.conf in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d (if you don't have it, get it from linuxwacom site here: http://linuxwacom.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom;a=blob;f=conf/50-wacom.conf;h=b1742bceb0f0abb033306adf68d4854ef438b288;hb=HEAD
5. Now for the kicker - your Xorg must be compiled with this option turned on: "--enable-config-udev" (how to check: grep "config/udev" /usr/X11R7/bin/Xorg - if it says binary file matches, your Xorg is good).

When this is done - just make sure you don't have

Ncmprhnsbl · Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 11 Location: australia

firstly, thanks for this very helpful thread, it has helped on many occasions.
so.. i thought i'd report 'out of box' function in fatdog 521(64 bit) for my wacom bamboo cte-450 Very Happy

.......nearly...just no x-input enabled thus no pressure sensitivity in gimp etc Crying or Very sad

...but this was easily fixed with the ' gtk+-2.18.6-with-xinput-amd64' package in PPM Very Happy

i expect this will be included ie gtk will be compiled with xinput--enable, in the future.

Joe Jasniewski · Joined: 20 Oct 2010 Posts: 17

Hi, I've been using Lucid Puppy Quickset with much joy on this Wacom touch screen enabled laptop. Wacom-0.10.8_xorg_driver and my partial xorg.conf follows below.

In my Slacko edition, I've tried this same xorg.conf with a few of the pets listed in this thread, nothing I do seems to bring joy in response to the pen.

Would really like to use Slacko (Looks Awesome!) but my tablet functionality is a deal breaker for me. Has anyone got a Wacom pen-tablet setup using the latest Slacko Puppy?

FWIW, I'm at the .pet level for installation. Please remember your artist friends who sketch on-screen! Any assistance in getting the below xorg configuration running on Slacko would be appreciated!

Thanks and best regards,

Joe

#everything past here is auto-generated by Puppy's Xorg Wizard...

Section "ServerLayout"
InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "AlwaysCore"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbLayout" "us" #xkeymap0
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" #mouse0protocol
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
#Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #scrollwheel
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Mouse"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "RightEdge" "930"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "FingerHigh" "15"
Option "MaxTapTime" "220"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.3"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.75"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.030"
Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200"
Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Button2" "3"
Option "CursorProx" "256"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "PressCurve" "50,0,100,50"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Button2" "3"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Button2" "3"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 30-56
VertRefresh 56-60
#UseModes "Modes0" #monitor0usemodes
Option "PreferredMode" "1440x900"
EndSection

Joe Jasniewski · Joined: 20 Oct 2010 Posts: 17

Struggled for another hour with this, getting nowhere.

I understand the Wacom driver is now in the Linux kernel, whereas in my quickset version it was a driver? Did they leave out us folks with old Tablet computers whose Wacom devices are actually serial?

If the latest Wacom code, wherever it resides, specifically doesnt support serial based input devices - and everyone knows this but me - please let me know so I can surrender.

As I said I'd like to use Slacko but my Wacom input, which makes this machine a tablet, is what makes this computer fun to use. I'm using Slacko now to write this. Thanks!

Joe

01micko · Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 8684 Location: qld

Hi Joe

I am not much help as I have never experienced a wacom device. However I do have some suggestions.

IN Puppy Package Manager make sure you configure it with the Slackware repo.

In the search box type *wacom. The only hit you will get is xf86-input-wacom-0.10.11. Install it.

there are 3 kernel modules that are wacom related. hid.wacom.ko, wacom.ko and wacom_w8001.ko(k2.6.37.6).

In your lupu install run

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5330 Location: Ontario

For people using the latest Slacko distribution

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=72805
Fast download here:
ftp://ftp.vcu.edu/pub/gnu+linux/puppylinux/puppy-5.3/

There are two possible wacom packages to use.

The best is probably Charlie's (since it will support serial and USB tablets)
but I put together one as well.

Installation is easy:
1) Just modify xorg.conf (with help from this thread)
2) install pet
3) restart X windows

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swiftoid · Joined: 14 Jan 2012 Posts: 6

I'm trying to get the wacom digitizer on my tc1100 to work, but I'm not having much success. I started a new thread about it here: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=596483#596483

I've tried following your tutorial, but I can't even get puppy to see the stylus let alone get it to function. Anyone got any ideas?

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5330 Location: Ontario

I was able to get Akita puppy to work with my Bamboo tablet.

Also the beta6 of Akita.
Just follow the instructions on the first page of this thread
because Akita uses an old kernel.
I reported here.
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=596389#596389

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don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 5330 Location: Ontario

There was some success in installing in a tablet computer
using Lucid Puppy at the following thread. He used the
wacom_w8001 rather than the wacom driver. Both drivers
are inside the pet package that is available for Lucid Puppy.

M1300 tablet computer. Pentium M, "1000 MHz"
512 Mb RAM

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=598819#598819

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