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#1 2009-02-10 22:30:21

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Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

So, I have a wacom bamboo MTE-450, and (as stated above) I have a few questions.
1. On ubuntu and the likes, I can simply plug in my tablet and it works fine. How does it do that? Do they have wacom drivers preloaded?
2. Is there a way to do the said 'plug it in and it works', or is it easier to manually configure it?
3. If I manually configure it, can I assign the buttons easier?

That's it, hope someone can help.

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#2 2009-02-12 20:58:26

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

I just finished installing the very same model.
I used the "Wacom Tablet" guide in the wiki and works fine.
The only thing that did not work for me was that in the wiki it says that we should use : cat /proc/bus/imput/devices to find out the device we should use. In my case it ended up being /dev/input/event4 but it did not work.
Some googling later I found that we can use /dev/input/wacom and after that everything was just fine.

Note: The buttons are not working for me, so far, but I'll do some research on the matter and post if I find something.

Here are my changes to my /var/X11/xorg.conf 

# Section Wacom BAMBOO  <!-- In the Section InputDevice 

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "stylus"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Type" "stylus"
    Option "Button1" "1"
    Option "Button2" "1"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option "USB" "on"
    Option "Mode" "Absolute"
    Option "Vendor" "WACOM"
    Option "Threshold" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "eraser"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Type" "eraser"
    Option "Button1" "1"
    Option "Button2" "1"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option "USB" "on"
    Option "Mode" "Absolute"
    Option "Vendor" "WACOM"
    Option "Threshold" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "cursor"
    Driver "wacom"
    Option "Type" "cursor"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option "USB" "on"
    Option "Mode" "Absolute"
    Option "Vendor" "WACOM"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "pad"
    Driver      "wacom"
    Option      "Type"  "pad"
    Option      "Device"  "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option      "USB"   "on"
    Option      "ButtonsOnly"   "on"
EndSection

#  Bamboo Settings     <!-- In the Section ServerLayout

    InputDevice "stylus"  "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "cursor"  "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "eraser"  "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "pad"    "SendCoreEvents"

EndSection

Hope this helps.

I love the tablet !!   wink

R.

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#3 2009-02-12 21:01:22

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

I just set mine up as well last night. Install the linuxwacom driver from the AUR, and I followed this part of the wiki, http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wac … Xorg_setup. It's worth noting that you used to be able to do the same in Arch as with Ubuntu, except pressure sensitivity didn't work. It would still work as a mouse/input device.

The buttons don't work for me either. Also, I can't get the tablet to work unless I plug it in at boot. Would restart udev fix that, and if so, how do I do that?

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#4 2009-02-12 21:12:59

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

If you plug the tablet after X started you could always re-start X Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.
I use mine in a desktop so it is always connected.

R.

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#5 2009-02-12 21:39:58

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

Hmm... I'll have to check it out later, Arch was acting up so I fell back to Ubuntu for now.

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#6 2009-03-07 18:34:28

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

Compiling linuxwacom does not work out-of-the-box with xorg-server 1.6 on x86_64 (./xf86Wacom.h:30:28: error: xf86Version.h: No such file or directory)

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#7 2009-03-07 19:48:27

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benob wrote:

Compiling linuxwacom does not work out-of-the-box with xorg-server 1.6 on x86_64 (./xf86Wacom.h:30:28: error: xf86Version.h: No such file or directory)

I researched a little bit the issue and it seems that the upstream package forgets to set the #define when it detects xorg-server >= 1.6. Here is a patch to configure.in (don't forget to run autoconf before ./configure)

--- linuxwacom-0.8.2-2/configure.in    2009-01-19 10:58:37.000000000 -0800
+++ linuxwacom-0.8.2-2.new/configure.in    2009-03-07 11:24:56.885182834 -0800
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ if test "$WCM_ENV_XFREE86" != yes; then
 ], , [WCM_XORG_XSERVER_1_6=yes], [WCM_XORG_XSERVER_1_6=no])
         CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
         AC_MSG_RESULT($WCM_XORG_XSERVER_1_6)
+        AC_DEFINE(WCM_XORG_XSERVER_1_6,1,[define for Xorg 1.6 or later])
         AC_MSG_CHECKING([if Xorg SDK defines IsXExtensionPointer])
         save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
         CFLAGS="-I$WCM_XORGSDK_DIR $CFLAGS"

I am not sure if this should be part of the PKGBUILD since it's an upstream bug. I'll report to them.

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#8 2009-03-07 19:55:30

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

benob wrote:
benob wrote:

Compiling linuxwacom does not work out-of-the-box with xorg-server 1.6 on x86_64 (./xf86Wacom.h:30:28: error: xf86Version.h: No such file or directory)

I researched a little bit the issue and it seems that the upstream package forgets to set the #define when it detects xorg-server >= 1.6. Here is a patch to configure.in (don't forget to run autoconf before ./configure)

--- linuxwacom-0.8.2-2/configure.in    2009-01-19 10:58:37.000000000 -0800
+++ linuxwacom-0.8.2-2.new/configure.in    2009-03-07 11:24:56.885182834 -0800
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ if test "$WCM_ENV_XFREE86" != yes; then
 ], , [WCM_XORG_XSERVER_1_6=yes], [WCM_XORG_XSERVER_1_6=no])
         CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
         AC_MSG_RESULT($WCM_XORG_XSERVER_1_6)
+        AC_DEFINE(WCM_XORG_XSERVER_1_6,1,[define for Xorg 1.6 or later])
         AC_MSG_CHECKING([if Xorg SDK defines IsXExtensionPointer])
         save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
         CFLAGS="-I$WCM_XORGSDK_DIR $CFLAGS"

I am not sure if this should be part of the PKGBUILD since it's an upstream bug. I'll report to them.

Actually, the correct patch to apply is http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph … tid=525126
I should have checked upstream bugs before complaining ;-)

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#9 2009-03-07 22:53:54

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

I had to add to the stylus and eraser devices of /etc/X11/xorg.conf to get my Bamboo work under xorg-server 1.6

Option      "BottomX" "14760"
Option        "BottomY" "9225"

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#10 2009-03-10 06:36:30

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

I get an interesting behavior if I start x with the graphic tablet unplugged (still xorg-server 1.6 from testing): it freezes with nice color stripes all over the place, segfaults and loops until reboot. Otherwise, it works fine if the device is attached (but it does not survive a suspend cycle or an unplug/replug). So, I guess that means that we will have to hope for a new version of the driver or to use the svn+patches when xorg-server 1.6 comes to extra.

That's just to document my progress, maybe I should start my own thread...

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#11 2009-05-07 22:03:26

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

Any success stories with the Bamboo MTE-450 or MTE-450A and xorg-xserver 1.6?  Using HAL exclusively, I can use the stylus but haven't figured out how to get the eraser, pressure-sensitivity, or any of the tablet buttons to work.

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#12 2009-05-07 22:58:26

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

Nope. I installed the development driver from AUR but no joy hmm
BTW, I have the same situation as you, now I can use the pen as a mouse but none of the buttons work nor the scrolling wheel.

R.

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#13 2009-05-08 01:18:03

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

Ok, so I'm trying to take another crack at this...

What is known to work with X1.6 and 86_64?

Preferably with HAL, but I'll take anything.

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#14 2009-05-17 20:05:04

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

Need help with Wacom Bamboo One. It doesn't work on x86_64.

Here is my Xorg.0.log http://pastebin.com/m23e0c9d5

In Ubuntu it works out-of-the-box.

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#15 2009-05-21 01:45:28

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

tablet didn't work on 2.6.29, but now it works again on 2.6.30-rc6-00072-g279e677-dirty

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#16 2009-05-22 01:35:32

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Re: Wacom Bamboo - a few questions

After reboot it does not work again. Am I misunderstanding something? Didn't touch the configs.

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