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scindix

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Registered: 2013-05-07

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[Solved] get Wacom tablet working

Hi guys,
I've got a new Wacom tablet that I can't seem to get working. The Wacom panel under gnome settings always shows me "No tablet detected. Please plug in or turn on your Wacom tablet."
I followed most of the steps in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wacom_Tablet
I first tried to install xf86-input-wacom, which didn't work. Then I tried xf86-input-wacom-git and wacom-udev and even tried to add the necessary udev rule myself (at the end of /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-wacom.rules).

ATTRS{idVendor}=="056a", ATTRS{idProduct}=="033e", SYMLINK+="input/tablet-intuos-art-cth690"

In any case `xsetwacom --list devices` doesn't list anything. But lsusb shows the following:

$ lsusb | grep -i wacom
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 056a:033e Wacom Co., Ltd

And the wacom driver seems to be loaded:

$ lsmod | grep wacom
wacom                  73728  0
hid                   114688  2 wacom,usbhid

I know that it is a new device (Intuos Art Pen & Touch CTH-690, according to Wikipedia). However according to this post: http://sourceforge.net/p/linuxwacom/mai … /34479866/ there should be a driver available by now. Also I found lots of forum threads with instructions on how to get specific tablets working, however not for my version.

I'm sure I could do a lot more. But I have no clue about this whole topic. So could someone advise me what to do next?

Thank you in advance,
Scindix

Last edited by scindix (2016-01-09 21:47:02)

scindix

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From: Germany

Registered: 2013-05-07

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Re: [Solved] get Wacom tablet working

I fixed it myself. All I had to do is installing a more recent DKMS module from the AUR. This one to be exact: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/input-wacom-dkms/
The Wiki page doesn't mention this. so I left a note about it at the "Check if kernel drivers needed" section.

Mailik

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Registered: 2007-05-31

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Re: [Solved] get Wacom tablet working

Thanks for tips, that help me to solve the same problem.

scindix

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From: Germany

Registered: 2013-05-07

Posts: 48

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Re: [Solved] get Wacom tablet working

Glad that I was able to help.