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#1 2018-10-07 16:21:22

light-tuna
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[SOLVED] How do I config a non-Wacom tablet?

Hello!

I'm currently using an Adesso CyberTablet M14. According to the DIGImend project's site, support is built into the kernel, but I'm having difficulty properly configuring my tablet.

Entering lsusb yeilds

...
Bus 003 Device 007: ID 172f:0500 Waltop International Corp. Media Tablet 14.1"
...

Which shows me that the tablet is recognized, but I can't seem to find the tablet's config file. Pressure sensitivity works well in Gimp, however the tablet's surface area extends to my second monitor. Unfortunately, it seems that there isn't a lot of documentation on using non-Wacom tablets on any distro.

How does one configure a tablet that isn't from Wacom?

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#2 2018-10-07 20:35:24

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Re: [SOLVED] How do I config a non-Wacom tablet?

If it's supported by digimend, you can treat it as a Wacom tablet. I have a different tablet (from Huion), and once I compiled digimend's drivers (from digimend-kernel-drivers-git, AUR) I could run xsetwacom as if it was a wacom tablet.


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#3 2018-10-07 21:18:11

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Re: [SOLVED] How do I config a non-Wacom tablet?

If you use the libinput driver, then you should be able to set some properties with "xinput list-props" and "xinput set-prop". For wayland, there should be configuration options in your compositor.

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#4 2018-10-08 00:22:41

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Re: [SOLVED] How do I config a non-Wacom tablet?

Thank you!

One last question, when I try to set the tablet to use only my main display with

xsetwacom set 18 MapToOutput 1080*12/7+0+0

I'm told

Unable to find an output '1080*12/7+0+0'.

Am I not formatting my tablet's height and width properly? This is following the Wacom article on the Arch Wiki.

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#5 2018-10-08 00:32:21

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Re: [SOLVED] How do I config a non-Wacom tablet?

MapToOutput sounds like it wants the output name from xrandr, e.g. "LVDS", "HDMI-0", or "DP-1".

Edit: https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-inpu … -Set-Up-II

Seems like both are possible, but your format is wrong. You have to calculate the WIDTH first and only put the result in the command.

1851x1080+0+0

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#6 2018-10-08 01:09:28

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Re: [SOLVED] How do I config a non-Wacom tablet?

Thank you so much!

Running

xsetwacom set 18 MapToOutput 1920x1080+0+0

did the trick.

Essentially, it's just [monitor width]x[monitor height]+0+0

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#7 2018-10-08 01:17:44

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Re: [SOLVED] How do I config a non-Wacom tablet?

As the wiki explains, you are losing accuracy by changing the aspect ratio. If you do that, you are deforming the tablet input. A 45 degree line on the tablet is not perfectly at 45 degrees anymore on the screen, but about 44 degrees in your case.

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