Wacom tablet discussion

Ilya · 2008-04-27 16:27:36

Here you can discuss your troubles and share your experience on using Wacom tablets in Arch Linux.

1) PKGBUILD for Linux Wacom driver in AUR
Download tarball and build it by yourself, it's simple!

2) ArchWiki page
Information on how to setup and use Wacom tablet in Arch Linux.

3) Official site of The Linux Wacom Project
Documentation, FAQ, mailing-list, ...

Also, you can track all changes in Linux-wacom public repository (Git).

Last edited by Ilya (2008-05-27 21:52:03)

Ilya · 2008-04-27 17:02:56

Wacomcpl now works, but with errors.

After second click on device list, this error occurs with all devices.
Don't know the reason, see screenshot...

Last edited by Ilya (2008-04-27 17:04:36)

Warnaud · 2008-04-28 16:45:01

Hi,
I tried to compile it wit no luck:
it ends like this :

In file included from /usr/include/xorg/regionstr.h:53,
                  from /usr/include/xorg/region.h:51,
                  from /usr/include/xorg/window.h:52,
                  from /usr/include/xorg/input.h:55,
                  from /usr/include/xorg/xf86str.h:38,
                  from /usr/include/xorg/xf86.h:45,
                  from xf86Wacom.h:66,
                  from xf86Wacom.c:71:
/usr/include/xorg/miscstruct.h:54:20: error: pixman.h: No such file or
directory

I have pixman pkg installed.

Any ideas?

Ilya · 2008-04-28 17:29:17

Warnaud wrote:

Hi,
I tried to compile it wit no luck:
...

It's simple! (i love Arch for that)

$ pacman -Qo  /usr/include/xorg/miscstruct.h
/usr/include/xorg/miscstruct.h is owned by xorg-server 1.4.0.90-9

Did you have xorg-server package installed? If not, just install it or (better) package group, named xorg (xorg-server is a part of xorg group).

P.S. If you can't compile linuxwacom without xorg-server, i will replace pixman with xorg-server in PKGBUILD (pixman is a dependency of xorg-server). So please report here about your results.

Last edited by Ilya (2008-04-28 17:43:15)

Warnaud · 2008-04-28 17:57:58

Thx for help Ilya,
I have the xorg-server package, I also reinstalled it (in case something was wrong )
Still got the same error when running 'makepkg'

Googleing I found some link with patches, I'll try them after lunch
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.de … beb985f20e

Ilya · 2008-04-28 18:44:50

It's very strange. We are both use the same Arch? :-o
Just in case:

$ pacman -Q xorg-server pixman
xorg-server 1.4.0.90-9
pixman 0.10.0-1

Warnaud · 2008-04-28 19:03:50

Yes exactly the same:

 pacman -Q xorg-server pixman
xorg-server 1.4.0.90-9
pixman 0.10.0-1

Running on:

Linux Eole 2.6.24-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Mar 30 11:40:06 CEST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU L7400 @ 1.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Can you check with namcap if there's no hidden dependency missing ? (just in case)

Edit: I did install the whole 'xorg' group and tried also xorg-util-macros
Here's the whole list of "xorg" related pkg :pacman -Qs xorg

local/xorg-apps 1.0.3-3
    Various X.Org applications
local/xorg-clients 7.0-1
    X client programs
local/xorg-font-utils 1.0.3-3
    X.Org font utilities
local/xorg-fonts-100dpi 1.0.1-1 (xorg)
    X.org 100dpi fonts
local/xorg-fonts-75dpi 1.0.1-2 (xorg)
    X.org 75dpi fonts
local/xorg-fonts-alias 1.0.1-1
    X.org font alias files
local/xorg-fonts-encodings 1.0.2-2
    X.org font encoding files
local/xorg-fonts-misc 1.0.0-3
    X.org misc fonts
local/xorg-fonts-type1 1.0.1-1
    X.org Type1 fonts
local/xorg-res-utils 1.0.3-2 (xorg)
    X.Org X11 resource utilities
local/xorg-server 1.4.0.90-9 (xorg)
    X.Org X servers
local/xorg-server-utils 1.0.4-2
    X.Org utilities required by xorg-server
local/xorg-twm 1.0.1-2 (xorg)
    X Display Manager
local/xorg-util-macros 1.1.5-1
    X.Org Autotools macros
local/xorg-utils 1.0.2-4
    Collection of client utilities used to query the X server
local/xorg-xauth 1.0.2-1
    X.Org authorization settings program
local/xorg-xdm 1.1.6-1
    X Display Manager
local/xorg-xfs 1.0.5-1
    X.Org X11 xfs font server
local/xorg-xfwp 1.0.1-2
    X FireWall Proxy
local/xorg-xinit 1.0.7-3 (xorg)
    X.Org initialisation program
local/xorg-xkb-utils 1.0.2-2
    X.org keyboard utilities
local/xorg-xsm 1.0.1-2
    X.Org X11 Session manager

I also tried to compile in init 3 (just in case )
I tried a

  ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-wacdump --enable-xidump --disable-static \
              --enable-libwacomcfg --enable-xsetwacom --enable-libwacomcfg \
              --enable-libwacomxi --enable-wacomdrv --with-xorg-sdk=/usr \
              --with-xlib=/usr/lib --enable-shared --with-tcl=/usr --enable-dlloader

to see, ran into an error about the sdk path of xorg, so I removed the '--with-xorg-sdk=/usr ' option and get exactly the same error.

Edit2:
I successfully compiled it on another system

namcap linuxwacom-0.8.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz 
linuxwacom W: Dependency included but already satisfied (ncurses)
linuxwacom W: Dependency included and not needed (tk)
linuxwacom W: Dependency included and not needed (pixman)

Both systems runs arch i686 on 2.6.24 stock kernel and are up-to-date ... weird

Last edited by Warnaud (2008-04-28 19:50:19)

Ilya · 2008-04-28 19:55:46

First of all, just in case Did you use my PKGBUILD (in comments) or write your own? Because most of ./configure options enabled by default, so don't needed. Just ./configure --prefix=/usr.

* * *

Warnaud wrote:

Can you check with namcap if there's no hidden dependency missing ? (just in case)

I didn't use namcap formerly. You mean that?

$ namcap linuxwacom-0.8.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz 
linuxwacom W: Dependency included but already satisfied (ncurses)
linuxwacom W: Dependency included and not needed (tk)
linuxwacom W: Dependency included and not needed (pixman)

$ namcap PKGBUILD 
PKGBUILD (linuxwacom) W: Missing Contributor tag
PKGBUILD (linuxwacom) W: Missing Maintainer tag
PKGBUILD (linuxwacom) W: Missing CVS Id tag

pacman -Qs xorg almost the same, except this. I don't have it and it's not a part of xorg group.

local/xorg-clients 7.0-1
local/xorg-fonts-type1 1.0.1-1
local/xorg-util-macros 1.1.5-1
local/xorg-xdm 1.1.6-1
local/xorg-xfs 1.0.5-1
local/xorg-xfwp 1.0.1-2
local/xorg-xsm 1.0.1-2

Warnaud · 2008-04-28 20:24:18

Ilya wrote:

First of all, just in case Did you use my PKGBUILD (in comments) or write your own? Because most of ./configure options enabled by default, so don't needed. Just ./configure --prefix=/usr.

Yes I used your PKGBUILD.
I have 2 arch systems, one old (2 years 'til I first install it) and both ./configure options works and a brand new laptop with a fresh 2008.04 arch where none PKGBUILD with or without options on ./configure compile
* * *

Ilya wrote:

Warnaud wrote:

Can you check with namcap if there's no hidden dependency missing ? (just in case)

I didn't use namcap formerly. You mean that?

$ namcap linuxwacom-0.8.0-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz 
linuxwacom W: Dependency included but already satisfied (ncurses)
linuxwacom W: Dependency included and not needed (tk)
linuxwacom W: Dependency included and not needed (pixman)

$ namcap PKGBUILD 
PKGBUILD (linuxwacom) W: Missing Contributor tag
PKGBUILD (linuxwacom) W: Missing Maintainer tag
PKGBUILD (linuxwacom) W: Missing CVS Id tag

Yes that was in case there was something missing like a library

Ilya wrote:

pacman -Qs xorg almost the same, except this. I don't have it and it's not a part of xorg group.
local/xorg-clients 7.0-1
local/xorg-fonts-type1 1.0.1-1
local/xorg-util-macros 1.1.5-1
local/xorg-xdm 1.1.6-1
local/xorg-xfs 1.0.5-1
local/xorg-xfwp 1.0.1-2
local/xorg-xsm 1.0.1-2

I did install xorg-util-macros in case it was missing
I'll compare list of pkg install between my 2 systems to see what happens

Thanks again for the help

Warnaud · 2008-04-28 20:47:11

Got it
I diff both list of pkg and finally install pkgconfig et versionpkg and it works \o/
Thanks again

Ilya · 2008-04-28 21:22:10

Warnaud wrote:

Got it
I diff both list of pkg and finally install pkgconfig et versionpkg and it works \o/
Thanks again

Ok
For clarity sake: pkgconfig is a part of base-devel group, which needed (AFAIK) for making packages.
versionpkg isn't installed on my system.

Last edited by Ilya (2008-04-28 21:22:43)

Megamixman · 2008-05-04 00:14:20

Hmmm, well it seems the latest linuxwacom package changed the ISDV4 init to accomodate the touch/stylus combination screens and that has screwed up some Tablet PCs. Changing the Baud Rate to a lower one didn't seem to fix mine. Time to scower the newsgroups and see if there are any fixes, but until then I think TPC users have to stick to 0.7.9-8 since -9 was when the ISDV4 was changed.

Odd-rationale · 2008-05-04 22:14:45

Megamixman wrote:

Hmmm, well it seems the latest linuxwacom package changed the ISDV4 init to accomodate the touch/stylus combination screens and that has screwed up some Tablet PCs. Changing the Baud Rate to a lower one didn't seem to fix mine. Time to scower the newsgroups and see if there are any fixes, but until then I think TPC users have to stick to 0.7.9-8 since -9 was when the ISDV4 was changed.

Please post your findings if you arrive at any solutions. I am having the same problem.

Thanks!

ict · 2008-05-05 18:05:29

I'm having problems with my tablet pc as well. Xorg.0.log gives

(**) Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
(**) Option "StopBits" "1"
(**) Option "DataBits" "8"
(**) Option "Parity" "None"
(**) Option "Vmin" "1"
(**) Option "Vtime" "10"
(**) Option "FlowControl" "Xoff"
usbDetect: can not ioctl version
Wacom unable to read ISDV4 control data after 3 tries

Multiple times. Corresponding xorg.conf entry is unchanged and worked before:

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

Any ideas would be appreciated, as I fail to build any old drivers and so I cant use the pen atm.

Odd-rationale · 2008-05-10 00:13:42

Hmm. No solutions yet?

Ilya · 2008-05-10 13:43:05

Odd-rationale wrote:

Hmm. No solutions yet?

I have Intuos3, so can't help you with TabletPC.

If official TabletPC HOWTO didn't help, look at help page.

ict · 2008-05-10 14:44:13

This mailing list post brought me to the new devel-version which has this bug fixed.
I managed to get it to work with the following commands. Might not be the cleanest version but I guess It'll do until a new package is released.
-Install git if you dont have it and remove any old wacom-build (pacman -Rs linuxwacom)
-mkdir linuxwacom-git
-git clone git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/linux-wacom.git
-cd linux-wacom
-./bootstrap
-./configure --prefix=/usr
-make
-sudo make install

After a X restart, everything worked for me again.

Ilya · 2008-05-10 21:48:53

Yeah! Here web-interface of LinuxWacom Git:

Fixed Tablet PC baudrate 19200 issue. 2 days ago.

This change marked as master, so new version coming soon.

UPD! New version 0.8.0.1-1 (real version 0.8.0-1) is available in AUR.

Please, vote!

Last edited by Ilya (2008-05-11 01:29:06)

Odd-rationale · 2008-05-11 11:34:19

Thank you! It is working now!

kandrews · 2008-07-12 21:21:18

Hi, I'm having trouble with linuxwacom on arch. I had working perfectly on Ubuntu with my TC 4200 but I only saved my xorg.conf, I didn't think to look for the stuff wacom did. Right now my stylus is detected and I can write stuff, but it all looks as if I'm using the mouse. I've tried 3 different versions of linuxwacom (0.8.0, 0.8.0-3,0.8.1 all from Ilya's pkgbuild) to no avail. I keep getting "xf86WcmSerialValidate: bad magic at * v=* l=*" in my Xorg.log.0. I don't know if its related or not. I know that in the Ubuntu xorg.conf I used /dev/input/wacom while in arch I'm using /dev/ttyS0. So far I have googled and googled and read and read and I have no clue how to get this fixed. Does anyone else have/had this issue? Any ways of fixing it?

Last edited by kandrews (2008-07-12 21:26:32)

Rio6000 · 2008-07-23 14:31:01

I'm also having a lot of trouble with it!
Well not a lot of trouble just one REALLY annoying thing that makes it totally unusable.
I can't seem to get the tip working on my Bamboo with the latest drivers (0.8.1-1).
The side buttons work well, mapped as the default middle and right buttons.
When i first click on something it seem to drag the item without me holding it, but if i try to drag a selection box it just doesn't move. After the first click it just doesn't respond.

I'm really dissappointed because i built this computer for 3d and compositing only, I don't want to go back to my Macbook just because I can't get te Wacom tablet to work.

I'm also getting the same errors Ilya had with wacomcpl.

noclue · 2008-08-21 14:58:33

I'm having the same issues as Rio6000 and braveduck. Any updates for this problem?

eWoud · 2008-08-23 10:31:12

Rio6000 wrote:

I can't seem to get the tip working on my Bamboo with the latest drivers (0.8.1-1).
The side buttons work well, mapped as the default middle and right buttons.
When i first click on something it seem to drag the item without me holding it, but if i try to drag a selection box it just doesn't move. After the first click it just doesn't respond.

I have the same problem (Intuos3 Tablet). The 0.8.0-3 drivers work fine, however. 0.8.1-3 is actually a development release.

Here's a working PKGBUILD (copy the 10-wacom.rules and linuxwacom.install from AUR):

# Contributor: Ilya Galushko <helloy-ilya@yandex.ru>                                                                            

pkgname=linuxwacom
pkgver=0.8.0.3
_pkgver=0.8.0-3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="drivers for Wacom tablets"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/"
license=('GPL' 'LGPL')
depends=('libxi' 'ncurses' 'tk' 'pixman')
options=('!libtool' '!emptydirs')
install=linuxwacom.install
source=(http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linuxwacom/$pkgname-$_pkgver.tar.bz2
        10-wacom.rules)
md5sums=('629698976f9eb7d861802b22669c5aee'
         '02d3262b7dd10791b0c74abbaac1b933')

build() {
  cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$_pkgver"
  cp ChangeLog $startdir

  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install

  install -D -m 644 "$startdir/10-wacom.rules" "$pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d/10-wacom.rules"
}

# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:

Ulf · 2008-08-31 12:48:39

I downloaded the latest driver from linuxwacom and modified my PKGBUILD a bit (btw, thanks Ilya for maintainig it) and had issues too when touching the tablet with the tip of the pen. I am using the 2.6.26 kernel btw. After some googling i found out that you need to use the wacom driver for the kernel supplied by the linuxwacom package (use ./configure with --enable-wacom). Everything works now fine.

olejorgenb · 2008-09-02 18:29:46

kandrews wrote:

Hi, I'm having trouble with linuxwacom on arch. I had working perfectly on Ubuntu with my TC 4200 but I only saved my xorg.conf, I didn't think to look for the stuff wacom did. Right now my stylus is detected and I can write stuff, but it all looks as if I'm using the mouse. I've tried 3 different versions of linuxwacom (0.8.0, 0.8.0-3,0.8.1 all from Ilya's pkgbuild) to no avail. I keep getting "xf86WcmSerialValidate: bad magic at * v=* l=*" in my Xorg.log.0. I don't know if its related or not. I know that in the Ubuntu xorg.conf I used /dev/input/wacom while in arch I'm using /dev/ttyS0. So far I have googled and googled and read and read and I have no clue how to get this fixed. Does anyone else have/had this issue? Any ways of fixing it?

I have this problem too. I've also gotten it in debian (testing) atfer a big upgrade. Unfortunately I don't know how to fix it. (currently upgrading my arch to see if it will go away)

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