Wacom Intuos, Aiptek and newest kernel 2.6.??

[4ebees]

Hi there,

 

Apologies to all for the long post - just want to give as much info as possible.

 

OS: Mandrake 10 Official. Kernel 2.6.3?

Nothing unusual -wouldn't know how :)

 

PC Specs:

 

PIII

192MB RAM

 

Problem:

 

 

The problem I pose below is truly the only thing causing me to not swap to Linux completely: my printers both worked out of the box - HPDeskJet 640c and Photosmart 130; my scanner required a bit of fiddling; Camera (Sony Cybershot P8) - first time, which gave me a shock - required fiddling with under the other OS; cheap digital camera for my daughter worked too! I have Codeweavers CrossOver because I can't stand the Linux pdf reader - my wife and I have to read quite a lot of them and the pdf readers I've found are just not good enough for reading long pdfs; OpenOffice is great; I own Photoshop and whilst GIMP is good... I'm a PS man. That said, if I didn't have PS and saw GIMP, I wouldn't have bought buy PS.

 

So, being reasonably new to Linux...

 

I have an Aiptek Graphic Tablet that worked, to a degree, as soon as I plugged it in (it's supposed to be a Hyperpen 8000U clone).

 

USB Tablet Series Version 1.04

Manufacturer: AIPTEK International Inc.

Speed: 1.5Mb/s (low)

USB Version: 1.10

Device Class: 00(>ifc )

Device Subclass: 00

Device Protocol: 00

Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 8

Number of Configurations: 1

Vendor Id: 08ca

Product Id: 0010

Revision Number: 1.03

 

Everything is fine, EXCEPT, when I try to use it, moving it two inches means the cursor covers the whole screen - the usable area of the pad is then only a rectangle of about an inch high by two inches across - not very practical. I cannot find a solution to this this. It's quite sad as it works otherwise!

 

Wacom Intuos 2

 

I've since borrowed a friends Wacom Intuos 2 and, turning off USBMOUSE (which I don't have) has given me a similar problem - I can now use 70% of the surface of the pad. Whilst this is more practical, it is still not particularly good. It is working better than the Aiptek tablet: the computer sees an area of the pad (approx 70%) and moves the cursor to the related part of the screen. In other words, it thinks my pad is about 30% smaller than it is.

 

I have read through the Wacom driver site, but cannot understand some parts of it (downloading Kernel RPMs, for instance, and then loading them 'somewhere' - do I just do this alone???).

 

It seems that my pc just needs to know that that table surface area is bigger (in both cases). I have tried to configure XF86Config-4 below are the details:

 

*****************************************************************

# File generated by XFdrake.

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

# the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:-1"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "wacom"

Load "freetype"

Load "glx" # 3D layer

EndSection

 

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "Keyboard"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"

Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Driver "wacom"

Identifier "cursor"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"

Option "Mode" "absolute"

Option "Type" "cursor" Option "USB" "on"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Driver "wacom"

Identifier "stylus"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"

Option "Mode" "absolute"

Option "Type" "stylus"

Option "XSize" "800"

Option "YSize" "600"

# Option "AlwaysCore"

Option "BaudRate" "19200"

Option "USB" "on"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Driver "wacom"

Identifier "eraser"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"

Option "Mode" "absolute"

Option "Type" "eraser" Option "USB" "on"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Plug'n Play"

ModelName "Compaq V70 Color Monitor"

HorizSync 30-69

VertRefresh 50-150

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?

# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync

ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

VendorName "ATI"

BoardName "ATI Mach64 3D Rage IIC"

Driver "ati"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Virtual 1024 768

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "mouse1" "corepointer"

InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"

InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"

InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

 

 

*****************************************************************

 

My questions are:

 

1. Do I Modprobe Wacom to resolve this?

 

2. Can someone suggest XFConfig changes to fix this?

 

3. Should I upgrade to the newest Kernel - I had heard that Wacom was 'broken' in 2.6.3

 

I realise I need a bit of handholding and will seriously need some step by step stuff on this as I'm very :unsure:

 

but I really love the Penguin - and there's heaps of projects I want to play with.

 

I just can't go back to using a mouse for graphic work!!!

 

It's just this has become a real pain.

 

Just in case someone can help, I will be on holidays for two week from tomorrow and without net connection, or even a computer - my laptop has been told it has to stay at home :( and so if anyone can make any suggestions (thank you, thank you), I'll get on to them as soon as I get back home.

 

Any assistance with this would be most appreciated.

 

Thanks to all.

[SpikeyKlitske]

By the time when you return from vacation try to upgrade to mdk 10.1 official. I am using Wacom Graphire 3 and works like a charm on that release. I didnt have to do a thing, just polugged it in and it worked.

[4ebees]

Thanks for that.

 

I'm going to see how I go about a kernel upgrade first - having never done it!

 

Once I'm less financially 'dissolute' LOL, I'll be looking at buying one of the Mandrake packages; my 'free' one is working very well, but I'd like to contribute financially, to a small degree, to a project I admire (as I said, when I'm MORE financially able to :)

 

I responded also to your other post - thanks for providing all the information you have. Most appreciated.