cymbaloum Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Hello, I'm trying to configure my wacom to work with a mandriva 2006 installation. I followed the very helpful post from devries on the subject: - I loaded the wacom module - I checked that output indeed came from /dev/input/event3 - chmod 666 /dev/input/event3 to allow the user to "listen" to the wacom - changed the xorg.con file with the code provided by devries - rebooted the X system - loaded Gimp - configured the advanced settings for input devices And got no response using the tablet... So, to summarize: The kernel can hear the tablet, and somehow the X windows system knows about the tablet, since Gimp suggests the stylus in input devices settings. But I can get no reaction. The tablet does not move the pointer under KDE, Gimp is impervious to it, same for Krita. Somehow, I have the feeling that the X system is not really listening to the tablent output. Can someone make some suggestions on how to proceed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bee Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 (edited) Hi there, I found in my trials (thanks again Devries and everybody else) a couple steps that you didn't mention: - a complete system reboot seemed to be a necessary step, and not just an X reboot. - You may also need to remove the usbmouse driver (type: modprobe -r usbmouse ) (and reboot again) I hope this helps. (BTW, please refer to my latest post in Distro for Arts for a couple of other relevant issues I've come across.) Edited March 29, 2006 by Jon Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 If you have the cat ouput it means the module works orrectly. Now you just have to edit the xorg.conf for it t work in X. If it works in X (meaning the pointer moves when you move the stylus) it should work in for example the gimp. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymbaloum Posted March 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Ok, thanks for your help: - I did the modprobe -r usbmouse thing (don't know if it helped, but can't hurt, I guess) - I corrected the X configuration (it automatically changed event3 to event0, just like you) - after (machine) rebooting, I did again chmod 666 /dev/input/event3, before doing startx (I guess if cat does not work as user, it won't work for X After these three changes the tablet is working wonderfully. But the set up is far from perfect. Now every time I want to use the tablet, I need to change the xorg.conf file, reboot, do the chmod thing, and only then launch X. Quite cumbersome.... As for your Krita problems, I will make a post in the previous discution (I could get the 1.5 version working with the tablet with no sweat thanks to klik) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 You could make the xorg.conf non writable. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bee Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 You could make the xorg.conf non writable. :) Okay, that sounded like a good idea, so I thought I tried it, but after I thought I'd made it non-writable, it was rewritten again. I tried by launching Konqueror from the Konsole logged in as the super user, and then entered the Xorg.conf "Properties" and switched off anything that looked like "write permissions". I realise that probably sounds a little corny, but that's the only way I know how to do anything. Is there a better way? By the way, some extra detail: it appears the Xorg.conf file is rewritten if one attempts a hot-plug. Could this be a hint to why the wacom module doesn't work straight off the bat? By the other way, I haven't written anything in a while because I've immersed myself in graphics tablet world lately. I won't post any of my "art" though because it still looks terrible, but at least now that is purely an artist-related-error, not a hardware one! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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