welcome to the (seemingly) complicated world of tablets;
two recent posts on this forum, which have multiple entries; may be of interest to you;
SuSe 11 Wacom Graphire4 absolute mode - Page 2 - openSUSE Forums
in the above, one poster believed he could offer "the answer"
and the other post, may also contain useful background for you to dig, and labour, and wade through;
Wacom Intuos 3 install - Page 5 - openSUSE Forums
welcome to the world of editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf files and other delights;
good luck; let us know how you get along