Installing the Wacom Bamboo Driver

English Hardware
#1

Hi, I switched to OpenSuse 11 today, from Ubuntu hardy. I Quite like it but there’s one thing I can’t get done: installing the wacom bamboo driver.

Kernel version: 2.6.25.5-1.1-default

My Bamboo does actually work, but not the way it should be. It behaves more like a touchpad than a pen tablet. Well, I had the same problem in the beginning on Ubuntu Hardy with it, but there was a nice gui which told how to install the linuxwacom driver. Something I can’t find for OpenSuse 11.

This is the result when trying to configure linuxwacom:


./configure --enable-wacom
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for gawk... (cached) gawk
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking for g77... no
checking for f77... no
checking for xlf... no
checking for frt... no
checking for pgf77... no
checking for fort77... no
checking for fl32... no
checking for af77... no
checking for f90... no
checking for xlf90... no
checking for pgf90... no
checking for epcf90... no
checking for f95... no
checking for fort... no
checking for xlf95... no
checking for ifc... no
checking for efc... no
checking for pgf95... no
checking for lf95... no
checking for gfortran... no
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
checking whether  accepts -g... no
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for arch type... x86_64-suse-linux
checking for kernel type... Linux
checking for linux-based kernel... yes
checking for kernel source/headers... /lib/modules/2.6.25.5-1.1-default/source
checking kernel version... 2.6.25
checking for kernel module support... no
checking for Xlib... yes
checking for XSERVER... yes
checking for xserver libc-wrapper header-files... no
checking if scaling tablet to screen size is needed... no
checking if Xorg SDK defines IsXExtensionPointer... yes
checking if Xorg SDK defines dixScreenOrigins... no
checking XInput extension version... < 1.0
checking for X... libraries /usr/lib64, headers 
checking for gethostbyname... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for tclsh... /usr/bin/tclsh
checking for tcl version... 8.5
checking for tcl header files... found, /usr/include
checking for tk header files... found, /usr/include
checking ncurses.h usability... yes
checking ncurses.h presence... yes
checking for ncurses.h... yes
checking if libwacomcfg should/can be built... yes
checking if libwacomxi should/can be built... yes
checking if wacdump should/can be built... yes
checking if xidump should/can be built... yes
checking if xsetwacom should be built... yes
checking for Wacom X driver module path... /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input
checking for dynamic driver loading support... yes
checking if wacom_drv.{o,so} should be compiled... yes
checking if gcc accepts -fno-merge-constants... yes
checking if gcc accepts -fno-stack-protector... yes

configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating mkxincludes
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating src/util/Makefile
config.status: creating src/xdrv/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.4/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.4.22/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.8/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.9/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.10/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.11/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.13/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.14/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.15/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.16/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.18/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.19/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.22/Makefile
config.status: creating src/2.6.24/Makefile
config.status: creating src/wacomxi/Makefile
config.status: creating src/wacomxi/wacomcpl
config.status: creating src/include/xdrv-config.h
config.status: src/include/xdrv-config.h is unchanged
config.status: creating src/include/kernel-config.h
config.status: src/include/kernel-config.h is unchanged
config.status: creating src/include/util-config.h
config.status: src/include/util-config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands

----------------------------------------
  BUILD ENVIRONMENT:
       architecture - x86_64-suse-linux
       linux kernel - yes 
  module versioning - no 
      kernel source - yes /lib/modules/2.6.25.5-1.1-default/source
     XFree86 source - no 
           Xorg SDK - yes /usr/include/xorg
          XSERVER64 - yes
           dlloader - yes
               XLib - yes /usr/lib64
                TCL - yes /usr/include
                 TK - yes /usr/include
            ncurses - yes

  BUILD OPTIONS:
            **wacom.o - no**
            wacdump - yes 
             xidump - yes 
        libwacomcfg - yes
         libwacomxi - yes
          xsetwacom - yes
              hid.o - no 
         usbmouse.o - no
            evdev.o - no
         mousedev.o - no
            input.o - no
       wacom_drv.so - yes /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input 
        wacom_drv.o - no
  wacom*_drv quirks - IsXExtensionPointer key-events
----------------------------------------

The problem is: the wacom.o will not be build. And I don’t know why. I installed kernel-source, linux-kernel-headers, but it still doesn’t want to build the wacom.o

How can I let my bamboo work?

#2

I can’t edit my post so I post another reply:

When I do ‘make’, even if wacom.o won’t be built, I get after a few seconds:


gcc -g -O2 -D__amd64__ -I/usr/include  -fPIC -pipe -std=c99 \
		-pedantic -Wall -Wpointer-arith -fno-merge-constants \
		-fno-stack-protector -I. -I../include -I/usr/include/xorg  \
		-D_XSERVER64 -I/usr/include/xorg -I/usr/include/pixman-1   \
		-o xf86Wacom.o -c ./xf86Wacom.c
In file included from ./xf86Wacom.c:79:
./xf86Wacom.h:26:25: error: xf86Version.h: Bestand of map bestaat niet
./xf86Wacom.h:61:18: error: misc.h: Bestand of map bestaat niet
./xf86Wacom.h:62:18: error: xf86.h: Bestand of map bestaat niet
./xf86Wacom.h:65:19: error: xisb.h: Bestand of map bestaat niet
./xf86Wacom.h:74:25: error: xf86_OSproc.h: Bestand of map bestaat niet
./xf86Wacom.h:75:24: error: xf86Xinput.h: Bestand of map bestaat niet
./xf86Wacom.h:76:78: error: exevents.h: Bestand of map bestaat niet
./xf86Wacom.h:78:23: error: mipointer.h: Bestand of map bestaat niet
./xf86Wacom.h:81:24: error: xf86Module.h: Bestand of map bestaat niet
In file included from ./xf86Wacom.c:79:
./xf86Wacom.h:135: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘InputDriverPtr’
In file included from ./xf86Wacom.h:153,
                 from ./xf86Wacom.c:79:
./xf86WacomDefs.h:83: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86WacomDefs.h:84: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘int’
./xf86WacomDefs.h:140: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘LocalDevicePtr’
./xf86WacomDefs.h:255: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘LocalDevicePtr’
./xf86WacomDefs.h:275: warning: struct has no members
./xf86WacomDefs.h:320: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘Bool’
./xf86WacomDefs.h:323: warning: struct has no members
./xf86WacomDefs.h:455: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘LocalDevicePtr’
In file included from ./xf86Wacom.c:79:
./xf86Wacom.h:191: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmAllocate’
./xf86Wacom.h:192: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmAllocateStylus’
./xf86Wacom.h:193: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmAllocateCursor’
./xf86Wacom.h:194: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmAllocateEraser’
./xf86Wacom.h:195: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmAllocatePad’
./xf86Wacom.h:197: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmOpen’
./xf86Wacom.h:200: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.h:209: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.h:212: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.h:218: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.h:221: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmPointInArea’
./xf86Wacom.h:222: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmAreaListOverlap’
./xf86Wacom.h:225: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.h:228: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.c:82: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘pWcm’
./xf86Wacom.c:83: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.c:84: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘device’
./xf86Wacom.c:85: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.c:86: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘pWcm’
./xf86Wacom.c:87: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmDevConvert’
./xf86Wacom.c:89: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘xf86WcmDevReverseConvert’
./xf86Wacom.c:91: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘usbWcmInit’
./xf86Wacom.c:92: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.c:93: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.c:94: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘client’
./xf86Wacom.c:95: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.c:96: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.c:101: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:101: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:104: error: ‘xf86WcmDevOpen’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:104: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:104: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:105: error: ‘xf86WcmDevReadInput’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:105: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:105: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:106: error: ‘xf86WcmDevControlProc’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:106: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:106: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:107: error: ‘xf86WcmDevClose’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:107: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:107: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:108: error: ‘xf86WcmDevProc’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:108: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:108: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:109: error: ‘xf86WcmDevChangeControl’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:109: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:109: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:110: error: ‘xf86WcmDevSwitchMode’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:110: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:110: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:111: error: ‘xf86WcmDevConvert’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:111: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:111: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:112: error: ‘xf86WcmDevReverseConvert’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:112: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:112: warning: (near initialization for ‘gWacomModule’)
./xf86Wacom.c:116: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘di’
./xf86Wacom.c:119: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘DeviceIntPtr’
./xf86Wacom.c:119: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘pointer’
./xf86Wacom.c:122: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘di’
./xf86Wacom.c:127: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.c:257: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘local’
./xf86Wacom.c:328: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘keymap’
./xf86Wacom.c:453: warning: ISO C does not allow extra ‘;’ outside of a function
./xf86Wacom.c:455: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘KeySym’
./xf86Wacom.c:455: warning: struct has no members
./xf86Wacom.c:456: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:456: warning: (near initialization for ‘keymod[0]’)
./xf86Wacom.c:456: error: ‘ShiftMask’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:456: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:456: warning: (near initialization for ‘keymod[0]’)
./xf86Wacom.c:457: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:457: warning: (near initialization for ‘keymod[1]’)
./xf86Wacom.c:457: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:457: warning: (near initialization for ‘keymod[1]’)
./xf86Wacom.c:458: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:458: warning: (near initialization for ‘keymod[2]’)
./xf86Wacom.c:458: error: ‘ControlMask’ undeclared here (not in a function)
./xf86Wacom.c:458: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
./xf86Wacom.c:458: warning: (near initialization for ‘keymod[2]’)

And even more, but the post was to long then.

“Bestand of map bestaat niet” means -> “File or directory does not exists”

#3

I’m just wondering if it’s really necessary to install that driver. I also have an issue with version 11 (didn’t work in 10.3 for me). OpenSuse 11 recognises it, and it acts like a mouse (relative mode); However with the wacom-Tools installed, if I launch :
wacdump /dev/input/event6 (as root) it really shows that everything seems to work fine (position, pressure). So I think the driver is OK; I’m just not sure what to put into /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Tried the stuff from this link : The Linux Wacom Project and The Linux Wacom Project , replacing of course the device mentioned there (/dev/input/event0) with /dev/input/event6; but well, X wouldn’t start anymore… it tries to, get a mouse cursor, shakes, and gone, and again and again… maybe someone can give a hint ? Thanks :slight_smile:

#4

As for my issue I posted it now works, so with the wakom driver installed on OpenSuse 11 it works for me; all I had to do was to put the entries in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf BEFORE the ‘Input device’ for the mouse.

it now looks like :

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “wacom”
Identifier “stylus”

Option “Device” “/dev/ttyS0” # SERIAL ONLY

Option “Device” “/dev/input/event6” # USB ONLY
Option “Type” “stylus”
Option “USB” “on” # USB ONLY

Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” # Tablet PC ONLY

EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “wacom”
Identifier “eraser”

Option “Device” “/dev/ttyS0” # SERIAL ONLY

Option “Device” “/dev/input/event6” # USB ONLY
Option “Type” “eraser”
Option “USB” “on” # USB ONLY

Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” # Tablet PC ONLY

EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “wacom”
Identifier “cursor”

Option “Device” “/dev/ttyS0” # SERIAL ONLY

Option “Device” “/dev/input/event6” # USB ONLY
Option “Type” “cursor”
Option “USB” “on” # USB ONLY

Option “ForceDevice” “ISDV4” # Tablet PC ONLY

EndSection

This section is for Intuos3, CintiqV5, Graphire4, or Bamboo

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “wacom”
Identifier “pad”

Option “Device” “/dev/ttyS0” # SERIAL ONLY

Option “Device” “/dev/input/event6” # USB ONLY
Option “Type” “pad”
Option “USB” “on” # USB ONLY
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “5”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “Wacom MTE-450”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2”
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
Option “ZAxisMapping” “4 5”
EndSection

…

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier “Layout[all]”
InputDevice “Keyboard[0]” “CoreKeyboard”
InputDevice “Mouse[1]” “CorePointer”
InputDevice “stylus” “SendCoreEvents”
InputDevice “eraser” “SendCoreEvents”
InputDevice “pad” # For Intuos3/CintiqV5/Graphire4/Bamboo tablets
Option “Clone” “off”
Option “Xinerama” “off”
Screen “Screen[0]”
EndSection

All that I needed then was to configure the Gimp Extended device to use them (and disabled ‘Mouse[1]’ in it so I could use tablet and mouse to paint.) I hope you will manage it too that way

#5

At the risk of closing the barn door (and possibly the door to the wrong barn) after the horse is gone, there is also a HOW-TO here:
Wacom tablet under openSUSE 11.0 - openSUSE Forums

That HOW-TO references the “Wacom Graphire 3” instead, but it still may be of interest to some readers of this thread.

#6

well, hoped that would work, but after updating XORG, tho Tablet acts again like a mouse, and /var/log/Xorg.0.log shows :

(EE) No Input driver matching `wacom’

:frowning:

#7

It seems to me something changes in the detection of the device.

/proc/bus/input/devices contains :
…
I: Bus=0003 Vendor=056a Product=0065 Version=0108
N: Name=“Wacom Bamboo”
P: Phys=
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:07.1/usb5/5-1/5-1.2/5-1.2:1.0/input/input7
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event6
B: EV=1f
B: KEY=1c63 0 70033 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=100
B: ABS=100 3000103
B: MSC=1
…

the entry in 'Handlers seems weird to me … I’m stuck here, don’t now where to look for…

#8

Hi,

I think I’m in a similar situation. Using SuSE 11.0, 64-bit. The Bamboo (USB) works just like an ALPS pad and I don’t know how to fix it.

I did try following the Linux Wacom Project HOWTO, but I cannot get their driver to install (the option “./configure --enable-wacom” has no effect, and “make” gives a string of errors starting with:
“In file included from ./xf86Wacom.c:79:
./xf86Wacom.h:26:25: error: xf86Version.h: No such file or directory” ).
I’ve downloaded every xorg developement package (except for the 32 bit) from yast (repos: oss, non-oss, update, packman, nvidia), but I can’t find a xf86Version.h.

I cannot follow the forum post titled “Wacom tablet under openSUSE 11.0” because I have no such file “##-wacom.rules”. (This file is mentioned in the LWP HOWTO as well). How do I make one? Can I just copy a text file?

My “/proc/bus/input/devices” is very similar to atuor’s, but Handlers = mouse3 event11

There is a wacom module loaded. I did try downloading the driver a couple of times and it always has the same md5sum. Sax2 is no help. I’m using an nvidia graphics card. I’m stuck.

Can anyone help?
Thanks.

#9

I can’t help. But I can refer you to this URL:
TabletPCs - openSUSE
Please note that page is for all tablet devices, and NOT just tablet PCs.

Please also note the author of that URL is user Dkukawa:
User : Dkukawka - openSUSE

And most important, please note his offer at the end of his user page:

Tablet PCs

I wrote my diploma thesis about Tablet PCs and Linux. Now I work on better support of Tablet PCs and integrate the results of my thesis in SUSE Linux.

At last I added for SUSE 10.1/SLES 10/SLED 10 I added more support for Tablet PCs in HAL. This include better detection and an addon to set the serial port for the Wacom Tablet automatically.

At the moment I work on some SAX2 rules for a generic setup for Tablet PCs with a Wacom device.

The first place to start with Tablet PCs should be the page about TabletPCs in the wiki.

If you need some help to get you Tablet PC running feel free to ask me.

#10

Thanks, oldcpu.

I think the problem has to do with the xorg.conf
Section “InputDevice”
…
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
…

for a USB mouse I’m using. And I think I need to use that mysterious ##-wacom.rules file to get around it, but maybe not.

I guess I should ask Dkukawka.
I’ll post any progress here.

#11

OK, it works now, tested with wacdump and GIMP.

xf86Version.h is in the xorg-x11-server-SDK package. ./configure, make, make install now installs the LWP driver. The prebuilt and rpm versions didn’t work, but the linuxwacom-0.8.0-3 source does. I didn’t need to use the ./configure --enable-wacom option.

I also changed the above-mentioned xorg.conf InputDevice entry from

“dev/input/mice”
to
“dev/input/mouse2”

I got “mouse2” from looking at /proc/bus/input/devices

Basically, once I got that header file, I could follow the HOWTO…mostly. I still don’t have that ##-wacom.rules file, so maybe the hard-coded “mouse2” & “event11” (written in xorg.conf) will be incorrect at some point, but you can get the correct information from /proc/bus/input/devices and change it if necessary.

#12

OldCPU cites articles for TabletPCs, not USB or bluetooth wacom tablets. If you’re reading this thread, you probably want to read this: Wacom USB tablet howto - openSUSE

#13

Great how to. Thanks for contributing and creating the page.