Hi everybody,
as a kind of luxory item I am thinking of adding a bamboo to my PC.
Before putting action behind this, I wonder how much of a hazzle this brings about.
Has anybody of you experience with 11.4 in this field?
If a hazzle: Can anybody be bothered to compile the driver and provide it as a 1-click on the build service - or even in the official repositories?
Would there be full functionality actually after all?
BTW, I am aware of the wacom SF-site.
Cheers,
Hans
Hi again,
for Ubuntu-Users there is a great, easy going installation routine. You find it in this thread:
[SOLVED] Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch Working on Ubuntu 10.10 ! - Ubuntu Forums](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1699650&highlight=bamboo)
"…Same configuration here: Bamboo pen & touch new model CTH-460/K(A) = also recognize touch gestures + Ubuntu 10.10.
This worked for me
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:doctormo/wacom-plus
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wacom-dkms …"
If I got it right, this routine builds the module depending on the kernel running.
Something like this would be just super for openSUSE. For the time being I am now using Ubuntu.
BTW: GIMP only shows with a tablet what’s possible!
Best,
Hans
See my solution below. Try the alternate script first and if that does not work then use the original script. Dkms can be used in opensuse as well and the script was written to compile the driver based upon the currently running kernel. In theory this should work.
Hi,
I’m just trying to make this very same tablet (CTH-460 - Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch) under OpenSUSE 11.4. I’m using the script from previous link, which executes without any errors, but either I’m missing something stupid or there is something else that must be done, as I’m unable to make it work.
For what I can guess, the problem lies into the kernel, not X. Initially, the table appears to be recognized. This is what I get when pluggin in the device (after executing the script, reboot, etc…):
# dmesg
1430.849124] usb 3-9: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 7
1431.050207] usb 3-9: New USB device found, idVendor=056a, idProduct=00d6
1431.050211] usb 3-9: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
1431.050213] usb 3-9: Product: CTH-460
1431.050215] usb 3-9: Manufacturer: Wacom Co.,Ltd.
However, this is all: no input devices are created under /dev/input/, so obviously X doesn’t know anything about the table just plugged. I’m using standard OpenSUSE 11.4 desktop kernel, with no modifications. And, for what I’ve seen, your script doesn’t rebuild the wacom kernel module, it just recompiles wacom xorg driver, so I really don’t know what to do.
Kind regards,
Eduard Huguet
PS: BTW, the tablet just fully works under a Kubuntu Natty LiveCD image, so I know for sure the table is not broken. Which means I could simply get rid of OpenSUSE and switch to Kubuntu, but I’d really prefer to stay with the lizzard… 
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:06:02 +0000, eduardhc wrote:
> However, this is all: no input devices are created under /dev/input/, so
> obviously X doesn’t know anything about the table just plugged. I’m
> using standard OpenSUSE 11.4 desktop kernel, with no modifications. And,
> for what I’ve seen, your script doesn’t rebuild the wacom kernel module,
> it just recompiles wacom xorg driver, so I really don’t know what to do.
There isn’t hotplug support for Wacom tablets - it needs to be plugged in
when X starts.
I’ve got an Intuos4 tablet here and it “just worked” with 11.4 - it
doesn’t look like I even had to install special packages for it.
Jim
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It doesn’t seem a problem with hotplug. Previously I had an old Wacom Graphite tablet, and hotplugging has always worked fine (X simply recognized the new input devices created).
The real problem is that no input devices are created for the new tablet. Previously, for my old Graphire a number of new nodes under /dev/input appeared when pluggin in the tablet, now this isn’t happening with Bamboo Pen & Touch. So, problem doesn’t lie into X but into kernel (AFAIK X relies on input devices created by kernel - if there are no kernel input devices, then X simply is not aware of the new device…).
This is after executing the suggested script, which executes without errors. And which results in a new wacom xorg module compiled and installed under /usr/lib64/xorg/etc…
And, BTW, it doesn’t work neither if I leave the tablet plugged in when booting, so definitely it’s not a hotplug issue.
Kind regards,
Eduard Huguet
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:36:03 +0000, eduardhc wrote:
> It doesn’t seem a problem with hotplug. Previously I had an old Wacom
> Graphite tablet, and hotplugging has always worked fine (X simply
> recognized the new input devices created).
>
> The real problem is that no input devices are created for the new
> tablet. Previously, for my old Graphire a number of new nodes under
> /dev/input appeared when pluggin in the tablet, now this isn’t happening
> with Bamboo Pen & Touch. So, problem doesn’t lie into X but into kernel
> (AFAIK X relies on input devices created by kernel - if there are no
> kernel input devices, then X simply is not aware of the new device…).
>
> This is after executing the suggested script, which executes without
> errors. And which results in a new wacom xorg module compiled and
> installed under /usr/lib64/xorg/etc…
>
> And, BTW, it doesn’t work neither if I leave the tablet plugged in when
> booting, so definitely it’s not a hotplug issue.
It was my understanding (from participating in the project mailing list
for the wacom drivers) that hotplug was simply unsupported…
Nevertheless, do you have the wacom kernel module loaded?
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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Hi,
Yes, tried to load wacom module both before and after plugging in the tablet. It made no difference… 
Tried also with hid_wacom.ko module, with the same (disappointing) results.
Regards
Eduard
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:36:03 +0000, eduardhc wrote:
> Hi,
> Yes, tried to load wacom module both before and after plugging in the
> tablet. It made no difference… Tried also with hid_wacom.ko
> module, with the same (disappointing) results.
Did it actually load? (ie, did you see it listed when running lsmod)
Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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Hi,
Yes, the driver loads if I modprobe it (I can check it with “lsmod | grep wacom”). However, it doesn’t load automatically when I plug in the Bamboo Pen & Touch, but it does if I plug the Graphire (I double checked it: first I made sure the module wan’t loaded, I plugged in the Graphire and the module loaded automatically). So, maybe the problem is that the Bamboo Pen & Touch is not bound in any way with the wacom module, so it just ignores it.
How are USB product & device ID tighted to driver modules in Linux? Maybe the problem is just that CTH-460 identifiers (VID: 0x056A, PID: 0x00D6) are just unknown to driver version used by OpenSUSE 11.4. Is this easy to fix or does it need a kernel and/or module recompiling?
Kind regards,
Eduard
Okay, finally solved it. However, I’m afraid it’s not that simple as using the script suggested in answer #3, as current OpenSuse 11.4 desktop kernel DOESN’T SUPPORT this device (CTH-460, in Wacom’s nomenclature). Support for this device was added in kernel 2.6.38, and for what I’ve seen it hasn’t been backported to 2.6.37 by OpenSUSE maintainers.
In order to make it work, I had to manually compile a 2.6.38 kernel (using great sakc script), then use suggested script above to include support for this device in xorg. This way I was able to make it work.
Anyway, what I finally did was switch to Tumbleweed, which currently features a 2.6.39 kernel, which also supports it. However, even in this case I had to use above script to add support for the table to xorg.
Kind regards,
Eduard Huguet
The script originally had support for compiling wacom.ko. The alternative script dropped this capability since many wacom tablets do work with the provided kernel driver in opensuse 11.4. The script has been modified once again. This time it is left up to the end user to choose whether to compile the new latest wacom.ko and/or install and setup the xorg environment. So the updated script is still a viable method to installing the wacom tablet in opensuse 11.4. Keep in mind that if you use the new wacom.ko driver provided by the script you will need to execute the script after each kernel update. Maybe at some point we can utilize dkms (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) to take care of the rebuild. I may be creating some new rpms for wacom tablets if time allows. You can get the script from two locations SDB:Wacom tablet installer - openSUSE or Linux Tablet – Lenovo S10-3t. I will attempt to keep the script up to date in both locations, but as far as support (which there is no warranty of ;)) or any comments please leave comments at Linux Tablet – Lenovo S10-3t.
Thanks,
Robert Rounsaville
Thanks for your feedback. I agree that most of the Wacom tablets work out-of-the-box with 11.4 kernel. However, CTH-460 (which is the main subject of the article) doesn’t, so maybe the explanation there is a bit confusing, as one gets the (wrong) impression that executing that script will be enough to make the Pen & Touch work.
Anyway, thank you anyway for your work, the script is indeed a valueble piece, as it makes the (also) necessary step of building updated Xorg modules for the Wacom tablet easier. For my part, I moved to Tumbleweed, which fixed my kernel-related problems, as this one sports a version (2.6.39 when I made the switch) that yet includes support for this table. Recompiling Xorg drivers seems to be still necessary, though.
Kind regards,
Eduard Huguet