questions for wacom installation

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#1

Hello! I try to install a Wacom Intuos 3 following : Wacom USB tablet howto - openSUSE.

I miss some points in this tuto.

1)After creating 10-local.rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/
this command didn’t work : house:~> sudo udevadm control --reload_rules (nor house:~> sudo udevcontrol reload_rules).

  1. I don’t find xorg.conf in my system, except a xorg.conf.5 text file located in an archive file, is it the one ?

  2. Assuming that I’ve got the xorg.conf file do I have to modify xorg.conf adding all the options features of the box in the “Modify xorg.conf” of the How To? If I have to, where do I write them?

Have you ever made an wacom intuos 3 working on opensuse 11.1?

Thank you for your help, I’ve been trying to install it for 3 or 4 days, I start to go mad with that. (sorry for potential language mistakes, I’m french). Bye!

#2

Forget this sudo crap and run commands as root without sudo.

I also don’t understand, why people start using sudo in tutorials for a distro, which has a real root account, but if they do, they should at least take care that there are other $PATH-variables than in *Buntu (and /sbin or /usr/sbin are not in $PATH for a normal user in openSUSE, because it is comoletely unnecessary with a real and accessible root account).

No, it’s the xorg.conf file at its normal place, /etc/X11.

With the text editor of your choice, again started as root.

#3

If this is about getting your wacom device to work, please check the wiki:
Wacom USB tablet howto - openSUSE

#4

I think he already found that, because he is posting the same link and also quotes from it.

#5

thank you all for your help. I still don’t get a point, when I edit xorg.conf with my text editor do I have to addt he whole of that :
"Section “InputDevice”
Driver “wacom”
Identifier “cursor”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”
Option “InputFashion” “Tablet”
Option “Mode” “Relative”
Option “Name” “GRAPHIRE v1-4 (USB)”
Option “SendCoreEvents” “on”
Option “Type” “cursor”
Option “USB” “on”
Option “Vendor” “WACOM”
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
Driver “wacom”
Identifier “stylus”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”
Option “InputFashion” “Pen”
Option “Mode” “Absolute”
Option “Name” “GRAPHIRE v1-4 Stylus (USB)”
Option “Protocol” “Auto”
Option “SendCoreEvents” “on”
Option “Type” “stylus”
Option “USB” “on”
Option “Vendor” “WACOM”
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
Driver “wacom”
Identifier “eraser”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”
Option “InputFashion” “Eraser”
Option “Mode” “Absolute”
Option “Name” “GRAPHIRE v1-4 Eraser (USB)”
Option “Protocol” “Auto”
Option “SendCoreEvents” “on”
Option “Type” “eraser”
Option “USB” “on”
Option “Vendor” “WACOM”
EndSection
"
and then :

" InputDevice “stylus” “SendCoreEvents”
InputDevice “eraser” “SendCoreEvents”
InputDevice “pad”
InputDevice “cursor” “SendCoreEvents”
"
If I have to, where exactly in the xorg.file, just at the end ?

Thank you again, I’m sorry but this is not the kind of stuff that I easily get.

#6

Ok…Sweet!

I figured this one out now maybe I can help you…gotta love Linux!

First thing to do is check this website if you haven’t already, it is a bountiful source of information about the Linux/Wacom drivers, from the people who created them. Be patient and read through the “HowTO”…you’ll thank yourself for taking the time to understand what’s going on.

The Linux Wacom Project

I have an older serial tablet, so I can’t really walk you through all of the steps, but here are some of the important keypoints.

Make sure that the x11-input-wacom, x11-input-wacom-tools, and x11-input-wacom-devel packages are all installed.

It would be wise to visit the above website and download the updated drivers there. Compile and install them from source.

If you don’t know how to do that yet, here’s your chance to learn.

Check out this site for a simple set of instructions that worked in this instance for me.

Compiling software - openSUSE

Once you have the linuxwacom-0.8.2.2 drivers installed then its time to modify your xorg.conf file.

If you already used SaX2, (which it appears that you have from your xorg.conf file–above) then you may have to modify it based on the instruction on the LinuxWacom Project site. See the pages on configuring X11:

The Linux Wacom Project

The best advice at this point, because it sounds like you are a new user, like myself…(just migrated from Mac OS X last week) is BE PATIENT and read all of the “HowTO” pages.

It’s worth it…Intuos GD 1212-r fully funtional with pressure, tilt, buttons, etc in Gimp, Inkscape, Blender, et al…rotfl!

I’ll check back.

#7

thanks for this aaronryan; great to have someone using a Wacom tablet and getting it to work; and new to linux too! Great work; intermittently folks ask for help and there seem very few wacom tablet users; maybe you can continue to help folks on this one

#8

I’ll keep my eye’s peeled…feel free to email me.

amrphoto1 at gmail dot com

Best,
Aaron