Wacom tablet only hovers

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Apparently since I upgraded to Leap 15.1, may Wacom Bamboo tablet is recognized:
~> dmesg |tail
[13964.709483] input: Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pen as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb5/5-1/5-1.3/5-1.3:1.0/0003:056A:00DE.000A/input/input29
[13964.709637] wacom 0003:056A:00DE.000A: hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Wacom Co.,Ltd. CTH-470] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.3/input0
[13964.710877] input: Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb5/5-1/5-1.3/5-1.3:1.1/0003:056A:00DE.000B/input/input33
[13964.710959] input: Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb5/5-1/5-1.3/5-1.3:1.1/0003:056A:00DE.000B/input/input34
[13964.711042] wacom 0003:056A:00DE.000B: hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Device [Wacom Co.,Ltd. CTH-470] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.3/input1

*** BUT
Cursor follows pen or finger (hovers), does not draw, tap or click.

  • nothing seems wrong in the Wacom Tablet Finder report
  • nothing seems wrong in the System Settings::Hardware::Input devices::Graphic Tablet settings
  • tablet works fine on another (laptop running windows) computer.

~> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
prints many, many lines, amongst which
~> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep -i wacom |grep -i invalid |tail -n20
12800.977] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad pad: Invalid type ‘cursor’ for this device.
12800.977] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad pad: Invalid type ‘touch’ for this device.
13965.952] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pen stylus: Invalid type ‘cursor’ for this device.
13965.952] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pen stylus: Invalid type ‘touch’ for this device.
13965.952] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pen stylus: Invalid type ‘pad’ for this device.
13966.124] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad: Invalid type ‘stylus’ for this device.
13966.124] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad: Invalid type ‘eraser’ for this device.
13966.124] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad: Invalid type ‘cursor’ for this device.
13966.124] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad: Invalid type ‘touch’ for this device.
13966.124] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad pad: Invalid type ‘stylus’ for this device.
13966.124] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad pad: Invalid type ‘eraser’ for this device.
13966.124] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad pad: Invalid type ‘cursor’ for this device.
13966.124] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pad pad: Invalid type ‘touch’ for this device.
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger: Invalid type ‘stylus’ for this device.
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger: Invalid type ‘eraser’ for this device.
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger: Invalid type ‘cursor’ for this device.
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: Invalid type ‘stylus’ for this device.
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: Invalid type ‘eraser’ for this device.
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: Invalid type ‘cursor’ for this device.
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: Invalid type ‘pad’ for this device.

~> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |tail
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: Invalid type ‘eraser’ for this device.
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: Invalid type ‘cursor’ for this device.
13966.225] (EE) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: Invalid type ‘pad’ for this device.
13966.225] (II) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: hotplugging completed.
13966.256] () Option “config_info” “udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb5/5-1/5-1.3/5-1.3:1.1/0003:056A:00DE.000B/input/input33/event2”
13966.256] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device “Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch” (type: TOUCH, id 15)
13966.256] () Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
13966.256] () Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: (accel) acceleration profile 0
13966.256] () Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
13966.256] (**) Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4

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Posted report at https://github.com/linuxwacom/input-wacom/issues/89

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Tablet works in a graphical session as root, I suppose the trouble lies with a user-specific setting.

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I’m not familiar with these Wacom devices, but this behaviour seems to be unusual to me. Which desktop environment are you using? Which Xorg driver is in use here? (I would assume libinput, unless ‘xf86-input-wacom’ is installed perhaps)

grep "Using input driver" /var/log/Xorg.0.log

If the wacom driver is being used, then some manual (system-wide) configuration may be required specific to your device…

man wacom