Wacom Tablet

[Billie Erin Walsh]

Eric wrote:
> Billie Erin Walsh wrote:
>   
>> Has anyone managed to set up a Wacom Tablet?
>>
>> I got a new toy and sure would like to use it on my Linux box. I tried 
>> following the instructions on the Source Forge pages but there's so much 
>> information that I don't understand I get confused about what I need to do.
>>
>>     
>
> Okay, when I looked at the Wacom site I did see some How-tos that 
> require you to use the command line. Remember that Bruce and I said that 
> our units worked right out of the box. I certainly didn't need to do any 
> of that to get my unit to work. I don't see where it says you get 
> something extra by going through the How-Tos that I saw. It says to do 
> those things if your pad doesn't work. So the obvious question is did 
> you try the pad and the pen before you changed anything?
>
> Did you install the Control Panel using Synaptic or something else? 
> Using the Control Panel, you can configure the Tablet just like it shows 
> you in the manual. My pen and pad worked even before I installed the 
> Control Panel.
>
> Eric Jackson
>
>   
http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/config

I saw Wacom Tools in Synaptic last night but didn't install because the 
instructions on the web site said to remove anything to do with Wacom. I 
installed it just a few minutes ago but see no way to use it in the menu 
system. I even rebooted the computer with the pad plugged in just in 
case hot-plugging wasn't it's thing.

Mine does absolutely nothing when it's plugged in. It won't function as 
a touch pad and the pen doesn't show any effect either. It's like it 
isn't plugged in but the light is on.

I'm sure it's not the pad because it works well in Windows.

The USB port works with other devices under Linux/Kubuntu so I'm sure 
the port is fine.


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