digitizer tablet

[Tom Rausner]

Hi Dave.

lør, 16 01 2010 kl. 16:25 -0800, skrev WB:

> Tom,
> 
> I just tried this by plugging my Wacom tablet into a fresh Ubuntu  
> 9.10 install.  It "just worked," meaning it immediately allowed me to  
> use the tablet to control the mouse cursor in X.  I fired up the  
> GIMP, opened Preferences-> Input Devices-> Configure Extended Input  
> Devices and set the device from "Macintosh mouse button emulation" to  
> "Wacom Graphire3," clicked save and close, and now I seem to have  
> pressure sensitivity with the paintbrush tool.  I'd say it works.
> 
> FWIW, the tablet's model number is CTE-430, which I believe is a  
> Graphire3.  It is USB.
> 
> I checked Synaptic, and I already had the xserver-xorg-input-wacom  
> package installed, but not wacom-tools.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Dave H.
> /WB

Yes, this helps very much. I was hoping to find something working
'out of the box', and this is sounds like it does. Thanks again.


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Tom Rausner 
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