[Gimp-user] GIMP and Tablets ...endless story, I expect.

[gerard82 <forums gimpusers com>]

> Am 23.02.2012 13:53, schrieb gerard82:
> > Do you have "xf86-input-wacom" installed?
> > And is your kernel configured for wacom?
> > W/o these NO graphic tablet will work,CLI or otherwise.
> As said, I have an Aiptek 6000-U tablet, not Wacom. I have the aiptek
> kernel module installed, loaded and I get the kernel input events from
> it - See the evtest log in my first post.

> There is no "...-input-wacom" package for SuSE11.3, but I think X11 is
> ok, too, because I get the message in Xorg.0.log that an Aiptek tablet
> was found and the tablet is working - absolute mode with pressure
> sensitivity.

> My problem starts with GIMP. I have to press, the lift the button on the
> stylus to start drawing (with sensitity!), but then there is no way to
> end drawing using the stylus. Sometimes it doesn't work at all, and Gimp
> globally locks up the left click on my trackball, until I click with the
> special tablet mouse on Gimp's menus. Switching tools with the keyboard
> while in "Stylus Mode" doesn't work either.

> Kind regards

>       Jan
I use Gentoo Linux.
You're right about wacom.
In the Gentoo repository there is "xf86-input-aiptek" available.
The wacomtablet program explicitly supports your tablet.
Before I installed wacomtablet I used bash scripts to change things on my wacom tablet.
CLI will only work when xf86-input-whatever is installed.
You can then issue "xsetaiptek list devices" I think.
Gerard.
 


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