On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 11:17:18AM -0400, John R. Culleton wrote:
I use Slackware 11. I need a copy of the xorg.conf code that allows X11 apps to use the Wacom tablet. There is apparently a driver for it included in Slack 11.
The below xorg.conf extract works on my Debian/sid box. IIRC, the /dev/input/wacom symlink referred to is created by udev in the default configuration, but if it isn't you may need to play with udev to get it to happen. Notice that I have another pointing device as my CorePointer (i.e. primary mouse), not shown here.
# Wacom Intuos 3 stuff
Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "stylus" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "Tilt" "on" Option "USB" "on" EndSection
Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "eraser" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "Tilt" "on" Option "USB" "on" EndSection
Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "cursor" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Tilt" "on" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "USB" "on" EndSection
Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "pad" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "pad" Option "USB" "on" EndSection
# ...
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "CRT" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer" InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "pad" EndSection
Are there models of tablet favored or disfavored for a Linux application?
I don't think so. I use an A5 Intuos 3 and it works just fine for me in Inkscape and the Gimp, and as a normal pointer. I had some problems initially because the stock wacom driver didn't support the Intuos 3, but that was 18 months ago, and they do now.
The Intuos 3 has some little buttons on either side of it that are supposed to be bound to the modifier keys. The wacom driver itself doesn't handle this: if you get a tablet with such buttons, you probably want to download and install the "expresskeys" utility, which will handle them for you.