Tablet not working properly in Jaunty

[Magnes]

Binary package hint: wacom-tools

I have an AceCad tablet which used to work in Ubuntu 7.10 perfectly on wacom drivers (it's compatible with wacom).
I tested my tablet on Jaunty Alpha LiveCD. It doesn't look good.
1. Tablet is not autodetected. I can't even move the cursor using the tablet.
2. After configuring it as in Ubuntu 7.10 (where it worked):
a) adding /dev/tablet-event on "USB Graphics Tablet" input device using this guide:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TabletSetupWizardpenDapper
b) and adding lines to xorg.conf for my tablet:

# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "stylus"
 Option "Device" "/dev/tablet-event"
 Option "Type" "stylus"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
 Option "USB" "on"
 Option "Mode" "Absolute"
 Option "Threshold" "1"
 #Option "Model" "Flair"
EndSection

# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "cursor"
 Option "Device" "/dev/tablet-event"
 Option "Type" "cursor"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
 Option "USB" "on"
 Option "Mode" "Absolute"
 Option "Threshold" "1"
 #Option "Model" "Flair"
EndSection

# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "eraser"
 Option "Device" "/dev/tablet-event"
 Option "Type" "eraser"
 Option "!ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
 Option "USB" "on"
 Option "Mode" "Absolute"
 Option "Threshold" "1"
 #Option "Model" "Flair"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
  screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
# Inputdevice "Generic Keyboard"
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
# Inputdevice "Configured Mouse"
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
 Inputdevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
 Inputdevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
 Inputdevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

c) and restarting xorg
the tablet works like that:
- I can move the cursor but its moves are eradic (it jumps from place to place) - very similar effect as I have right know on Intrepid when I use it
- after using the tablet my left mouse button stops functioning
- I can't click using the tablet, so I can't check if the pressure is working

This bug is also in Intrepid, reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/intrepid-backports/+bug/309531/
I'll test it on newer wacom-tools drivers from debian unstable soon and update this report.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi magnesus2,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn` too.

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[Loïc Martin (loic-martin3)]

Timo Aaltonen has packaged 0.8.2.2 in his ppa, see at https://edge.launchpad.net/~tjaalton/+archive/ppa
They don't work for his Waltop tablet, but that's a try.

Also, are you sure your TabletPC is USB (Option "USB" "on"), since they are very rare (even linuxwacom documentation say they're not supported yet, although AFAIR support has been added recently)?

Last, when you talk about the mouse button are you talking about a Wacom mouse (< Identifier "cursor" for a TabletPC?)

I'm really confused by your xorg.conf, I was assuming you had a TabletPC (Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY) but how can you use a Wacom mouse (Identifier "cursor") on a TabletPC?

[Magnes (magnesus2)]

Yes, it's an USB tablet. I tested 0.8.2.2 compiled from source on Intrepid and it didn't work, I'll try the packages later. Mouse button - no, my normal mouse left button stops working - maybe there is some kind of conflict?
I don't have TabletPC, it's a normal tablet attached by USB cable to normal PC. Maybe I'm using a wrong word for it?
I found mention that there could be a problem with mouse:
http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/faq#SPURIOUS and here: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/mouse1

[Loïc Martin (loic-martin3)]

Magnes, if it's not a TabletPC, why do you use the option:
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY

in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

As long as you don't have a valid configuration in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, trying different wacom drivers is hardly going to help.

Also, the guide you mention you've followed is not for the wacom driver, but for the wizardpen one.

Last, if your tablet is supported by the wizardpen driver, the fact it works/worked with the wacom one at one time doesn't mean it's guaranteed to work in any release.

The Linux Wacom Project doesn't list your tablet as a supported model (see http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/main bottom of the left column), so it's going to be difficult to report this bug against the wacom drivers - unless you specificaly ask the linuxwacom project to support your tablet, and they agree to do so. You can try by yourself, but it's not supported - and unless I'm mistaken there's already another driver for your tablet.

I could be totally off base, though, then I'd appreciate if you could point me to the documentation on the Linux Wacom Project that mention your model of tablet is supported. If you've got bugs against the wizardpen driver though, feel free to open (an)other(s) bug(s) against it.

[Magnes (magnesus2)]

Ohhh... I missed that "ISDV4" - It could be the cause because it wasn't there before. I must have made a mistake while copying the lines from old xorg (probably while uncommenting the other lines). It should be commented out. Maybe it's the cause of the problem. I test it as soon as I get home (in 5 hours probably).
The guide for wizardpen I used was only to create /dev/tablet-event for easier xorg configuration.
I agree though that there may be problem with compatibility with wacom. I hope not. My tablet is some AceCad (I haven't found drivers for it in Ubuntu 9.04, in 8.10 the drivers were worse than the wacom ones in functionality) - probably rebranded AceCad Flair.

If it's the ISDV4 problem then shame on me... but I hope it is, so then the tablet will work. :)

[Magnes (magnesus2)]

Stupid, stupid me. It was of course the ISDV4 line that caused my tablet to behave strage. Great thanks Loïc Martin! I'm marking this bug invalid.

[Magnes (magnesus2)]

not a bug, only a wrong lines in xorg.conf