Pressure sensitivity doesn't work in Inkscape (0.91 @ Ubuntu 15.10 repository)

Bug #1518942 reported by qu9542
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Bug Description

Pressure sensitivity doesn't work in Inkscape (0.91 @ Ubuntu 15.10 repository)

Software:
Ubuntu 15.10 64bit
Inkscape 0.91

Hardware:
Wacom Cintiq 21UX

[How to duplicate]
[1] Installed Inkscape 0.91 from Ubuntu 15.10 official repository.
[2] Inscape->Edit->Input Devices, from Input devices list, find the following Wacom device, and change Mode from "Disable" to "Screen":
   Wacom Cintiq 21UX P = "Screen"
            |_Wacom Cintiq 21UX Pad pad = "Screen"
            |_Wacom Cintiq 21UX Pad stylus = "Screen"
            |_Wacom Cintiq 21UX Pad eraser = "Screen"
[3] Click "Save", and restart Inkscape, also restart Ubuntu

[What should happen]
Inkscape should recognize pressure sensitivity

[What happened instead]
Still no pressure sensitivity.
If I go back to Inscape->Edit->Input Devices, I found the following setting: the Wacom Cintiq parent not is disabled again. I attached a screen copy for this setting.
   Wacom Cintiq 21UX P = "Disabled"
            |_Wacom Cintiq 21UX Pad pad = "Screen"
            |_Wacom Cintiq 21UX Pad stylus = "Screen"
            |_Wacom Cintiq 21UX Pad eraser = "Screen"

NOTE:
From the same computer, no such issue with GIMP. Pressure sensitivity works fine in GIMP.

Tags: linux tablet
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qu9542 (quhaiyan-rs) wrote :
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qu9542 (quhaiyan-rs) wrote :

Also tested Lenovo Thinkpad X220T (with Wacom pen) @ Ubuntu 15.10, the same issue in Inkscape.
Again wacom pen pressure sensitivity works fine in GIMP.

jazzynico (jazzynico)
tags: added: tablet
removed: 15.10 pressure sensitivity ubuntu wacom
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Andrea Gamba (andrea-gamba) wrote :

I observe exactlu the same behavior (word by word) on freshly installed Ubuntu 15:10, Dell XPS 15, Wacom Intuos tablet.

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Andrea Gamba (andrea-gamba) wrote :
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su_v (suv-lp) wrote :

On 2016-01-27 15:03 (+0100), Andrea Gamba wrote:
> This trick apparently solves the problem:
>
> http://artblog.mentalguy.net/post/62699485181/psa-how-to-fix-pressure-sensitivity-in-inkscape

In this case, this report can be closed as duplicate of
* Bug #790130 “no pressure sensitivity with wacom tablet in inkscape”
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/790130

tags: added: linux
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Bruno Loff (bloff-sites) wrote :

The URL with the problem solution is gone, and archive.org did not cache it:

http://artblog.mentalguy.net/post/62699485181/psa-how-to-fix-pressure-sensitivity-in-inkscape

What is the actual trick?

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