Wacom Tablet not always recognized

[MikeD]

When I first start Inkscape,Input Devices reports "No Extended Input Devices". Inkscape will respond to pen movements over the tablet but the pen buttons do not function.

If I repeatedly close/open Inkscape, the tablet will be recognized at some point if I try long enough. Sometimes it works on the second try while othertimes it takes many tries. The tablet menu will not accept tilt/wheel setting changes as this tablet doesn't support this function.

Logging off reverts the program to not recognizing the tablet.

I also have GIMP 2.2.17 installed which recognizes the tablet immediately.

Inkscape 0.46, built Apr 1 2008
Wacom Bamboo,5.05-7
Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002, Service Pack 3

[ScislaC (scislac)]

Can you please test this again with a pre-release of 0.47?

[MikeD (mike-dingas)]

Okay, I downloaded .47 last night. Before installing I launched .46 to
verify the problem was still evident. On first load, tablet wasn't
recognized but was on second launch.

I had to use Control Panel to uninstall .46 as an uninstall file was
missing. I proceded to install .47.

I launched .47 6 times and each time the table was recognized. I decided to
reboot and try again. About that time I got an error message related to the
tablet. I rebooted anyway.

Upon restart no application responded to the tablet. Another reboot resolved
that issue. I launched .47 6 times and each time the tablet was recognize in
extended devices.

Looks like the bug is gone but I noticed the first listing in the input
devices has some garbage in the Wacom name. See image below.

Note that I haven't tried to configure the tablet yet. It's late and I'm too
tired at the moment.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
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ScislaC
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:49 PM
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Subject: [Bug 316097] Re: Wacom Tablet not always recognized

Can you please test this again with a pre-release of 0.47?

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Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool: New

Bug description:
When I first start Inkscape,Input Devices reports "No Extended Input
Devices". Inkscape will respond to pen movements over the tablet but the pen
buttons do not function.

If I repeatedly close/open Inkscape, the tablet will be recognized at some
point if I try long enough. Sometimes it works on the second try while
othertimes it takes many tries. The tablet menu will not accept tilt/wheel
setting changes as this tablet doesn't support this function.

Logging off reverts the program to not recognizing the tablet.

I also have GIMP 2.2.17 installed which recognizes the tablet immediately.

Inkscape 0.46, built Apr 1 2008
Wacom Bamboo,5.05-7
Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002, Service Pack 3

[clive catterall (clive-catterall)]

I have this problem on Windows build Inkscape 0.48.1 running under Windows Vista 32 bit SP2 . Wacom Bamboo Pen tablet.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Confirmed on Windows XP, Inkscape 0.47 (no input device message), 0.48.2 and trunk revision 10958 (the Input dialog only shows the core pointer).
Workaround: using the tablet before launching Inkscape unlocks the tablet detection.

[Andrei Voronov (x4510)]

Same problem!
"If I repeatedly close/open Inkscape, the tablet will be recognized at some point if I try long enough."

Deleting preferences.xml is not helping.

Inkscape 0.48 (tried 0.49 - same problem)
Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen&Touch CTH-670
Windows 7 Home Basic SP1

PS: Gimp recognizes the tablet immediately.

[Vladimir Fokanov (fokanov-v)]

I have this bug also.
Inkscape-0.48.4-1-win32
Wacom Bamboo Pen tablet
Windows XP Professional 2002, Service Pack 3