Comment 19 for bug 786317

I have experienced it (as I believe others have) even when using Gnome with
effect ("Classic Ubuntu" vs "Classic Ubuntu (Without Effects)").

Chris

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Andrew Kay <email address hidden>wrote:

> I haven't tried ocelot yet, but on Natty it is only a problem with Unity
> -- ie going back to gnome removes the problem.
>
> When you look at the output from "xinput" it seems (and I'm not
> experienced here) that the driver is generating the right combination of
> ups and downs.
>
> So it seems to be some interaction between unity and some strange
> assumption that gimp is making (because I haven't seen any complaints
> about similar applications)
>
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> Title:
> wacom intuous3 often fails to draw stroke (release click not
> recognised?)
>
> Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: gimp
>
> It appears that sometimes when the pen is lifted a "button up" command is
> somehow not sent to gimp.
> This is new in Natty (it all worked beautifully in Maverick)
>
> gimp 2.6.11,
> ubuntu natty
> Wacom intuous3 6x8
>
> To reproduce:
> make sure you have selected wacom as extended input device. Press "P" to
> paint.
> Make a stroke. Very often (but not always) at the end of the stroke when
> the pen is lifted the paint cursor remains at the end of the stroke and does
> not follow the pointer. It's necessary to click again (anywhere, or with
> any button) to get the cursor following the pointer again before you can
> draw another stroke. This makes gimp unusable.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
> Package: gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sat May 21 21:32:15 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gimp
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (11 days ago)
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