This is definitely not a ubuntu specific bug.
With
056a:00d1 Wacom Co., Ltd Bamboo Pen & Touch (CTH-460-DE) 056a:00d1 Wacom Co., Ltd Bamboo Pen & Touch (CTH-460-DE)
it reproducible also with Gentoo ~amd64 (based on gnome 3.24) as well as 18.04.
At the same time I have Lenovo Yoga 2nd gen laptop with integrated wacom device and the stylus is recognizable there (with 18.04).
It looks like this is a linuxwacom bug related with some models of tablets.
This is definitely not a ubuntu specific bug.
With
056a:00d1 Wacom Co., Ltd Bamboo Pen & Touch (CTH-460-DE)
056a:00d1 Wacom Co., Ltd Bamboo Pen & Touch (CTH-460-DE)
it reproducible also with Gentoo ~amd64 (based on gnome 3.24) as well as 18.04.
At the same time I have Lenovo Yoga 2nd gen laptop with integrated wacom device and the stylus is recognizable there (with 18.04).
It looks like this is a linuxwacom bug related with some models of tablets.