calligraphic pen does not support pressure sensivity

[loke]

I have been using Inkscape for many years now. Today, I was trying to use the Wacom pen to do some calligraphic strokes only to find that it is not working even after enabling it in the tools settings, and the pens variables are reflecting just fine in Input devices settings. A fix is necessary.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: inkscape 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic-pae 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 24 13:32:53 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: inkscape
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Probably a duplicate of
Bug #790130 “no pressure sensitivity with wacom tablet in inkscape ”
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/790130>

It turned out that the overlay scrollbars under Unity break pressure sensitivity for Inkscape.

Workaround:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/790130/comments/29>

[loke (developer-loke)]

Yes, that works. The overlay scrollbars are more of a problem than a feature. I filed a bug for it at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/overlay-scrollbar/+bug/998377

Thanks for the info.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Linking as duplicate to bug #790130 “no pressure sensitivity with wacom tablet in inkscape”.