Comment 10 for bug 1498664

Issue appears to still exist in 16.04
Wacom Intuos Photo small (CTH490PK)

(lshw command shows the device is detected)
description: Human interface device
product: Intuos PTS
vendor: Wacom Co.,Ltd.
physical id: 5
bus info: usb@2:1.5
version: 1.00
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=498mA speed=12Mbit/s

(as does xsetwacom --list devices)
Wacom Intuos PT S 2 Pen stylus id: 9 type: STYLUS
Wacom Intuos PT S 2 Pad pad id: 10 type: PAD
Wacom Intuos PT S 2 Finger touch id: 11 type: TOUCH

however the "wacom tablet" configuration utility says "no tablet detected"

running Xenial 16.04 beta
xserver-xorg-input-wacom - 1:0.32.0-0ubuntu3
libwacom2 - 0.18-1
linux-image-4.4.0-17-generic - 4.4.0-17.33