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As a graphics developer and not a technical person, I'm struggling with the new settings for my Wacom.
It does, as described here, automatically detect the tablet and allow use of the stylus only, with no options for configuration.
However, this limited functionality is not sufficient for the graphics that I do with Ubuntu, so I wanted to get my xorg.conf settings back in action.
I was led to believe that this was possible by the notes on this web page:
https:/
"Option B" states that "you can configure the tablet using the old method". But at the same time, it says "you risk hosing X", without any tangible advice on what the causes and possible workarounds for why X gets hosed and how that might be avoided.
I have discovered that, so far as I can tell, any attempt to modify xorg.conf, makes X unbootable. I get an error which gives me three options of reconfigure X, proceed with current settings, or one other that I can't recall. In any case, no matter what I choose, the screen flickers and it ends up back at the same choices. The only way I can regain control of my system is to book into a text mode and restore my backup of xorg.conf.
This whole situation is very frustrating, given that Wacom tablets have long been difficult to set up and configure. Now, after years of finally getting to a point of usability, the situation seems to have been pushed back to square one.
The note at the top of this page says "The only negative side-effect I see is that it interferes with the set-up of any people who have their devices already configured in X conf file. And those people are more than capable of removing the fdi file". Unfortunately, I think that's over estimating those of us who struggled to configure xorg.conf in the first place.
I have no idea what an fdi file is, or half of the comments and instructions on this page mean. I am wary of experimenting because I've already crashed X by following instructions.
Can someone perhaps break it down into everyday speech as to what, exactly, a non-expert user does to regain the Wacom use they had in Hardy?
Thank you for your help.