YorCongressman Wrote:
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> By default eLive does not support wacom tablets
> properly. It took a little bit of tinkering but I
> got mine working as I like it. Hopefully this
> provides you with a starting point.
>
> 1 - Open terminal, enter 'su' and then enter the
> root password. As root enter 'synaptic' to open
> the synaptic package manager. Search for 'wacom'.
> I believe 'wacom-tools' is installed already on a
> clean OS installation. I installed the other two
> also - I don't think I actually need them, but
> what the hell.
>
> 2 - Go back into terminal as root. Enter 'thunar
> /' This opens Thunar through the root user, which
> results in a scary warning at the top of the
> window. Change directories to /etc/X11/. Find
> xorg.conf and make a copy in that same directory
> (so you have a backup in case you mess up
> something.)
>
> 3 - Open xorg.conf in Cream and get ready to paste
> in some code. It should be pretty clear from the
> look of it where it goes in the file.
>
> Enter:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Driver "wacom"
> Identifier "stylus"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
> Option "Type" "stylus"
> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Driver "wacom"
> Identifier "eraser"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
> Option "Type" "eraser"
> #Option "Type" "cursor"
> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Driver "wacom"
> Identifier "cursor"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
> Option "Type" "cursor"
> #Option "Type" "eraser"
> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
>
> Then scroll down to the bottom of xorg.conf and in
> the secton that begins with "Section
> 'ServerLayout'" paste this at the end of that
> group:
>
> InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
> InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
> InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
>
> The order of these three lines is important. Say
> you run Photoshop 7 in Wine and notice that the
> eraser is mysteriously acting like the pointer of
> your stylus and your pointer is mysteriously
> acting like the eraser. For whatever reason the
> cause of that is these lines being out of order -
> 'eraser' needs to be before 'cursor'. This seems
> to hold true to a number of Debian based distros,
> so pass the word on to your cousin who runs
> Ubuntu.
>
> That wasn't too bad, was it? Make sure you save
> xorg.conf. Close down all your applications, log
> out and restart. When you log back in your wacom
> tablet should be working.
Hi,
I have a problem with your solution,
when i write the instruction the Section 'ServerLayout', at reboot the pc, X broke,
my pc is dell 1318, wacom bamboo pen.
can you help me?
thanks