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The pressure sensitivity for my Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch in Inkscape 0.48 (running Ubuntu 12.04) does not work.

I ticked all options in Input Devices (Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pen stylus; Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Pen eraser; Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger touch; Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5 Finger pad). Also ticked Use pressure-sensitive tablet in the Mouse dialog in Inkscape Preferences.

The pen (both sides: pen and eraser) works fine as a pointer but that's it. Is there any solution?

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Please uninstall the overlay scrollbar package from ubuntu, go into the terminal and type:

sudo apt-get purge overlay-scrollbar

Then rerun Inkscape with the tablet plugged in.

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    What does this do? What is overlay-scrollbar and where is it needed?
    – Simon
    Oct 6, 2013 at 11:45
  • This actually works! Pressure has finally noticeable effects. Aug 10, 2014 at 15:43
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    From the launchpad website launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/overlay-scrollbar : "Overlay Scrollbars use an overlay to ensure that scrollbars take up no active screen real-estate. A thumb appears magically when the pointer is in proximity to the scrollbar, for easy desktop-style paging and dragging."
    – Stockfisch
    Feb 19, 2015 at 7:48
  • I just had the same issue again, this time with Ubuntu 14.04 and can confirm. Pressure sensitivity now works in Inkscape 0.48.
    – Stockfisch
    Feb 19, 2015 at 7:51
  • It only seems to work though if you plug in the Bamboo FIRST and then open Inkscape!
    – Stockfisch
    Feb 19, 2015 at 11:23
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You don't need to uninstall the scrollbar.

Just use the Unity Tweak Tool and disable it from there, in System->Scrolling, by choosing Legacy.

Just select legacy to disable

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