Use of a graphics tablet or digitizer, to trace shapes or capture hand-drawn images, as an input device with Ubuntu.

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Does the Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch work out of the box?

Is there any tweaking involved in Ubuntu 10.10 to make the Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch work? And is this hardware getting some love from the new multitouch framework? If there's no multitouch ...
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How to install Wacom Bamboo Pen

I have a new Wacom Bamboo Pen. I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 64bit. After googling a little bit, I checked that xserver-xorg-input-wacom was installed. I plugged in my tablet. I rebooted my computer. ...
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How do I install a Wacom Bamboo Fun?

I own a Wacom Bamboo Fun CTH-661 and would like to know how I make it work on Ubuntu 10.10. I am a Linux newbie trying to migrate from Windows, so it would be wonderful to have a step-by-step answer. ...
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Strange behaviour with Gimp and Wacom

When I enable the wacom tablet in the Gimp extended input devices (setting it to 'screen'), to use the pressure sensitivity, it starts to behave strangely. I cannot pick guides from the rulers and the ...
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How do I install my Wacom Intuos 2 serial tablet?

I've seen many topics on the subjects but they are too complicated for me. I'm not confident in compiling stuff. Is there some headache-free way to make it work under Ubuntu? Where do I start? Edit : ...
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How do you turn off touch on a Wacom Bamboo CTH-470?

I bought my girlfriend a Wacom Bamboo CTH-470 recently and it is running well after installing wacom-dkms. I have now run into a wall that I don't know how to get around. The touch on the tablet will ...
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Wacom Intuos 3 with Inkscape 0.47

How do you set up Inkscape 0.47 to work with Wacom Intuos 3? In particular, I'd like to get pressure-sensitivity to work on Inkscape. I have "Use pressure-sensitive tablet" checked under the Inkscape ...
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How to switch orientations of a bamboo tablet?

I have a Bamboo Pen Tablet and I use Ubuntu 11.04, and I just want to ask, how can I switch my tablet orientations.
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how do I get the Hanvon graphic tablet driver?

I have a Hanvon Graphic Tablet, and guides are suggesting I should compile the driver. I have never had to compile a program before. A link to the driver is in this Ubuntu Forums post. I love Ubuntu ...
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How do I make my intous 4 wacom affect only one Monitor?

I have two monitors and I want my wacom to only work on one monitor.
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How to install Wacom Intous 4 driver?

I did a lot of searches on Google in how to install Intous 4 driver, but I couldn't find anything that worked until now. I am looking for step by step installation tutorial to install the driver. ...
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Are drawing tablets supported in Ubuntu

I was wondering if digital drawing boards (Handwriting Tablets, Pen Tablets, Drawing Tablets, Graphics Tablets) are supported in Ubuntu for presentations, pointing devices and normal drawing. For ...
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How to set pressure sensitivity in GIMP to control line thickness?

My sister is moving from Windows and I just got her a new graphics tablet. However, the pressure sensitivity controls opacity rather than line thickness; she really needs this feature from ...
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Disable touch on Bamboo Touch&Pen CTH-460

Running Ubuntu 11.04. Got a bamboo Touch&Pen CTH-460 and it works out of the box. The pen response works great but the finger response is horrible. Is there a way to disable the finger response ...
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Wacom bamboo capture CTH470L pen and touch doesn't work

i bought a wacom bamboo capture, it lights up, and shows in lsusb but it isn't working, i read some topics here but don't get any luck :/ ps: sorry about my english i'm brazilian.
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Cursor 's stuck on the right side of the screen when using Wacom tablet

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 x64. When I move the cursor off the screen on the right side of the screen using my pen-tablet (as mouse), there is no way to move it back again. The only way is to a mouse ...
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How to configure wacom devices manually

In ubuntu 11.10 with xorg-1:7.6+7ubuntu7 and xserver-xorg-input-wacom 1:0.11.0-0ubuntu2 I've put in xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "pen" # ...
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How can I configure the buttons of my wacom tablet?

I have a wacom bamboo tablet (MTE-450A). It works out of the box on 11.10, even the scrolling function works (it used not to). Unfortunately the four buttons are assinged to things I don't know. How ...
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Is there any way to get pressure sensitivity from my Wacom-drawing Tablet into a Web-browser? [closed]

Wacom works pretty much out of the box in Ubuntu(Studio), but pressure sensitivity only works in specific applications, like Gimp. DeviantArt now has released an online-application, called Muro, ...
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Hanvon / Hanwang Graphics Tablet not recognised

I'm totally lost. I've just built a new system and installed Ubuntu 12.04. It's my first time with Linux and getting into the terminal / command line for the first time since IBMDOS 5 and Windows ...
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How t get Pressure sensitivity work on a Wacom bamboo pen ctl-460?

My tablet works fine except for the fact that I don't have any pressure sensitivity. Any idea on how to fix this? Edit: I have the same problem, but I can add that pressure sensitivity used to work ...
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Installing a Wacom Bamboo One Pen (CTE-460)

I've been looking around and following guides to get it working, but haven't gotten anything that works. Here's some information: lsusb: Bus 003 Device 003: ID 056a:006a Wacom Co., Ltd dmesg | ...
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How can I configure the Aiptek T-6000U graphics tablet?

I followed AiptekTablet instructions on the Ubuntu Wiki to configure 11.04 for use with my graphics tablet. I installed the xserver-xorg-input-aiptek package and created two files with the options ...
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Application for fullscreen note taking with Wacom tablet

I have a Wacom tablet and a netbook, I would like to use both as a paper replacement for taking notes. Is there some note taking application that runs in full screen and lets you save the ...
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Wacom Bamboo CTH460L issues

I recently bought a Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch CTH460L. I installed doctormo's PPA, however, the pen functionality didn't work and the touch was very glitchy (when I touched it, it immediately ...
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I can't get click and drag to work with my Wacom Bamboo P&T

I get my Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch apparently working (By using Martin Owens' PPA), but whenever I try to click and drag something -- for example to move a window -- it will only register as a ...
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Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch CTH-470 3+ finger gestures

I love my CTH-470 and I'm glad it's without having to spend hours in the terminal to get it working since I believe 12.10 (which I'm running now). But in the manual it states that you can swipe with ...
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How do I get the wacom zoom wheel working?

I'm trying to get the zoom wheel on my wacom bamboo to work. Though i have very little idea of how to do so. I tried using xinputwacom (i think) however it moaned it was missing something. Is there ...
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Xsetwacom Top and Bottom values for Wacom Bamboo Fun 6X8?

Does anybody know what are the Wacom Bamboo Fun CTH-661 correct values for BottomX/BottomY and TopX/TopY? I got the tablet to work under 10.10, but when I move the cursor over the edges of the screen, ...
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Cannot assign keys to Wacom scroll wheel anymore

my Wacom Graphire 4 used to work perfectly well until, I think, Ubuntu 10.4. At that point something changed in the configuration and I couldn't assign a key to the scroll wheel anymore (note: the ...
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How to get a Wacom Bamboo tablet working properly in an Ubuntu VM on a Mac?

I'm using Parallels for Mac and VMware Fusion (on a Mac, obviously), and I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 as a guest OS. The tablet I'm using is a Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch (CTH-460) and it's my only mouse ...
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How do I get a DigiPro Wp8060 tablet working?

I am hoping to find some assistance with installing my DigiPro WP806 Tablet with Ubuntu 10.10 if anyone is available to help I have done some research myself, but the documentation I've come accross ...
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Issue with Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch

I'm running 11.10 and I've bought a Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch Tablet. I'm very happy with the Pen on Ubuntu, it's very responsive and works well for clicking and dragging etc. The issue that ...
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Wacom Bamboo CTH-461 in Ubuntu 11.04

I've got a Wacom Bamboo CTH-461 and Ubuntu 11.04. I know, it should work, but it doesn't. In elementary OS it works, but here ... anyone know why? I need it :/
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How do I set-up buttons and keys on my Wacom Tablet and Stylus in Gimp?

I am running Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, Studio, 64 bit version. I do my photo editing in Gimp 2.8.4 When, in Gimp, I go to Edit, Preferences, Input Devices, Configure Extended Input Devices, I see for the ...
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Does “generic” tablet drivers exist?

I recently installed ubuntu 12.10 and it's awesome except that there does not seem to be any support for my drawing tablet. This is what I got: ...
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Use of another graphic tablet, other than Wacom?

I do not have a wacom tablet. Instead, I have an iBall tablet, which contains installations only for XP and Mac OSX. IS there any way, I can use it for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ? Thanks.
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Digi Pro Pen Tablet 640 Drivers

I have a Digi Pro Pen Tablet 640. I used to use it with windows. But my windows sucked so I switched to Ubuntu. Is there a way to install the drivers into Ubuntu? There is no Ubuntu drivers provided ...
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12.04 Wacom Volito tablet pressed without touching tablet surface

My tablet has worked okay in the past with older Ubuntu versions, and I think even with 12.04 a while back. Perhaps something has changed with the driver. Anyway my problem is the same as listed in ...
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Configuring Wacom Tablet buttons and options

I have a new Wacom Intuos5 Touch Medium. Surprisingly enough, it worked out of the box when I connected it to my computer (Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit), including the pen pressure and some touch pad features. ...
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Wacom Graphics table shown but is not installed

On both my previous computer and this new one, "Wacom Graphics Tablet" appeared in my Hardware list. I don't have this, never did. The common (reused) hardware is: - Samsung CLP300 printer - Altec ...
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How do I get my Bamboo Capture tablet working? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Wacom Bamboo Capture CTH-470 Pen and Touch not working As far as I know, only the first generation Wacom Bamboos work out of the box. But I use a third generation one (a ...
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`xsetwacom --list dev` is empty (using doctormo's wacom PPA) and cursor position doesn't update [closed]

xsetwacom --list dev is empty on Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit with doctormo's wacom-plus PPA. The device otherwise appears to work fine and I can find the devices via brute force: for i in {1..50}; do sudo ...
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Installed Wacom Bamboo Pen + Touch drivers, but no dice

I'm trying to install my new Wacom Bamboo Pen + Touch tablet in Ubuntu 10.10. As described here, among other places, I've installed the Wacom dkms package by doctormo and rebooted my PC, but the ...
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How can I fix Wacon Graphire 4 stylus sensitivity issues?

I have a Wacom Graphire 4 tablet and I'm experiencing the following problem; when I lift the stylus from the tablet, it seems to think that there is still pressure applied. I can keep the stylus off ...
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12.04 tablet cursor jumps around when clicking

After updating to 12.04, I had to re-install wizardpen-driver ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TabletSetupWizardpen ) to use my Trust tablet. But now when I change the Coordinate Transformation ...
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GIMP extended input devices settings problem

I have a Trust graphics tablet. Today I realized how to make GIMP use the tablet's sensitivity features: by going to Edit > Preferences > Input Devices > Configure Extended Input Devices, and there ...
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Wacom Bamboo Splash (CTL471) on 12.04

I recently bought a Wacom Bamboo Splash, and I can't get it to work on 12.04. The output of lsusb is as follows: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID ...
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How do i install my bamboo tablet? [closed]

Someone please help me find the easiest way to install my bamboo tablet. I need an easy way to do it and someone to teach me and give me an exact step by step process to install it. I have an acer ...