Symbolic Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Hi I am trying to get my Wacom Intuos 3 working under ubuntu 7.04 ...it works great for my friend... he just plugs in the wacom tablet and it works for him... I have tried everyting... all possible xorg.conf modifications available out there... the new drivers... the new tools... everyting... and it is not working for me!! I could not get that wacom to work! # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page. # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" 0 0 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" EndSection Section "Files" # path to defoma fonts FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" EndSection Section "Module" Load "i2c" Load "bitmap" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AIGLX" "off" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "tr" Option "XkbVariant" "alt" Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "stylus" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "eraser" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "cursor" Driver "wacom" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "fglrx" Option "VideoOverlay" "on" Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1680x1050" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection this is my xorg.conf file... I have even tried the Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0" thing... nothing worked, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbolic Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 ...now I have just noticed that the wacom works for 2-3 seconds just after inserting it into the USB port... and then it dies.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbolic Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 Ok... Here it is... One of our Linux System Admins had a look today at my system. He checked everything... all kernel points (i am not that aware of what he exactly did)... drivers... He said that everything is ok... there is no reason for the Intuos 3 not to be working... All the drivers are there... I disconnect the wacom... the connection points are closing... as soon as we connect the wacom... the connection points (drivers) are appearing... He used some commands to list events, drivers, etc... so he said it should be working... Also he used a command xxd to listen on divverent events... and mouse0 mouse1 etc... but he could not get any reading from the wacom... My system: MacBook Pro, ATI X1600, Ubuntu 7.04 (Everything else works great) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photex Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 This is a source of much frustration for me as well, but through some kind of voodoo ritual I've figured out that I have to have my tablet plugged in when I boot the machine or it won't work. I can see events, and do everything you're supposed to do to test a tablet if I unplug and plug it back in, but unless it's there when I boot my system gimp and houdini don't use it. I don't know what it is or if it's the same issue you're having but just thought I'd chime in. on a side note: On my macbook, if I have any USB device plugged in when trying to boot into linux (or windows) the systems goes blank. Awesome, I know... Cheers, _chip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbolic Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 (edited) Hey! I have found the problem. No one is going to beleive it but it is both very complex... and simple at the same time. Here it is: It was not anything about the xorg.conf file... or anything about the drivers... it was something much much deeper... Yesterday me and two of the system administrators had a second try... They digged through everything... they went through levels of files and scripts and commands that I have never seen before... or may imagine to see... and at first they coukld not find anything... the drivers were there... everything was working properly... but the Wacom was not working!!!... Then tried something... they booted linux in that command line mode... bypasing the XWindows... and then used a command... to listen to the USB / inputs... and when I tuched the wacom... there was it... we got a response on the screen... So there was something inside XWindows... that was killing my wacom... and blocking it... The they digged and digged... and finally they found it... there was something called "mouseemu" running in the background... it is an apple tool,,, ior something... I do not know how it got installed... but I saw it whith my eyes... as soon as I plugin my wacom... this mouseemu thing blocks it and kills it... Then we disabled the mouseemu... the tuch pad is a little bit crazy now... but the Intuos 3 works fine... Then I made all the xorg.conf file changes that are posted around on the forums... to make my wacom work smoother... so briefly... Dam u mouse em u !!!! Edited September 14, 2007 by Symbolic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzequielM Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 i have just read this thread, a little bit late... sorry i friend of my had the same problem with the touchpad, i ended up removing the touchpad device from the system afte we made a partition image, and it worked... ... but glad to hear you r migrating to linux and resolving your problems besides the fact that you have your intuos 3 functioning... you may want to put a "#" before the Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY... or erase those lines enterely for that thing about pluging in the wacom before turning on the system, you should take a look at the WacomProxy project, its a little kernel module really easy to compile and get it working, so that you can plug and unplug your wacom without exiting the X enviroment this is great for laptops or when you have a wacom that you use in 2 different desktops pc as in my case http://wacomproxy.sourceforge.net/ and i found particulary usefull these two little applications, besides the wacomproxy: -expressKeys, for getting your intuos3 pad working like a charm http://freshmeat.net/projects/wacomexpresskeys -A python wacom windows-like control panel for configure the wacom, buttons, pad, and setting your configuration exceptions for a particular software http://alavaliant.googlepages.com/ ps: for the expresskeys to function properly you will have to add the pad device to your xorg.conf http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/inputdev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symbolic Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Hey! Thanks for your help... sorry for the late reply... I will have a look and try your suggestions as soon as possible... I am still not sure about removing this moseemu thing... where did it came from? how iportant it is?... and I really need to configure that xorg file to be able to start using my wacom on Linux properly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzequielM Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 (edited) Hey! Thanks for your help... sorry for the late reply...I will have a look and try your suggestions as soon as possible... I am still not sure about removing this moseemu thing... where did it came from? how iportant it is?... and I really need to configure that xorg file to be able to start using my wacom on Linux properly... for what i have seen on the web while trying to get that wacom right, mouseemu is to emulate button on touchpad or alikes, like an interpreter... (bare in mind that im not an expert in this subject, just a linux user that try to get around the problems) here is the description from the ubuntu package list http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/utils/mouseemu i have never seen that process running in a desktop pc, only on notebooks... so for my experience i could say that it is for touchpads... this guy, didnt wanted the touchpad, in fact he didnt use it... not even once... so he was ok with having no touchpad at all I went that road because of course im not a system admin, nor have the experience... and it was the easy way, he was ok with that... lets wrapped it up! =) but if you want to be able to have the touchpad in particular cases when you arent confortable with pluging in a usb mouse o the wacom... lets say on a plane... you could have a tiny script to run in console mode, to load/unload the daemon, and change the xorg.conf with the proper one, and restart x Edited October 5, 2007 by EzequielM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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