I am relatively new to Linux and I am having a little difficulty understanding the wacom projects reference documents.
There are a lot of terms which simply aren't explained. They may be common terms to an experienced linux user but they have me stumped. I have been trying for several months to get my 2 wacoms working on linux without success.
Using Linux Mint 10
Two wacom tablets
DTF 720 wacom screen 1280x1024
Intuos2 UD-1218-U
additional monitor LG FlatronWide
I have display set to twinview in my Nvidia drivers.
Currently the DTF 720 is mapped across both monitors and I only want to map it to one Wacom monitor.
Problem number 1:
What is the screen number of the Wacom DTF screen.
In the nvidia drivers the wacom screen is CRT-1 GPU-0
Problem no 2:
The wacom drivers say that to devices can co-exist. ok then
How do you identify a specific device in the xorg conf settings ?
For example. let linux know these setting are for the DTF-720
Okay here are the other things that are unclear in the documentation/
setting screen mode absolute/relative
What is absolute and relative? this is not explained.
Setting the monitor the documentation says to set monitor you should use
Option "TwinView" "Xinerama"
Option "ScreenNo" "theScreenNumber"
I have checked the twinview in my nivdia driver settings but how do I know if it is using Xinerama?
and which screen is which number? "as above) and do I include the double quotes.
there are so many variations in possible syntax variables and other options that the possibilities have reached
Combinatorial explosion and soon my brain will too. If one of the gurus could help me out I would be very grateful.
-David
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Sorry also some additional questions.
Screen_No integer (-1 - 5) sets screen number the tablet is mapped to
does this mean the screens are numbered between -1 and -5? how can I list what screens are active on my machine?
TwinView none|xinerama|vertical
|horizontal|leftof
|aboveof sets the mapping to TwinView. Tablet mappings applied after this command will be based on the new tablet orientation.
there are hundreds of sites that refer to the settings left of etc but none explaining what they mean! I change the settings and reset my computer repeatedly and there seems to be little difference.
TVResolution0 width x height sets MetaModes option for TwinView Screen 0
TVResolution1 width x height sets MetaModes option for TwinView Screen 1
I don't understand metamodes and again how do I know which monitor is which screen.
I know these are probably painfully obvious things to you experienced people. but I am very confused at the moment. If you can answer even one little part or just point me in the right direction I would be very grateful.
thanks.
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Before I can answer your specific questions, I need to know some details of your system and the driver:
1. what version of X server you are using (issue "X -version");
2. what kernel version ("uname -a");
3. which Wacom driver version;
4. post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
I'll get back to you once I see those info.
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Yeah, those are the info I need. However, TwinView is not supported by the driver you are running. X server developers suggest us to use a community created video driver instead of the driver from Nvidia. Please post your questions to the linuxwacom-discuss mailing list to get help. I am not familiar with that video driver's setup. The TwinView support is for X servers older than 1.7.
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Thanks for reply. I will have to learn more about these drivers. I would never have guessed that twin view isn't supported in the nividia driver. The checkbox is right there in the Nvidia driver settings! It says it is in Twinview. lol It is certainly very confusing. But I think linux is morally superior I will persevere in trying to understand. thanks again
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I am relatively new to Linux and I am having a little difficulty understanding the wacom projects reference documents.
There are a lot of terms which simply aren't explained. They may be common terms to an experienced linux user but they have me stumped. I have been trying for several months to get my 2 wacoms working on linux without success.
Using Linux Mint 10
Two wacom tablets
DTF 720 wacom screen 1280x1024
Intuos2 UD-1218-U
additional monitor LG FlatronWide
I have display set to twinview in my Nvidia drivers.
Currently the DTF 720 is mapped across both monitors and I only want to map it to one Wacom monitor.
Problem number 1:
What is the screen number of the Wacom DTF screen.
In the nvidia drivers the wacom screen is CRT-1 GPU-0
Problem no 2:
The wacom drivers say that to devices can co-exist. ok then
How do you identify a specific device in the xorg conf settings ?
For example. let linux know these setting are for the DTF-720
Okay here are the other things that are unclear in the documentation/
setting screen mode absolute/relative
What is absolute and relative? this is not explained.
Setting the monitor the documentation says to set monitor you should use
Option "TwinView" "Xinerama"
Option "ScreenNo" "theScreenNumber"
I have checked the twinview in my nivdia driver settings but how do I know if it is using Xinerama?
and which screen is which number? "as above) and do I include the double quotes.
there are so many variations in possible syntax variables and other options that the possibilities have reached
Combinatorial explosion and soon my brain will too. If one of the gurus could help me out I would be very grateful.
-David
Sorry also some additional questions.
Screen_No integer (-1 - 5) sets screen number the tablet is mapped to
does this mean the screens are numbered between -1 and -5? how can I list what screens are active on my machine?
TwinView none|xinerama|vertical
|horizontal|leftof
|aboveof sets the mapping to TwinView. Tablet mappings applied after this command will be based on the new tablet orientation.
there are hundreds of sites that refer to the settings left of etc but none explaining what they mean! I change the settings and reset my computer repeatedly and there seems to be little difference.
TVResolution0 width x height sets MetaModes option for TwinView Screen 0
TVResolution1 width x height sets MetaModes option for TwinView Screen 1
I don't understand metamodes and again how do I know which monitor is which screen.
I know these are probably painfully obvious things to you experienced people. but I am very confused at the moment. If you can answer even one little part or just point me in the right direction I would be very grateful.
thanks.
Before I can answer your specific questions, I need to know some details of your system and the driver:
1. what version of X server you are using (issue "X -version");
2. what kernel version ("uname -a");
3. which Wacom driver version;
4. post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
I'll get back to you once I see those info.
I hope this is the correct information. Thank you for your help.
X.Org X Server 1.9.0
Release Date: 2010-08-20
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-server x86_64 Ubuntu
Linux 2.6.35-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 02:41:37 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
xserver-xorg-input-wacom 1:0.10.8-Oubuntu1 X.Org X server Wacom input driver
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 260.19.06 (buildd@yellow) Mon Oct 4 15:59:51 UTC 2010
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "stylus"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # USB ONLY
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY
Option "Twinview" "horizontal"
Option "ScreenNo" "0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "WAC DTF-720"
HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GTX 460"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
from the wacom driver manual file
X Version 11 xf86-input-wacom 0.10.8 WACOM(4)
Yeah, those are the info I need. However, TwinView is not supported by the driver you are running. X server developers suggest us to use a community created video driver instead of the driver from Nvidia. Please post your questions to the linuxwacom-discuss mailing list to get help. I am not familiar with that video driver's setup. The TwinView support is for X servers older than 1.7.
Thanks for reply. I will have to learn more about these drivers. I would never have guessed that twin view isn't supported in the nividia driver. The checkbox is right there in the Nvidia driver settings! It says it is in Twinview. lol It is certainly very confusing. But I think linux is morally superior I will persevere in trying to understand. thanks again