linuxwacom-discuss

[Linuxwacom-discuss] Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch : How to set touch pointer speed / acceleration

[jonathan.r.young <jon...@nt...>]

Hi there,
     I am enjoying my P&T with both touch and pen working on Fedora 12. 
However, the cursor track speed is very low and I could do with 
adjusting it so the pointer moves faster (in relative mode) when using 
Touch.
How do I do this  - is is an xsetwacom option, or something else.

Jonathan

Re: [Linuxwacom-discuss] Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch : How to set touch pointer speed / acceleration

[Chris B. <ch...@cn...>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:10 AM, jonathan.r.young
<jon...@nt...> wrote:
> Hi there,
>     I am enjoying my P&T with both touch and pen working on Fedora 12.
> However, the cursor track speed is very low and I could do with
> adjusting it so the pointer moves faster (in relative mode) when using
> Touch.
> How do I do this  - is is an xsetwacom option, or something else.

Which version of xf86-input-wacom are you using?  I think its probably
0.10.4 in Fedora 12 right now.

That version has a known bug were the resolution of touchpad is
mis-detected.  This slows down pointer quite a bit.  If you install
0.10.5 then touchpad is much faster.

That version also fixes some other important issues with your P&T so I
highly recommend that as first step.

I've not messed with xsetwacom/xinput settings to speed cursors up
yet.   The "Speed" option in "man wacom" looks like what you want
though.  If your not wanting to upgrade, you can play with setting
"MaxX" and "MaxY" to work around resolution issues.

Chris

Re: [Linuxwacom-discuss] Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch : How to set touch pointer speed / acceleration

[Jonathan Y. <jon...@nt...>]

Hi Chris, thanks for that - I was using the bamboo branch + 8.5.10. I 
have updated to 0.10.4 and it is much faster - but I have lost my tap 
(mouse click) function on the touch aspect - Pen works just fine.
Then I reinstalled the latest bamboo branch, and reloaded the driver, 
and was back to the slow speed. However, from your note I realised that 
the tablet touch resolution was set at 1024x1024 rather that the correct 
values (which I calculated from the tech specs)
Now it's fine


On 26/03/10 16:04, Chris Bagwell wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:10 AM, jonathan.r.young
> <jon...@nt...>  wrote:
>    
>> Hi there,
>>      I am enjoying my P&T with both touch and pen working on Fedora 12.
>> However, the cursor track speed is very low and I could do with
>> adjusting it so the pointer moves faster (in relative mode) when using
>> Touch.
>> How do I do this  - is is an xsetwacom option, or something else.
>>      
> Whih version of xf86-input-wacom are you using?  I think its probably
> 0.10.4 in Fedora 12 right now.
>
> That version has a known bug were the resolution of touchpad is
> mis-detected.  This slows down pointer quite a bit.  If you install
> 0.10.5 then touchpad is much faster.
>
> That version also fixes some other important issues with your P&T so I
> highly recommend that as first step.
>
> I've not messed with xsetwacom/xinput settings to speed cursors up
> yet.   The "Speed" option in "man wacom" looks like what you want
> though.  If your not wanting to upgrade, you can play with setting
> "MaxX" and "MaxY" to work around resolution issues.
>
> Chris
>
>    

Re: [Linuxwacom-discuss] Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch : How to set touch pointer speed / acceleration

[Christian V. <cv...@vi...>]

On 03/26/2010 09:04 AM, Chris Bagwell wrote:
> Which version of xf86-input-wacom are you using?  I think its probably
> 0.10.4 in Fedora 12 right now.
>
> That version has a known bug were the resolution of touchpad is
> mis-detected.  This slows down pointer quite a bit.  If you install
> 0.10.5 then touchpad is much faster.
>
> That version also fixes some other important issues with your P&T so I
> highly recommend that as first step.
>
>    
Sorry for asking a question, which might have been answered many times, 
but being a CTH-461 owner, I am a bit confused about which drivers to 
install...

I have currently installed linuxwacom 0.8.5-10 from source (0.8.5-11 has 
problems with touch), but since the development is so active on the 
bamboo devices at the moment I would like to tap into the newest 
drivers. However after having read the website and looking into the git 
repositories, it seems like the information on the website is outdated.

Can I use the linuxwacom 0.8.5-10 together with a git version of 
xf86-input-wacom, or do I need to install the special wacom-kernel to 
get the full benefit?
And is the linuxwacom driver package a thing of the past or will there 
be a new one?

Thanks,
Christian

Re: [Linuxwacom-discuss] Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch : How to set touch pointer speed / acceleration

[Chris B. <ch...@cn...>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Christian Viller <cv...@vi...> wrote:
> On 03/26/2010 09:04 AM, Chris Bagwell wrote:
>> Which version of xf86-input-wacom are you using?  I think its probably
>> 0.10.4 in Fedora 12 right now.
>>
>> That version has a known bug were the resolution of touchpad is
>> mis-detected.  This slows down pointer quite a bit.  If you install
>> 0.10.5 then touchpad is much faster.
>>
>> That version also fixes some other important issues with your P&T so I
>> highly recommend that as first step.
>>
>>
> Sorry for asking a question, which might have been answered many times,
> but being a CTH-461 owner, I am a bit confused about which drivers to
> install...
>
> I have currently installed linuxwacom 0.8.5-10 from source (0.8.5-11 has
> problems with touch), but since the development is so active on the
> bamboo devices at the moment I would like to tap into the newest
> drivers. However after having read the website and looking into the git
> repositories, it seems like the information on the website is outdated.
>
> Can I use the linuxwacom 0.8.5-10 together with a git version of
> xf86-input-wacom, or do I need to install the special wacom-kernel to
> get the full benefit?
> And is the linuxwacom driver package a thing of the past or will there
> be a new one?
>

Yes, its a little confusing right now.

For Bamboo P&T users, as of today the best combination to use is
linuxwacom-0.8.5-10 kernel module and xf86-input-wacom-0.10.5 X input
module.  There is no current benefit to using the wacom-kernel git
tree for end users (developers maybe).

xf86-input-wacom-0.10.5 works well with touchpad and pen but does not
contain any gesture logic for Bamboo's.  I'll probably be posting
today a patch to mailing list for those that want to play with
gestures on Bamboo's using xf86-input-wacom.

Chris