Re: [Linuxwacom-discuss] My eraser stays pegged to bottom right of screen

[Michal S. <hra...@ce...>]

2009/4/5 Patrick Horgan <pho...@ya...>:
> Thanks in advance for your help--Patrick
>
> Using ubuntu jaunty with a Wacom Bamboo fun 4x6
>
> When I near the touchpad with the eraser end of the stylus the mouse
> pointer goes to the bottom right pixel of the screen and stays pegged there.

As you talk specifically about eraser I take it the stylus works.

Perhaps you could also post the part of /var/log/Xorg.0.log that says
something about the tablet.

Thanks

Michal

>
> Linux dell 2.6.28-11-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 3 17:39:51 UTC 2009
> i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Using default installation packages for wacom driver x input and tools.
>
> Added appropriate stuff in xorg.conf:
>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>   Driver        "wacom"
>>   Identifier    "stylus"
>>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/wacom"   # USB ONLY
>>   Option        "Type"          "stylus"
>>   Option        "USB"           "on"                  # USB ONLY
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>   Driver        "wacom"
>>   Identifier    "eraser"
>>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/wacom"   # USB ONLY
>>   Option        "Type"          "eraser"
>>   Option        "USB"           "on"                  # USB ONLY
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>   Driver        "wacom"
>>   Identifier    "cursor"
>>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/wacom"   # USB ONLY
>>   Option        "Type"          "cursor"
>>   Option        "USB"           "on"                  # USB ONLY
>> EndSection
>>
>> # This section is for Intuos3, CintiqV5, Graphire4, or Bamboo
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>   Driver        "wacom"
>>   Identifier    "pad"
>>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/wacom"   # USB ONLY
>>   Option        "Type"          "pad"
>>   Option        "USB"           "on"                  # USB ONLY
>> EndSection
>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>         Identifier      "Default Layout"
>>   screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
>> # commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
>> #       Inputdevice     "Generic Keyboard"
>> # commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
>> #       Inputdevice     "Configured Mouse"
>>
>>         InputDevice     "stylus"        "SendCoreEvents"
>>         InputDevice     "cursor"        "SendCoreEvents"
>>         InputDevice     "eraser"        "SendCoreEvents"
>>         InputDevice     "pad"
>> # commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
>> #       Inputdevice     "Synaptics Touchpad"
>> EndSection
> My eraser stays pegged to the right bottom of the screen.  I'm not sure
> what to do to figure out why.
>
> Virtual core pointer           disabled
> Virtual core keyboard          keyboard
> stylus                         unknown
> cursor                         unknown
> eraser                         unknown
> pad                            unknown
> AT Translated Set 2 keyboard   unknown
> Video Bus                      unknown
> PS/2 Mouse                     unknown
> AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint       unknown
> Video Bus                      unknown
> Macintosh mouse button emulation unknown
> Wacom BambooFun 4x5            unknown
>
> wacomcpl shows nothing in the list.
>
> $ ls -l /dev/input
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     60 2009-04-04 13:50 by-id/
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    160 2009-04-04 13:50 by-path/
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 64 2009-04-04 06:50 event0
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 65 2009-04-04 06:50 event1
> crw-rw----+ 1 root root 13, 74 2009-04-04 13:50 event10
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 75 2009-04-04 13:50 event11
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 66 2009-04-04 06:50 event2
> crw-rw----+ 1 root root 13, 67 2009-04-04 06:50 event3
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 68 2009-04-04 06:50 event4
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 69 2009-04-04 13:50 event5
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 70 2009-04-04 13:50 event6
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 71 2009-04-04 13:50 event7
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 72 2009-04-04 13:50 event8
> crw-rw----+ 1 root root 13, 73 2009-04-04 13:50 event9
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 63 2009-04-04 06:50 mice
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 32 2009-04-04 06:50 mouse0
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 33 2009-04-04 13:50 mouse1
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 34 2009-04-04 13:50 mouse2
> crw-r-----  1 root root 13, 35 2009-04-04 13:50 mouse3
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      6 2009-04-04 13:50 tablet-bamboofun-4x5 ->
> event5
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      6 2009-04-04 13:50 wacom -> event5
>
>
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