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From: Ping <pin...@gm...> - 2009-08-27 21:16:47
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Thank you Craig for the update. Your summary has been added to http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/ubuntu for Ubuntu users. Eric's comments are also incorporated. Please take a look and let me know if you'd like to change anything. Ping On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Craig Stevens <cr...@in...>wrote: > Here are the steps I needed to take to get a Wacom Intuos4 M to work just > as a mouse on Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit. Credit must go to Favux and Ping for help > and encouragement, I'm fairly new to Linux:- > > The following are steps taken from the following posts:- > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1215979&page=3 #22 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1038949&page=11 #104 Section 1 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=967147&page=18 #176 > > Process from start to finish:- > > 1. Installed "wacom-tools" and "xserver-xorg-input-wacom" using > synaptic. > 2. "cd ./Desktop" > 3. "wget > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linuxwacom/linuxwacom-0.8.4.tar.bz2" > 4. "sudo apt-get update" > 5. "sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev libxi-dev > x11proto-input-dev xserver-xorg-dev tk8.4-dev tcl8.4-dev libncurses5-dev" > 6. "sudo apt-get upgrade" > 7. Then got the kernal version with: "uname -r" (needed in steps 8 and > 13) > 8. I had the generic kernel so then: "sudo apt-get install > linux-headers-generic" (or it would have been: "sudo apt-get install > linux-headers-rt for the rt kernel") > 9. "tar xjvf linuxwacom-0.8.4.tar.bz2" > 10. "cd linuxwacom-0.8.4" > 11. "./configure --enable-wacom" > 12. "make" > 13. Then copied the wacom.ko built in step12 over the existing one in > lib/modules..., so: "sudo cp ./src/2.6.28/wacom.ko /lib/modules/`uname > -r`/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko" where `uname -r` is the kernel > version from step 7. > 14. Changed /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/20thirdparty/10-wacom.fdi for a > new one attached to > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=967147&page=18 #176 which > clearly explains the procedure (just swapping out the file contents in a > text editor, after backing up!) > 15. In a text editor added the line "wacom" to the end of the > /etc/modules file > 16. Rebooted and it worked. > > This has got the tablet as far as working like a mouse in Ubuntu Gnome > desktop and also working in Photoshop in XP on a VirtualBox VM. The Touch > Ring zooms in Firefox. My next task is to see if I can set up the finer > points like the erasure, tilt and buttons on the side of the pen. > > Hope this helps someone. > > Regards, > > Craig > |