I'm glad to hear you are making progress! That's good news.
I'm using the standard pen that came with the TC1100. I see no reason why your pen should not work, but since it has an eraser you will need extra stuff in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I suggest you do this:
1. Press ALT and F2 (this brings up the 'run' box, like Windows and R or Start->Run on XP).
2. Start the text editor and open the appropriate configuration file by pasting the text in this box:
Code:
gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and then press <enter>. Fill in your password if you are asked for it.
3. In the text editor, do File->Save As and make a copy of the file somewhere where you can find it in an emergency!
4. Now close the Text Editor, and then re-open the original file exactly as in step 2.
5. Add the following to the file by copy and paste - in mine, it comes straight after the keyboard and mouse sections. It must follow an 'EndSection' line, unless it is at the very start of the file.
Code:
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
Option "Button2" "3" # This is the line you need for the stylus button to right click
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
Option "Button2" "3"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
Option "Button2" "3"
EndSection
I'm not sure you need the third section here (the 'cursor' one), but it won't hurt. I used to run my TC1100 with all three sections enabled until somebody pointed out that the TC1100 pen doesn't have an eraser. You may already have the first section ('stylus') - if so, don't duplicate it.
6. Still in the text editor, make sure the section that links all the devices together looks something like this:
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
It's the three 'InputDevice' lines that matter here - just add them if they are not there - don't change anything else!
7. Now save the file and close the text editor.
8. Start the package manager from the menu using System->Administration->Synaptics Package Manager.
9. In the list of packages, find 'wacom-tools'. You can do this by clicking once in the package list area, then typing 'wacom' - without the quotes - which make Synaptic do a stem match on the name. Click in the package list area again to dismiss the little stem-match box.
10. If the square box next to the wacom-tools package is empty, right-click on that line and choose 'install', accept any dependencies it might need, then click on 'Apply' in the tool bar, then click on 'Apply' in the confirmation box; wait for the installation to complete.
11. Close Synaptic Package Manager.
[Aside: steps 8 to 11 could have been done in a command-line terminal simply by pasting in the following command: 'sudo apt-get install wacom-tools' and then pressing Y to confirm - much easier!!]
12. Now log out, and when the login screen appears, press <CTRL> and <ALT> and <BACKSPACE>. This causes X-Windows to restart. X-Windows is the graphical subsystem we use on most Linux systems - without it, all we have are character-mode sessions. Doing this makes the changes we just made take effect, without doing a complete restart.
13. Log in again, and see if the stylus and eraser work, using gimp or another stylus-aware app. The stylus should work anywhere - the eraser may only work where it makes sense. If they work, you're done; otherwise, continue.
14. Diagnostic only: start a command-line session from Accessories->Terminal and type:The output from this should be something like
Code:
stylus stylus
eraser eraser
15. Recovery: If after step 12 all you get is a black text-mode screen, rather than the normal Ubuntu graphical login screen, you will need to log in in text mode with your normal username and password.
15.1 If you see no writing on the black screen at all, try pressing <CTRL> and <ALT> and <F1> - this should switch to the first text-mode console, and you should be able to log on there.
15.2 Type
Code:
sudo cp <the-name-of-the-copy-you-made-in-step-3> /etc/X11/xorg.conf<ENTER>
15.3 Type Please let us know how you get on! Good luck!
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