Re: wacom works with X, but gimp and xidump don't see it

maybe it doesn't work because I use Xgl + compiz? It seems that other
users experience the same difficulties when running Xgl. Why is that?
Is there a lot of work involved to make it work on Xgl too?

Wijnand

On 25/07/07, Wijnand Suijlen <wijnandsuijlen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a wacom tablet (Graphire, USB) and I managed to get it working
> on Linux... yet I don't get the final thing right: pressure
> sensitivity in the Gimp.
>
> Here is what I have:
> * AMD sempron
> * OpenSuse 10.2
> * NVidia FX 5200, dual monitor.
> * The latest stable drivers from the linuxwacom project: 0.7.8-1
> * One USB optical mouse
> * A Wacom Graphire USB tablet
>
> The tablet seems to function fine in X:
> * It does absolute positioning, and because I have configured the
> tablet with TwinView=horizontal, it changes screens without problems
> * The tip, and two buttons on the side of the styles work fine
> * The eraser and the mouse work fine too
>
> * wacdump gives correct output, while X is not running, and wacdump
> returns only 0 values while X is running
>
> But
> * The Gimp doesn't see any 'extended input devices'
> * xidump -l doesn't see the wacom stuff at all
> * xsetpointer -l doesn't see the wacom stuff.
>
> I would very much appreciate any help,
> Wijnand
>

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