Comments on: Wacom Intuos and xsetwacom on Ubuntu 18.04

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:39:51 +0000

Awesome, saved me.

By: J Verwaarde

J Verwaarde — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 12:59:50 +0000

For those that encounter the following problem: in Ubuntu 20.10 suddenly only the left half of the tablet (Wacom Intuos M) covered the computer screen.
Just start by “resetting” the Wacom Intuos M: this is done by, when plugged in, simultaneously pressing the left and right button of the tablet until the LED flashes. It’s done!

By: lalamax3d

lalamax3d — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 06:37:23 +0000

hi, thanks, but i need more help.
i was on ubuntu 20 and it was working perfectly fine. even have gui in settings to configure. also with 3 monitors ( 1920*1200 | 2560*1600 | 1920*1200 ).
then install mate desktop and my life changed (bad way). its working but gui tool ( ubuntu settings) vanished. and now its mapped to three screens area.

xsetwacom command is working fine and showing
Wacom Bamboo 2FG 4×5 SE Pen stylus id: 8 type: STYLUS
Wacom Bamboo 2FG 4×5 SE Finger touch id: 9 type: TOUCH
Wacom Bamboo 2FG 4×5 SE Pad pad id: 10 type: PAD
Wacom Bamboo 2FG 4×5 SE Pen eraser id: 17 type: ERASER

but i am unable to set tablet to exact center screen….
currently, its working in all three screens (too stretched when draw circle)
if you can confirm command to set resolution (math part) that would be great.
currently >> xsetwacom –get 8 area
0 0 14720 9200
hope to hear soon, thanks in advance, regards,haseeb

By: Claude Ryan

Claude Ryan — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 17:51:53 +0000

First, thank you for this very helpful article.

I have a couple of questions:
1> I just got my first wacom tablet an Intuos CL-4100. When I enter the list devices form of the command in Ubuntu 18.04 it returns only the pen and eraser. It does not return the pad or cursor. Is this an issue? Will it impact my ability to set the keys? Is this something I can fix and if so how?

2> I see in Inkscape and GIMP that the pen/eraser have 6 axes. I understand how to use and work the first 5, but I don´t know how to access the wheel/rotation axis. Can you help or point me to a reference source.

Thank you!
Claude

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:41:28 +0000

I tried to enter this for setting the screen. But it did nothing. xsetwacom sees the devices but in my system settings it has it set as a joystick and I cannot seem to adjust it at all.
It makes it impossible to use when I am teaching because it spans across three monitors. I am using Kubuntu, do you know of any package that is easy to install to get it to work in that environment?