wacom buttons

[aka]

Hi,

I have a wacom intuos, the pen (and its pressure) works but not the buttons.

Does someone know this problem ?

Thanks 

[rich2005]

(09-08-2021, 05:39 AM)aka Wrote: I have a wacom intuos, the pen (and its pressure) works but not the buttons.   Does someone know this problem 

You can check in Edit -> Input devices but to be honest the Keys setting show as Disabled and will not set (at least for me) While you are there check that Gimp is actually using the graphics tablet, it might be disabled and just working as a mouse.

For linux there should be a  xserver-xorg-input- wacom package which provides a command xsetwacom. Not easy to use.

xsetwacom --list   tells me what is available.
Wacom Volito2 4x5 Pen stylus    id: 14 type: STYLUS    
Wacom Volito2 4x5 Pen eraser    id: 15 type: ERASER    
Wacom Volito2 4x5 Pen cursor    id: 16 type: CURSOR 

For the keys this
xsetwacom set "Wacom Volito2 4x5 Pen stylus" Button1 "Button 1"  # left mouse click
xsetwacom set "Wacom Volito2 4x5 Pen stylus" Button2 "Button 2"  # right mouse click
xsetwacom set "Wacom Volito2 4x5 Pen stylus" Button3 "Button 3"  # middle mouse click

There is a long list of available commands xsetwacom --list parameters all  Can be somewhat cryptic. Not all commands apply to a specific tablet.

Some linux distro and desktop environments might have a graphical setup: This is KDE / kubuntu 18.04,  in the hardware section.  https://i.imgur.com/nbOoz43.jpg[/i]

[aka]

Thanks,

I tried several things and let see one interesting element, on the picture : I put an "linux input" (FR:"Entrée linux")  in "input controler" (FR:"contrôleur d'entrée$"), choose "Wacom Intuos BT M Pad" but it's disabled :

Périférique indisponible : permission non accordée

means

Peripheral not available: permission not granted

Do you know where to allow that ? I'm not sure, so, I have not touched "input" in /etc/group (yet ?).

Best regards

[rich2005]

I do not know.
My Wacom tablet is ancient, but it still works as well as it ever has, using Gimp 2.10
Plugged in, it shows in Edit -> Input Devices. In Edit -> Preferences -> Input Controllers there is no wacom entry. This is what shows here: https://i.imgur.com/ZqSakhi.jpg

Looking for advice on the internet and only find either, use xwacomsetup or whatever gui is provided by the Linux DE. Certainly found one used by gnome DE. What linux and DE you are using ? Can you ask on your distro forum ?

Never been there before but there is a wacom forum. http://forum.wacom.eu/ maybe post a question there.

A search on my computer kubuntu 20.04 / Gimp 2.10.24 only comes up with KDE files. For Gimp, the controller settings are in your Gimp profile, the file controllerrc and settings from Input devices such as pressure curves are in the file devicerc.

[aka]

(09-09-2021, 08:03 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Plugged in, it shows in Edit -> Input Devices. In Edit -> Preferences -> Input Controllers there is no wacom entry.

My "wacom" is simply a renamed "linux input" I did myself.

(09-09-2021, 08:03 PM)rich2005 Wrote: What linux and DE you are using ?

Debian 11 with Mate

[rich2005]

How to drive me crazy
Not much in the way of GUI wacom for MATE. There is a KDE one even for MATE. I tried it, not sure how useful it is. There is another old GUI but it needs QT4 which is no longer supported on Debian.

I have a Debian-testing MATE VM and the wacom libraries were already installed so you best bet is using xsetupwacom

Some good information here: http://bartssolutions.blogspot.com/2015/...press.html

..and as a test, using my ancient wacom volito I got the shift key assigned to a stylus button as: https://i.imgur.com/FhT5z1t.jpg