[ubuntu-uk] Wacom bamboo tablets...

[Timothy Rittman]

On Sun, 15 May 2011 13:57:06 +0100
  mac <ammonius.grammaticus at gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> On 15/05/2011 12:58, Timothy Rittman wrote:
>> This topic has come up from time to time on the list, so 
>>I'm asking for
>> a quick update! I am thinking of getting a wacom bamboo 
>>touch and pen to
>> work with kubuntu 10.10. Does anyone have any experience 
>>as to whether
>> it works and how well?
> 
> You can get the Wacom tablets working.  There are 
>resources to help:
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=967147
> 
> and others.  And there are active developers, a leading 
>one of which is
> 
>Favux (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=699990)
> 
> I haven't tried to install a Wacom tablet for a while. 
> With the help of the resources I've indicated, I was 
>able to get all the stylus and mouse functionality 
>working up to 10.04
> 
> And I was able to get most of the button functions 
>working (I understand this may have progressed by now. 
> But new versions of Ubuntu, and kernel updates, have 
>been known to break things.  Wacom tablets seem not to be 
>a priority for the OS developers, not surprisingly I 
>suppose.)
> 
> I was never able to get the multiple sets of button 
>functions that the Wacom proprietary software provides. 
> But the tablet was highly functional for use with, say, 
>GIMP.
> 
> So I'd say read the resources above and give it a go.
> 
> mac
> 
> 
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Thanks Mac, that's very encouraging. I'll give it a go and 
report back in a week or two.

Regards,

Tim