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Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus

2010-02-20T08:48:22Z

Bhundven: some x61 tablets have touch, also have a commented out entry for touch in ServerLayout.

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |[[Image:Logo_wacom.gif|Wacom Logo]]
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin:0px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus ===
This is a stylus made for tablet PCs by Wacom.
=== Features ===
* Chipset: Wacom
* Serial: irq 5 port 0x0200
</div>
|}

==Linux Support==
The pen is supported by the XFree/Xorg Wacom driver. New tablets also have the [[MultiTouch]] capability. [[MultiTouch]] is experimentally supported presently by the Linux wacom project. The pen works regardless of [[MultiTouch]] support.

==Fist steps==
Get the [http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/dl linux wacom driver] and install it on your system.

The pen uses serial and appears on some {{path|/dev/ttySnn}} device where <tt>nn</tt> is a number. An easy way to find it is to map {{path|/dev/ttyS0}} to the pen's port and irq. The values can be found under the windows driver properties. Using values from an {{X41T}} 1869-5CU, the command is: {{cmdroot|setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x0200 irq 5 autoconfig}} (you need to run this after every suspend/resume cycle).

This may be inserted into startup scripts in {{path|/etc/rc.d/}} or {{path|/etc/rc.local}}

After mapping the pen, you can check its output with {{cmdroot|wacdump -f tpc /dev/ttyS0}}. This will list raw information about the pens position an click status. Hit Ctrl+C to exit wacdump.

==Setting up your Xorg.conf==
Now that you see the pen working correctly you should configure your Xserver to use the stylus. Add the following sections to your xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

# support for "touch" (with finger, available on x200t and some x61t)
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "touch"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" # SERIAL ONLY
Option "Type" "touch"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Serial Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
#InputDevice "touch" "SendCoreEvents" #Uncomment if you have this feature.
EndSection

Check the wacom driver man page and [http://linuxwacom.sf.net/ website] for other options.

For handwriting recognition using pen you can use [[CellWriter]].

To get the right mouse button to map to the stylus button use this script and run it through .bashrc

#!/bin/bash
xsetwacom set stylus Button1 1
xsetwacom set stylus Button2 3
xsetwacom set stylus Button3 3

==Wacomcpl==
I found it useful to create a .desktop file for launching the wacomcpl program which is used for many user options for the tablet pen.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=wacomcpl
GenericName=linux wacom config
Comment=linux wacom configuration tool
TryExec=wacomcpl
Exec=wacomcpl
Terminal=false
Categories=System;
Icon=wacomcpl.png

To have your settings restore after logout/suspend/restart you will need to edit {{path|/home/yourusername/.xinitrc}}.
Go to the last line and change

. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

to read as

# . /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Next you need to create a new sessions preference to load the user file.

For Debian [lenny] go to System > Preferences > Sessions.
Add a new startup program and add the command
sh /home/yourusername/.xinitrc
click ok.

For Ubuntu use System > Preferences > Startup Applications.
add the same startup program as above.

--[[User:Jeremy!|Jeremy!]] 14:49, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

==xrandr Rotation==

There is work underway to create a [https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~karl.hegbloom/tabuntu/tablet-screen-rotation-support Tablet Screen Rotation Support] package for Ubuntu. Because I can afford only one tablet computer, and since this is relatively new and not many others have put any work into it yet, so far it mainly supports the Lenovo Thinkpad X61 Tablet. The next phase of development involves refactoring in such a way that it can easily be expanded to support other brands and models of tablet computer. The planned mechanism is similar to that used by the scripts in the Debian acpi-support package.

So far, it supports auto-rotation on conversion from laptop to tablet mode, including rebinding the navpad keys and turning the logical orientation of the Wacom tablet to match. It is done as an event called when the X Server has changed it's xRandR orientation. The actual work is carried out by a quick set of shell scripts that can easily be adapted and extended. The idea is that no matter what piece of software actually caused the X Server to rotate, the same things need to happen whenever it does. So the best place to hook in the support event is on an event handler for the RandR Rotate event. The programs and packaging are simple, and the source is available at the URL above. I encourage you to get a copy and learn from it while helping make it work for a new kind of tablet no other developer has created support for yet! If you can write an essay, you can write the necessary program.

Because this ThinkWiki page is one of the sources I drew from when I initially created tablet-screen-rotation-support. The following scripts by Gtx, radix, and Papertiger probably contain some elements in common. --[[User:KarlHegbloom|KarlHegbloom]] 21:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

=== xrotate support scripts ===

linuxwacom is very buggy. I needed some time to get the tablet work with "xrandr -r". I use the script below to do screen rotation. copy the source an put it in /usr/local/bin/xrotate. You may change output and devices to fit to you're system (the default values work fine for an x41 tablet)

you can use "xrotate +" to rotate the screen CCW or "xrotate -" to rotate clockwise. use "xrotate x" where x is
* 0 to set rotation to normal
* 1 to set rotation to left
* 2 to set rotation to inverted
* 3 to set rotation to right

#!/bin/sh

output=LVDS
if [ "$XROT_OUTPUT" ]
then
output=$XROT_OUTPUT;
fi
devices="stylus cursor"

geomnbr=0
xrandr=normal
wacom=normal
if [ "$1" == "-" ] || [ "$1" == "+" ] || ! [ "$1" ];
then
operator="$1";
[ "$1" ] || operator='+';
case `xrandr --verbose | grep "^$output " | sed "s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* [^ ]* ([^(]*) $[a-z]*$.*/\1/"` in
normal) geom=0;;
left) geom=1;;
inverted) geom=2;;
right) geom=3;;
esac
let geom=${geom}${operator}1+4
let geom=${geom}%4
else
geom="$1"
fi

case $geom in
1) wacom=2; xrandr=left ;;
2) wacom=3; xrandr=inverted ;;
3) wacom=1; xrandr=right ;;
*) wacom=0; xrandr=normal ;;
esac

echo "xrandr to $xrandr, xsetwacom to $wacom" >&2

if xrandr --output "$output" --rotate "$xrandr"; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set "$device" Rotate "$wacom"
done
fi

#workaround for linuxwacom bug
if [ "`xsetwacom get stylus Mode`" == '1' ]; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "off"
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "off"
done
{ sleep 1;
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "on"
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "on"
done; } &
fi

--[[User:Gtx|Gtx]] 13:34, 22 April 2008 (CEST)

modified script for linuxwacom 0.8.1-1.

#!/bin/sh

output="(normal left inverted right)" #LVDS
# if [ "$XROT_OUTPUT" ]
# then
# output=$XROT_OUTPUT;
# fi
devices="stylus cursor"

geomnbr=0
xrandr=normal
wacom=normal
if [ "$1" == "-" ] || [ "$1" == "+" ] || ! [ "$1" ];
then
operator="$1";
[ "$1" ] || operator='+';
case `xrandr --verbose | grep "$output" | sed "s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* [^ ]* ([^(]*) $[a-z]*$.*/\1/"` in
normal) geom=0;;
left) geom=1;;
inverted) geom=2;;
right) geom=3;;
esac
let geom=${geom}${operator}1+4
let geom=${geom}%4
else
geom="$1"
fi
case $geom in
1) wacom=2; xrandr=left ;;
2) wacom=3; xrandr=inverted ;;
3) wacom=1; xrandr=right ;;
*) wacom=0; xrandr=normal ;;
esac

echo "xrandr to $xrandr, xsetwacom to $wacom" >&2

if xrandr -o "$xrandr"; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate "$wacom"
done
fi

#workaround for linuxwacom bug
if [ "`xsetwacom get stylus Mode`" == '1' ]; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "off"
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "off"
done
{ sleep 1;
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "on"
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "on"
done; } &
fi

--[[User:radix|radix]] 13:15, 28 August 2008 (CEST)

Additional code for rotating the 4 navigation keys on the display frame.

<pre>
case $geom in
1) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Left';;
2) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Up';;
3) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Right';;
*) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Down';;
esac
</pre>

--[[User:Papertiger|Papertiger]] 02:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

==Troubleshooting==

If the stylus still doesn't work try to reset the bios. This fixed it for me. --[[User:Gtx|Gtx]] 08:22, 21 April 2008 (CEST)

==Models featuring this Device==
*ThinkPad {{X41_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X60_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X61_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X200_Tablet}}

[[Category:Components]]

Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus

2010-02-20T08:46:09Z

Bhundven: fix path

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |[[Image:Logo_wacom.gif|Wacom Logo]]
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin:0px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus ===
This is a stylus made for tablet PCs by Wacom.
=== Features ===
* Chipset: Wacom
* Serial: irq 5 port 0x0200
</div>
|}

==Linux Support==
The pen is supported by the XFree/Xorg Wacom driver. New tablets also have the [[MultiTouch]] capability. [[MultiTouch]] is experimentally supported presently by the Linux wacom project. The pen works regardless of [[MultiTouch]] support.

==Fist steps==
Get the [http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/dl linux wacom driver] and install it on your system.

The pen uses serial and appears on some {{path|/dev/ttySnn}} device where <tt>nn</tt> is a number. An easy way to find it is to map {{path|/dev/ttyS0}} to the pen's port and irq. The values can be found under the windows driver properties. Using values from an {{X41T}} 1869-5CU, the command is: {{cmdroot|setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x0200 irq 5 autoconfig}} (you need to run this after every suspend/resume cycle).

This may be inserted into startup scripts in {{path|/etc/rc.d/}} or {{path|/etc/rc.local}}

After mapping the pen, you can check its output with {{cmdroot|wacdump -f tpc /dev/ttyS0}}. This will list raw information about the pens position an click status. Hit Ctrl+C to exit wacdump.

==Setting up your Xorg.conf==
Now that you see the pen working correctly you should configure your Xserver to use the stylus. Add the following sections to your xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

# support for "touch" (with finger, available on x200t)
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "touch"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" # SERIAL ONLY
Option "Type" "touch"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Serial Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Check the wacom driver man page and [http://linuxwacom.sf.net/ website] for other options.

For handwriting recognition using pen you can use [[CellWriter]].

To get the right mouse button to map to the stylus button use this script and run it through .bashrc

#!/bin/bash
xsetwacom set stylus Button1 1
xsetwacom set stylus Button2 3
xsetwacom set stylus Button3 3

==Wacomcpl==
I found it useful to create a .desktop file for launching the wacomcpl program which is used for many user options for the tablet pen.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=wacomcpl
GenericName=linux wacom config
Comment=linux wacom configuration tool
TryExec=wacomcpl
Exec=wacomcpl
Terminal=false
Categories=System;
Icon=wacomcpl.png

To have your settings restore after logout/suspend/restart you will need to edit {{path|/home/yourusername/.xinitrc}}.
Go to the last line and change

. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

to read as

# . /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Next you need to create a new sessions preference to load the user file.

For Debian [lenny] go to System > Preferences > Sessions.
Add a new startup program and add the command
sh /home/yourusername/.xinitrc
click ok.

For Ubuntu use System > Preferences > Startup Applications.
add the same startup program as above.

--[[User:Jeremy!|Jeremy!]] 14:49, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

==xrandr Rotation==

There is work underway to create a [https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~karl.hegbloom/tabuntu/tablet-screen-rotation-support Tablet Screen Rotation Support] package for Ubuntu. Because I can afford only one tablet computer, and since this is relatively new and not many others have put any work into it yet, so far it mainly supports the Lenovo Thinkpad X61 Tablet. The next phase of development involves refactoring in such a way that it can easily be expanded to support other brands and models of tablet computer. The planned mechanism is similar to that used by the scripts in the Debian acpi-support package.

So far, it supports auto-rotation on conversion from laptop to tablet mode, including rebinding the navpad keys and turning the logical orientation of the Wacom tablet to match. It is done as an event called when the X Server has changed it's xRandR orientation. The actual work is carried out by a quick set of shell scripts that can easily be adapted and extended. The idea is that no matter what piece of software actually caused the X Server to rotate, the same things need to happen whenever it does. So the best place to hook in the support event is on an event handler for the RandR Rotate event. The programs and packaging are simple, and the source is available at the URL above. I encourage you to get a copy and learn from it while helping make it work for a new kind of tablet no other developer has created support for yet! If you can write an essay, you can write the necessary program.

Because this ThinkWiki page is one of the sources I drew from when I initially created tablet-screen-rotation-support. The following scripts by Gtx, radix, and Papertiger probably contain some elements in common. --[[User:KarlHegbloom|KarlHegbloom]] 21:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

=== xrotate support scripts ===

linuxwacom is very buggy. I needed some time to get the tablet work with "xrandr -r". I use the script below to do screen rotation. copy the source an put it in /usr/local/bin/xrotate. You may change output and devices to fit to you're system (the default values work fine for an x41 tablet)

you can use "xrotate +" to rotate the screen CCW or "xrotate -" to rotate clockwise. use "xrotate x" where x is
* 0 to set rotation to normal
* 1 to set rotation to left
* 2 to set rotation to inverted
* 3 to set rotation to right

#!/bin/sh

output=LVDS
if [ "$XROT_OUTPUT" ]
then
output=$XROT_OUTPUT;
fi
devices="stylus cursor"

geomnbr=0
xrandr=normal
wacom=normal
if [ "$1" == "-" ] || [ "$1" == "+" ] || ! [ "$1" ];
then
operator="$1";
[ "$1" ] || operator='+';
case `xrandr --verbose | grep "^$output " | sed "s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* [^ ]* ([^(]*) $[a-z]*$.*/\1/"` in
normal) geom=0;;
left) geom=1;;
inverted) geom=2;;
right) geom=3;;
esac
let geom=${geom}${operator}1+4
let geom=${geom}%4
else
geom="$1"
fi

case $geom in
1) wacom=2; xrandr=left ;;
2) wacom=3; xrandr=inverted ;;
3) wacom=1; xrandr=right ;;
*) wacom=0; xrandr=normal ;;
esac

echo "xrandr to $xrandr, xsetwacom to $wacom" >&2

if xrandr --output "$output" --rotate "$xrandr"; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set "$device" Rotate "$wacom"
done
fi

#workaround for linuxwacom bug
if [ "`xsetwacom get stylus Mode`" == '1' ]; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "off"
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "off"
done
{ sleep 1;
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "on"
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "on"
done; } &
fi

--[[User:Gtx|Gtx]] 13:34, 22 April 2008 (CEST)

modified script for linuxwacom 0.8.1-1.

#!/bin/sh

output="(normal left inverted right)" #LVDS
# if [ "$XROT_OUTPUT" ]
# then
# output=$XROT_OUTPUT;
# fi
devices="stylus cursor"

geomnbr=0
xrandr=normal
wacom=normal
if [ "$1" == "-" ] || [ "$1" == "+" ] || ! [ "$1" ];
then
operator="$1";
[ "$1" ] || operator='+';
case `xrandr --verbose | grep "$output" | sed "s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* [^ ]* ([^(]*) $[a-z]*$.*/\1/"` in
normal) geom=0;;
left) geom=1;;
inverted) geom=2;;
right) geom=3;;
esac
let geom=${geom}${operator}1+4
let geom=${geom}%4
else
geom="$1"
fi
case $geom in
1) wacom=2; xrandr=left ;;
2) wacom=3; xrandr=inverted ;;
3) wacom=1; xrandr=right ;;
*) wacom=0; xrandr=normal ;;
esac

echo "xrandr to $xrandr, xsetwacom to $wacom" >&2

if xrandr -o "$xrandr"; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate "$wacom"
done
fi

#workaround for linuxwacom bug
if [ "`xsetwacom get stylus Mode`" == '1' ]; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "off"
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "off"
done
{ sleep 1;
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "on"
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "on"
done; } &
fi

--[[User:radix|radix]] 13:15, 28 August 2008 (CEST)

Additional code for rotating the 4 navigation keys on the display frame.

<pre>
case $geom in
1) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Left';;
2) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Up';;
3) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Right';;
*) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Down';;
esac
</pre>

--[[User:Papertiger|Papertiger]] 02:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

==Troubleshooting==

If the stylus still doesn't work try to reset the bios. This fixed it for me. --[[User:Gtx|Gtx]] 08:22, 21 April 2008 (CEST)

==Models featuring this Device==
*ThinkPad {{X41_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X60_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X61_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X200_Tablet}}

[[Category:Components]]

Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus

2010-02-20T08:45:41Z

Bhundven: you can also put setserial in /etc/rc.local

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |[[Image:Logo_wacom.gif|Wacom Logo]]
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin:0px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Wacom Serial Tablet PC Stylus ===
This is a stylus made for tablet PCs by Wacom.
=== Features ===
* Chipset: Wacom
* Serial: irq 5 port 0x0200
</div>
|}

==Linux Support==
The pen is supported by the XFree/Xorg Wacom driver. New tablets also have the [[MultiTouch]] capability. [[MultiTouch]] is experimentally supported presently by the Linux wacom project. The pen works regardless of [[MultiTouch]] support.

==Fist steps==
Get the [http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/dl linux wacom driver] and install it on your system.

The pen uses serial and appears on some {{path|/dev/ttySnn}} device where <tt>nn</tt> is a number. An easy way to find it is to map {{path|/dev/ttyS0}} to the pen's port and irq. The values can be found under the windows driver properties. Using values from an {{X41T}} 1869-5CU, the command is: {{cmdroot|setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x0200 irq 5 autoconfig}} (you need to run this after every suspend/resume cycle).

This may be inserted into startup scripts in {{path|/etc/rc.d/}} or {{/etc/rc.local}}

After mapping the pen, you can check its output with {{cmdroot|wacdump -f tpc /dev/ttyS0}}. This will list raw information about the pens position an click status. Hit Ctrl+C to exit wacdump.

==Setting up your Xorg.conf==
Now that you see the pen working correctly you should configure your Xserver to use the stylus. Add the following sections to your xorg.conf:

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

# support for "touch" (with finger, available on x200t)
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "touch"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" # SERIAL ONLY
Option "Type" "touch"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Serial Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Check the wacom driver man page and [http://linuxwacom.sf.net/ website] for other options.

For handwriting recognition using pen you can use [[CellWriter]].

To get the right mouse button to map to the stylus button use this script and run it through .bashrc

#!/bin/bash
xsetwacom set stylus Button1 1
xsetwacom set stylus Button2 3
xsetwacom set stylus Button3 3

==Wacomcpl==
I found it useful to create a .desktop file for launching the wacomcpl program which is used for many user options for the tablet pen.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=wacomcpl
GenericName=linux wacom config
Comment=linux wacom configuration tool
TryExec=wacomcpl
Exec=wacomcpl
Terminal=false
Categories=System;
Icon=wacomcpl.png

To have your settings restore after logout/suspend/restart you will need to edit {{path|/home/yourusername/.xinitrc}}.
Go to the last line and change

. /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

to read as

# . /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Next you need to create a new sessions preference to load the user file.

For Debian [lenny] go to System > Preferences > Sessions.
Add a new startup program and add the command
sh /home/yourusername/.xinitrc
click ok.

For Ubuntu use System > Preferences > Startup Applications.
add the same startup program as above.

--[[User:Jeremy!|Jeremy!]] 14:49, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

==xrandr Rotation==

There is work underway to create a [https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~karl.hegbloom/tabuntu/tablet-screen-rotation-support Tablet Screen Rotation Support] package for Ubuntu. Because I can afford only one tablet computer, and since this is relatively new and not many others have put any work into it yet, so far it mainly supports the Lenovo Thinkpad X61 Tablet. The next phase of development involves refactoring in such a way that it can easily be expanded to support other brands and models of tablet computer. The planned mechanism is similar to that used by the scripts in the Debian acpi-support package.

So far, it supports auto-rotation on conversion from laptop to tablet mode, including rebinding the navpad keys and turning the logical orientation of the Wacom tablet to match. It is done as an event called when the X Server has changed it's xRandR orientation. The actual work is carried out by a quick set of shell scripts that can easily be adapted and extended. The idea is that no matter what piece of software actually caused the X Server to rotate, the same things need to happen whenever it does. So the best place to hook in the support event is on an event handler for the RandR Rotate event. The programs and packaging are simple, and the source is available at the URL above. I encourage you to get a copy and learn from it while helping make it work for a new kind of tablet no other developer has created support for yet! If you can write an essay, you can write the necessary program.

Because this ThinkWiki page is one of the sources I drew from when I initially created tablet-screen-rotation-support. The following scripts by Gtx, radix, and Papertiger probably contain some elements in common. --[[User:KarlHegbloom|KarlHegbloom]] 21:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

=== xrotate support scripts ===

linuxwacom is very buggy. I needed some time to get the tablet work with "xrandr -r". I use the script below to do screen rotation. copy the source an put it in /usr/local/bin/xrotate. You may change output and devices to fit to you're system (the default values work fine for an x41 tablet)

you can use "xrotate +" to rotate the screen CCW or "xrotate -" to rotate clockwise. use "xrotate x" where x is
* 0 to set rotation to normal
* 1 to set rotation to left
* 2 to set rotation to inverted
* 3 to set rotation to right

#!/bin/sh

output=LVDS
if [ "$XROT_OUTPUT" ]
then
output=$XROT_OUTPUT;
fi
devices="stylus cursor"

geomnbr=0
xrandr=normal
wacom=normal
if [ "$1" == "-" ] || [ "$1" == "+" ] || ! [ "$1" ];
then
operator="$1";
[ "$1" ] || operator='+';
case `xrandr --verbose | grep "^$output " | sed "s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* [^ ]* ([^(]*) $[a-z]*$.*/\1/"` in
normal) geom=0;;
left) geom=1;;
inverted) geom=2;;
right) geom=3;;
esac
let geom=${geom}${operator}1+4
let geom=${geom}%4
else
geom="$1"
fi

case $geom in
1) wacom=2; xrandr=left ;;
2) wacom=3; xrandr=inverted ;;
3) wacom=1; xrandr=right ;;
*) wacom=0; xrandr=normal ;;
esac

echo "xrandr to $xrandr, xsetwacom to $wacom" >&2

if xrandr --output "$output" --rotate "$xrandr"; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set "$device" Rotate "$wacom"
done
fi

#workaround for linuxwacom bug
if [ "`xsetwacom get stylus Mode`" == '1' ]; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "off"
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "off"
done
{ sleep 1;
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "on"
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "on"
done; } &
fi

--[[User:Gtx|Gtx]] 13:34, 22 April 2008 (CEST)

modified script for linuxwacom 0.8.1-1.

#!/bin/sh

output="(normal left inverted right)" #LVDS
# if [ "$XROT_OUTPUT" ]
# then
# output=$XROT_OUTPUT;
# fi
devices="stylus cursor"

geomnbr=0
xrandr=normal
wacom=normal
if [ "$1" == "-" ] || [ "$1" == "+" ] || ! [ "$1" ];
then
operator="$1";
[ "$1" ] || operator='+';
case `xrandr --verbose | grep "$output" | sed "s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* [^ ]* ([^(]*) $[a-z]*$.*/\1/"` in
normal) geom=0;;
left) geom=1;;
inverted) geom=2;;
right) geom=3;;
esac
let geom=${geom}${operator}1+4
let geom=${geom}%4
else
geom="$1"
fi
case $geom in
1) wacom=2; xrandr=left ;;
2) wacom=3; xrandr=inverted ;;
3) wacom=1; xrandr=right ;;
*) wacom=0; xrandr=normal ;;
esac

echo "xrandr to $xrandr, xsetwacom to $wacom" >&2

if xrandr -o "$xrandr"; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set "stylus" Rotate "$wacom"
done
fi

#workaround for linuxwacom bug
if [ "`xsetwacom get stylus Mode`" == '1' ]; then
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "off"
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "off"
done
{ sleep 1;
for d in $devices
do
xsetwacom set stylus Mode "on"
xsetwacom set stylus CoreEvent "on"
done; } &
fi

--[[User:radix|radix]] 13:15, 28 August 2008 (CEST)

Additional code for rotating the 4 navigation keys on the display frame.

<pre>
case $geom in
1) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Left';;
2) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Up';;
3) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Down';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Right';;
*) xmodmap -e 'keycode 98 = Up';xmodmap -e 'keycode 100 = Left';xmodmap -e 'keycode 102 = Right';xmodmap -e 'keycode 104 = Down';;
esac
</pre>

--[[User:Papertiger|Papertiger]] 02:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

==Troubleshooting==

If the stylus still doesn't work try to reset the bios. This fixed it for me. --[[User:Gtx|Gtx]] 08:22, 21 April 2008 (CEST)

==Models featuring this Device==
*ThinkPad {{X41_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X60_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X61_Tablet}}
*ThinkPad {{X200_Tablet}}

[[Category:Components]]