Now that a new version of Lucid Puppy is just about ready to
arrive on our doorstep, I thought it time to properly document
installing the wacom driver on Lucid Puppy.
Step 1 - You must create a 'Pupsave' file first,
which is easily done by just rebooting. The size
doesn't matter, however a large pupsave file
such as 500mb will avoid problems latter with
installing large pet packages such as Audacity.
The rule is you need your free space to be about 3 times
the size of the pet package to successfully install the
pet package.
Step 2 (optional) - While you're doing step 1, you should install
Gimp (the paint package ) as well.
I suggest going to
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=61584
and downloading gimp-2.6.11-squeeze-2.sfs . Use the menu
System > 'Bootmanager configure bootup' to set up the SFS file
to load while booting.
Tip: Avoid version 2.7 of Gimp since
brush features aren't completed.
Note: Your computer will need a reboot to load the SFS file.
Step 3 - Create a new xorg.conf file since the one supplied
by Lucid Puppy is worthless . There are several ways to do this.
I cheat and use a spare good xorg.conf file that I have stored on a Flash stick.
However since anyone reading this is inexperienced, I'll give the
method of generating a new xorg.conf file.
Method:
Delete your current xorg.conf file (the path is /etc/X11/xorg.conf )
and then reboot. The operating system will check while booting up
and run xorgwizard when it finds that no file exists.
This creates a new compatible xorg.conf file.
You must now modify this new xorg.conf file with a text editor.
The general instructions from Wacom are located
here and
here.
For a PC tablet computer I believe a different driver is used and the
instructions are slight modified from this post.
I use a wacom Bamboo tablet and here is the modification I use.
There are other examples on this thread.
Here's my 'Server Layout' for a Bamboo tablet
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Section "ServerLayout"
# For non-LCD tablets only
# Only a few TabletPCs support this type
# For Intuos3/CintiqV5/Graphire4/Bamboo tablets
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "touch" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "pad"
EndSection
and then after the definitions of mouse and keyboard
I inserted
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # USB ONLY
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # USB ONLY
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # USB ONLY
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "pad"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # USB ONLY
Option "Type" "pad"
Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "touch"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" # USB ONLY
Option "Type" "touch"
Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY
EndSection
Step 4 - As well as step 3 there is a further step to do
at the same time, namely install the wacom driver.
Download
wacom-0.8.5-10-k2.6.30.5.pet
Lucid puppy requires a recent driver for it's kernel.
Install the pet package and then in the terminal type
Then restart X server
Step 5 - To make the driver load each time you reboot
the method that I am now using is the following:
Select from the menu
System > Bootmanager configure bootup
Select 'Click here to add a new module'
You will have a couple of minutes to wait for a list to form.
Move the wacom driver to the right hand side.(see picture)
Note: For a tablet PC I believe a different wacom driver is used,
but I'm not sure since I own regular desktop PC.
Step 6 - Now if you are watching carefully whenever you boot your computer you will spot a line
quickly flash on your screen saying that the wacom driver is loading.
The Gimp paint program should be installed now. It needs it's 'input devices' set for
pressure sensitivity which is easily done from the gimp preference menu.
Set the various wacom tools from 'Disabled' to 'Screen'
mtPaint is harder to set for pressure sensitivity. Go to preferences.
There are check boxes to set, but as well the stylus needs to be set for 'Screen'.
Tip : mtPaint mustn't be set for the other tools such as 'Eraser' in Lucid Puppy.
Leave them disabled.
This is a known bug.
Now have fun drawing!!!
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Note there is two wacom drivers that can be installed 'wacom' and 'wacom_w8001'. I installed the wacom driver. I assume the other driver
is for tablets PC's but I don't know that for sure.
Here's what the internet says
http://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/TOUCH ... W8001.html
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