norman wrote: > # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) <snip>
Yes, your old xorg.conf has got all the normal wacom stuff commented out (but it looks as though it never had the 'pad' section that makes the circular pad work). In 8.04, my xorg.conf has these four wacom sections near the top: Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "stylus" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "stylus" # Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY # Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "eraser" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "eraser" # Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY # Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "cursor" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "cursor" # Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY # Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "pad" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "pad" # Option "USB" "on" # USB ONLY EndSection But in order to work, it has to have the wacom in the ServerLayout section *at the end* of the file, thus: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" # For non-LCD tablets only InputDevice "pad" # For Intuos3/CintiqV5/Graphire4/Bamboo tablets # InputDevice "touch" "SendCoreEvents" # Only a few TabletPCs support this type EndSection However, this is a problem in Jaunty, which - as the comments in your old xorg.conf file show - is now using HAL instead of the xorg.conf method. You'll have seen that <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom> says, "Of course, it is always possible to revert to the old configuration method with /etc/X11/xorg.conf, but you will loose hotplugging support" but when, on my Jaunty machine, I added the ServerLayout section, X wouldn't start at all , and the boot process popped my out into a text-based login, from where I was able to restore may backed-up original xorg.conf (don't forgt to do a backup before you change anything!). In fact, the proper method for Jaunty appears to be to use a cusotm .fdi in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/, as the Ubuntu Community HowTo above indicates. But... but... I was trying to install much newer hardware, with a linuxwacom driver that may not be playing nicely with the Jaunty kernel. You're using hardware for which the driver does seem OK. I suggest you create a backup of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then add (or edit in) the four wacom sections, add the ServerLayout section at the end, and reboot. If X fails to start, you can always use the command line to sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf (I am assuming here that you've got the right driver and kernel module installed. But as I think you said the stylus was working, I guess you must have.) HTH (and let us know how you get on!) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
