<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE> Wacom Tablet HOWTO: XFree FAQ - Problems And Questions</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-8.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-6.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO.html#toc7" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-8.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-6.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO.html#toc7">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s7">7. XFree FAQ - Problems And Questions</A></H2> <P> <A NAME="_xfreefaq"></A> <P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.1">7.1 Gnome and Gimp only work like a usual mouse, without pressure and tilt.</A> Gimp Input Devices Dialog shows "No Input Devices"</H2> <P>It seems that you have not compiled your gtk with XInput-support. Please rebuild gtk and use <EM>./configure --with-xinput=xfree</EM> for building the Makefile. Then do a <EM>make && make install</EM>. Then rebuild your gimp so that it uses this extendet gtk. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.2">7.2 Is the wheel of the mouse (cursor) supported ?</A> </H2> <P>Yes, it generates button 4 and button 5 events. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.3">7.3 How can I find out the intuos Serial Num of my tool ?</A> </H2> <P>read the section about <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-5.html#_Toc465765712">Serial_Num</A><P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.4">7.4 How do I change the action of each button of my tool?</A> </H2> <P>Read the section about <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-6.html#_Toc465765724">buttons</A>. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.5">7.5 How can I use the intuos/artpad/ultrapad macro area ?</A> </H2> <P>You can not use the intuos macro area, sorry. <BR> Only Artpad / Ultrapad Macro stripes work. Read the section about <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-6.html#_macrokeys">Gimp Keys</A>. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.6">7.6 Is it possible to define multiple active areas on the same tablet ?</A> </H2> <P>Yes, read the section about the <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-5.html#_Toc465765719">Top... Statements</A><P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.7">7.7 Can I use more than one tablet at the same time ?</A> </H2> <P>Yes, read the <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-5.html#_Toc465765709">'Port and Device' section</A><P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.8">7.8 The Wacom Driver eats my CPU Time. Any Hint ?</A> </H2> <P>This mostly happes under the following condition:<BR> AllowMouseOpenFail was specified and the device is set to /dev/null. Set the device to a nonexisting file instead, for example /dev/fake, and you will get back your CPU time. See the examples for this under the <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-5.html#_Toc465765709">'Port and Device' section</A>. <P> <P>Another reason may be that there were too many interrupts produced.<BR> I was told, that hdparm -u1 /dev/hdx (replace x with your drive letter) may help. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss7.9">7.9 The Cursor 'dances' around</A> </H2> <P>Most Graphire's are known to be weak for that, intuos seems to be better but still not perfect. This seems to be a hardware problem.<BR> Possible Solutions: <P> <UL> <LI>Put your tablet as far as possible away from all emitting devices like monitors, printers, computers, AC-adapters.</LI> <LI>Use a modified driver with a filter algorythm. Many of them are in development right now but none of them seem to be the cruncher.</LI> <LI>If using an IDE drive, try hdparm -u1 /dev/hdx (replace x with your drive letter) </LI> </UL> <P> <HR> <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-8.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO-6.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Wacom-Tablet-HOWTO.html#toc7">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>