Using Ubuntu 9.10 and Genius MousePen Tablet? - Instead of this guide, try installing this ready-to-work updated driver on DEB package, no Setup required, only for Genius MousePen Tablet because it uses a Generic tested configuration for these, just Install and Reboot, includes improved support for the bundled mouse, working pressure calibration, and 90 degree clockwise rotation: http://www.tecnicoslinux.com.ar/livecd/GeniusMousePen-Driver_0.7.0_i386.deb
You can also try the HOWTO to install latest Wizardpen driver. The URL is http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1337260
Using Ubuntu 8.10? - Instead of this guide, follow this one: http://digitalbluewave.blogspot.com/2008/10/genius-wizardpen-with-intrepid-ibex.html
NEW VERSION (0.7.0-alpha) You can find out about the updated driver here ...http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1337260 It includes improved reliability and performance, support for the bundled mouse, working pressure calibration, and 90 degree clockwise rotation! Setup for this driver can be seen in the following thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1337260
Known tablets working with the Wizardpen-driver
The setup has been tested with the following USB tablets.
Non-USB tablets are not covered by this guide.
Known Tablet Names (The packaging)
- Acecad Flair II GT-504
DigiPro 5.5×4” Graphics Tablet
- Digital Ink Pad (A4 format)
- G-pen
- Genius Wizardpen
- Genius Mousepen
- Genius Easypen i405
- Genius
- iBall
- Manhattan
- Pentagram
- QWare
- Trust TB-3100
- Trust TB-5300
- Trust TB-6300
- UC-LOGIC
- iBall Tablet PF8060
AIPTEK HyperPen 10000 U
If your tablet is working, but not listed here, please ADD it! (If you don't have an account, then email me: drpjkurian@gmail.com
Setting up your tablet
General information
Installing needed packages
Open a terminal
Install some needed packages - Run this command:
sudo aptitude install xutils libx11-dev libxext-dev build-essential \
xautomation xinput xserver-xorg-dev
Downloading and installing the driver
Download the wizardpen driver, and extract it to your desktop. You can download the latest driver from my thread. Which is http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1337260! - Run these commands:
cd Desktop
cd wizardpen-0.7.0-alpha2
Configure, make and install:
./configure --with-xorg-module-dir=/usr/lib/xorg/modules
make && sudo make installCheck the integrity of the driver installation by typing the command.
ls /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen_drv.*
It should give the output as follows
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen_drv.la /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen_drv.so
Type the following command in the terminal to know the make of the Pentablet.
grep -i name /proc/bus/input/devices
Please note down the make of the tablet which you have to use in the next step.
Create a new .fdi file by using the following command in terminal
sudo vim /etc/hal/fdi/policy/99-x11-wizardpen.fdi
Press 'I' so that INSERT appears Paste the following template in the terminal
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<!-- This MUST match with the name of your tablet obtained -->
<!-- in Step 2 specified previously -->
<match key="info.product" contains="NAME OF YOUR TABLET">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">wizardpen</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.SendCoreEvents" type="string">true</merge>
<!-- Modify these configuration accordingly -->
<!-- See CONFIGURATION OPTIONS section for the full-set of -->
<!-- configurable options -->
<merge key="input.x11_options.TopX" type="string">5619</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TopY" type="string">6554</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.BottomX" type="string">29405</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.BottomY" type="string">29671</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxX" type="string">29405</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxY" type="string">29671</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>Please insert the name of your tablet where i have highlighted in red. This you can do by moving the cursor in the terminal with arrow keys. Click Esc and type :wq and press Enter to save the file you have created.
- Reboot your machine. It should work.
Calibration
8060 
- If you tablet isn't listed, I would love to recieve an email with the output, and the model of your tablet! (See email at the end of the page!)
If you want to calibrate yourself, just proceed.
Enter the "calibrate"-directory - Run this command:
cd calibrate
Build the calibration tool - Run this command:
make
Calibrate in order to find the edges of your tablet/digitizer - Run this command:
sudo ./wizardpen-calibrate /dev/tablet-event
Save the output from wizardpen-calibrate (the last 12 lines!) - You'll need it later in this howto!
Calibration output (If calibrate for some reason doesn't work!)
Tablet W5540U (UC-Logic):
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "WizardPen Tablet"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Driver "wizardpen"
Option "Device" "/dev/tablet-event"
Option "TopX" "2199"
Option "TopY" "3598"
Option "BottomX" "30325"
Option "BottomY" "29278"
Option "MaxX" "30325"
Option "MaxY" "29278"
EndSectionTablet W8060U (UC-Logic):
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "WizardPen Tablet"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Driver "wizardpen"
Option "Device" "/dev/tablet-event"
Option "TopX" "826"
Option "TopY" "2626"
Option "BottomX" "32747"
Option "BottomY" "32762"
Option "MaxX" "32747"
Option "MaxY" "32762"
EndSectionTablet PF1209 (UC-LOGIC)
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "WizardPen Tablet"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Driver "wizardpen"
Option "Device" "/dev/tablet-event"
Option "TopX" "0"
Option "TopY" "1553"
Option "BottomX" "32541"
Option "BottomY" "32762"
Option "MaxX" "32541"
Option "MaxY" "32762"
EndSectionTablet W8060U (Trust TB-6300)
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "WizardPen Tablet"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Driver "wizardpen"
Option "Device" "/dev/tablet-event"
Option "TopX" "0"
Option "TopY" "234"
Option "BottomX" "32747"
Option "BottomY" "32762"
Option "MaxX" "32747"
Option "MaxY" "32762"
EndSection
Setting up X
Now we are ready to edit the xorg.conf file!
Take a backup - Run this command:
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
Edit the file - Run this command:
sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Press "I" - So that "-- INSERT --" appears!
Insert the output from calibrate into xorg.conf: (just place it below your generic mouse!)
Add the following line in the "ServerLayout" section:
InputDevice "WizardPen Tablet" "AlwaysCore"
Save the file, and exit the editor! (Press "ESC" and write ":wq" and press "Enter")
Making X start without a tablet connected
Now, the driver should NOT be initialized, if the tablet is NOT found!
The wizardpen-driver does not support hotplugging, so we should run a script on startup, to define whether or not the tablet is present.
Open /etc/rc.local - Run this command:
sudo vim /etc/rc.local
Press "I" - So that "-- INSERT --" appears!
...and insert some code: (insert it JUST above "exit 0")
XORG_CONF=/etc/X11/xorg.conf if [ -e /dev/tablet-event ]; then sed -ie 's/^\(\s*\)\#\(\s*InputDevice\s\s*\"WizardPen\ Tablet\"\s\s*\"AlwaysCore\"\)\s*$/\1\2/' "$XORG_CONF" echo "Udev created /dev/tablet-event = Tablet present! - Tablet-driver enabled" else sed -ie 's/\(^\s*InputDevice\s\s*\"WizardPen\ Tablet\"\s\s*\"AlwaysCore\"\)\s*$/\#&/' "$XORG_CONF" echo "Udev did NOT create /dev/tablet-event = tablet NOT present! - Tablet-driver disabled" fi
Save the file, and exit the editor! (Press "ESC" and write ":wq" and press "Enter")
Now you can test udev's ability to detect the tablet - Run this command:
sudo /etc/init.d/rc.local start
The output will tell you if it is present or not! - And it should match reality! (try to disconnect it, and try again! - connect, and then again! - etc...)
You should now be able to restart X and have the tablet working as a mouse.
I'm still working on a way to support hotplugging, but the above code-example will make X start without a present tablet.
Configuring the buttons on the pen
There are two ways to change the button mapping:
The first way (Not very smart, since it also change the behaviour of your generic mouse!)
If you want to change the button mapping for all devices running in core mode, you should use xmodmap. (not recommended, try the second way first!)
Show the current configuration:
xmodmap -pp
You will get a table like this:
Physical Button |
Button Code |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
For example, if you now want to change the middle button and the right button, execute the following command:
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 3 2"
Here is a list of numbers with their corresponding function:
Number |
Function |
0 |
No action (only movement) |
1 |
Left button click |
2 |
Middle Button click |
3 |
Right Button click |
4 |
Scroll up (one click equals one step of scroll wheel in my logitech mouse) |
5 |
Scroll down |
If you want to disable a button (maybe because you know that one of the buttons causes some problems), use zero. Example (should disable the right click):
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 0"
To reset the xmodmap-configuration, use this command:
xmodmap -e "pointer = default"
The second way
If you are using more devices than just the tablet (e. g. mouse+tablet or multiple tablets a. s. o.) you can use this second way to change the mapping just for one device.
- Step 1: Find the name of the device you want to change, e.g. with this command: xsetpointer -l alternatively you can use this command: xinput list
Step 2: execute this command to swap the middle and the right button ("WizardPen Tablet" is the device – if you want to change the configuration of another device, you have to change the name; use the table above to define other buttons)
xinput set-button-map "WizardPen Tablet" 1 3 2
Hint: If you experience problems with the buttons, use:
xinput set-button-map "WizardPen Tablet" 1 0 0
or, if you have a pen with 32 buttons 
xinput set-button-map "WizardPen Tablet" 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
...to disable all buttons on your pen (for instance if you just want to draw).
Troubleshooting - See this if you have any problems
Everything worked great! Except the mouse doesn't move at all!
This is known to be an issue with WP8060 at least, and possibly other models. Fortunately, there is a common fix as well! You need to go back into /etc/X11/xorg.conf and modify the InputDevice section a little:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Tablet"
Option "Name" "UC-LOGIC Tablet WP8060U"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Driver "wizardpen"
Option "TopX" "2650"
Option "TopY" "3563"
Option "TopZ" "10"
Option "BottomX" "30733"
Option "BottomY" "29715"
Option "BottomZ" "511"
Option "MaxX" "30733"
Option "MaxY" "29715"
Option "MaxZ" "511"
EndSectionThe whole block is shown to indicate context. The main thing to change is the
Option "Name" "UC-LOGIC Tablet WP8060U"
part. Set the name to whatever type you have.
Reboot the XServer by logging out and back in, or typing sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart, or reboot your computer, and you're good to go! I (Dave) found this solution from much searching on the internet, but it seems to have worked for at least a few people already.
If it helps, here is my configuration: * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron with GNOME * DigiPro 8"x6" Drawing Tablet WP8060
Link to Google Cache of the no longer working website:
After X server restart, display reverts to "Safe Mode"
From xtoast's suggestion on the discussion page (linked at the bottom of this article), I found the ServerLayout line provided in the Setting up X section above causes my xorg.conf to 'forget' basic video display settings. I used the line suggested on the discussion page instead:
InputDevice "Tablet" "SendCoreEvents"
Restarted the PC and everything worked! I did not follow the rest of the advice on the linked page because just modifying the ServerLayout line resolved my problem.
The command cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "wizardpen" outputs errors
The output of
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "wizardpen"
- may reveal several errors, some of them are:
Module present, but with compilation-errors:
(II) LoadModule: "wizardpen" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen_drv.so dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen_drv.so: undefined symbol: __stack_chk_fail_local (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen_drv.so (II) UnloadModule: "wizardpen" (EE) Failed to load module "wizardpen" (loader failed, 7) (EE) No Input driver matching `wizardpen'
Module missing:
(II) LoadModule: "wizardpen" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module wizardpen (II) UnloadModule: "wizardpen" (EE) Failed to load module "wizardpen" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) No Input driver matching `wizardpen'
The Xserver is not starting after playing with the xorg.conf file
Wow - That's bad! - First of all, check that you set everything right!
Well, I suggest that you drop me an email, telling me what went wrong!
And then just restore the backup we created - run this command:
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Everything seems to work, except pressure sensitivity
All the tablets mentioned in "known tablets" has pressure sensitivity support in Linux!
If pressure-sensitivity doesn't work, there are 3 possible causes!
1. The driver is not properly installed
2. The tablet is not supported by this driver
3. The application is not properly configured, to accept pressure sensitivity.
Please make sure that your favourite application supports pressure sensitivity.
Application |
Support for pressure sensitivity |
Guide |
Krita |
Full support since 1.6 |
Non yet |
Inkscape |
Full support |
|
Gimp |
Full support - but problems with 2.2.13 |
Please tell me about other applications!
Pressure sensitivity works, but is not calibrated well
The section we inserted into xorg.conf holds some options to calibrate the area of the tablet, but I haven't put in options to configure pressure sensitivity, since it varies a lot.
UPDATE: The new 0.7.0-alpha driver now reads the TopZ and BottomZ parameters below and uses them to properly calibrate pen pressure and pen down/up events. If you are having reliability problems with your pen pressure, you might want to try the new driver. The new driver is here ... http://digitalbluewave.blogspot.com/2008/11/updated-wizardpen-driver-070-alpha1-p.html
You can insert these options to enable MAX and MIN pressure sensitivity:
- Option "TopZ" "10" Option "BottomZ" "511" Option "MaxZ" "511"
Where "TopZ" represents the lowest pressure-level to accept, and "BottomZ"/"MaxZ" represents the maximum pressure-level to accept.
The tablet is automatically detected as a generic mouse
In addition to the Wizardpen configuration, my system automatically configured the tablet as a generic, relative-positioned mouse. This double configuration caused the mouse pointer to move out of sync with the tablet's absolute position. Explicitly defining X11's CorePointer Device prevented auto-configuration of the tablet, leaving Wizardpen the only driver using the device (the desired behavior). For an example configuration, see the forum post: How do I -disable- tablet control of the mouse?.
I have problems not solved by the above troubleshooting
Try the forum:
http://www.stud.fit.vutbr.cz/~xhorak28/unb/forum.php
Related articles
Talking about hotplugging: (haven't tested it! - Please mail me in case it works, and should be implemented here!) http://deadcabbit.blogspot.com/2007/07/linux-genius-wizardpen-setup-for-udev.html