How do I add a graphics tablet in KDE4.2

[maxie]

I've had a graphics pad for a while now, sitting almost useless.
It's from ALDI. A Medion 85637 Waltop Slim Tablet. Some solutions say to load aiptek drivers, others say wacom. It has worked with wacom drivers in Hardy.

How do I add it in KDE4.2? Overwrite xorg?

Can't this stuff have a config gui? Please. I'm getting very tired of "Configuring Linux" every time I want to do something.

[mchuskie]

Re: How do I add a graphics tablet in KDE4.2

Searching on Google yields this thread as the third hit (hi Googlers!) but http://littlethorpe.net/tptrn/articl...ablet-in-linux (the first hit) seems to have the answer you're looking for.

Feel free to write a GUI app for this configuration, I'm sure others would find it useful too.

[maxie]

Re: How do I add a graphics tablet in KDE4.2

Actually yes I've been to that page and many more.
Thank you but I couldn't write a gui.. Are you kidding. Must be. any way
I got it working and it works with the Tablet Preferences tool gui for gnome. Shows pressure working and all but there is no pressure in gimp still. Have the tool setup in gimp but no pressure.

[maxie]

Re: How do I add a graphics tablet in KDE4.2

I have to get this going.
Over the months I've tried lots of stuff, this is where I'm at with Jaunty updated today.

/etc/udev/rules.d/25-medion-MD85637.rules

KERNEL=="event*", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0031",
SYSFS{idVendor}=="172f", SYMLINK+="input/tablet"

/etc/hal/fdi/policy/waltop.fdi

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!-- HAL fdi file for 172f:0031 usb drawing tablet -->
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
<device>
<!-- You might need to change this, check the output of `hal-device` to make sure -->
<match key="info.product" string="WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet">
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">wacom</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.Device" type="string">/dev/input/tablet</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.USB" type="string">On</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.Type" type="string">stylus</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.Mode" type="string">absolute</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.SendCoreEvents" type="string">true</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.PressCurve" type="string">0,5,95,100</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.KeepShape" type="string">on</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TopX" type="string">0</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.TopY" type="string">0</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.BottomX" type="string">10000</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.BottomY" type="string">6250</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxX" type="string">10000</merge>
<merge key="input.x11_options.MaxY" type="string">6250</merge>
</match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>

The device appears and works with:
tablet-capplet.py but nothing else.
wacom driver does not load at startup.

I've had a lot of versions of these files, xorg etc. What have I missed this time?