[SOLVED] How to roll back xserver-xorg-input-wacom from installed 1.2 to previous 1.1

[Fernando]

Hi.
After the update to 23.10 wacom tablet is causing Gimp 2.10.34 to crash as soon as the pen touches the tablet. Reading around, it seems the new 1.2 version of xserver-xorg-input-wacom is to blame. I have downloaded the previous version is a .deb file, which is 1.1 but I can't install it because it complains that there is a newer version available.
How can I force the installation?
Thanks in advance!

[Schwarzer Kater]

So you did try to remove it first?

The steps for the whole process would be (in the Konsole terminal emulator):

• sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-input-wacom (this will also automatically remove kde-config-tablet )
• now go to the directory you downloaded the .deb to:
  cd [path to]/[name of directory] (e.g. cd ~/Downloads)
• sudo dpkg -i xserver-xorg-input-wacom_1.1.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (install old xserver-xorg-input-wacom from your .deb)
• sudo apt-mark hold xserver-xorg-input-wacom (prevent xserver-xorg-input-wacom from updating to a newer version)
• sudo apt install kde-config-tablet (reinstall kde-config-tablet )

At this point I would reboot the computer.
And no guarantees that everything will work as expected. The last time I used a Wacom tablet was more than 25 years ago…

[Fernando]

10/10!

Yes! That was it. Silly me, I thought installing the previous version would automatically remove the new one...
Everything worked as specified in the 5 steps and now Gimp works again perfectly with the Wacom tablet and pen.
Many thanks, Schwarzer Kater!

[Schwarzer Kater]

Glad it worked for you!
Don't forget to apt-mark unhold the package when you want to dist-upgrade to the next Kubuntu version.