xf86-input-wacom
X.Org driver for Wacom devices (by linuxwacom)
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xf86-input-wacom
Posts with mentions or reviews of xf86-input-wacom.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-30.
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Problem with Wacom Tablet with Apps on Qt Apps
I tried the QT_XCB_TABLET_LEGACY_COORDINATES=1 fix on https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom/wiki/Known-Issues#android-misdetect
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Wacom advanced preferences on Ubuntu with Wayland
What if you switch to x11 when using the tablet and log into wayland when you're done? Probably not ideal and you'll lose the touchpad gestures. their wiki has more info but might not be what you're looking for https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom/wiki/Wayland
- Advice on line art when switching from traditional to digital art
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Linux issues with Wacom pen
May be worth to take a look at https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom/wiki/Known-Issues and in general the page. There seems to be quite a bit you can configure and calibrate by hand.
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Wacom tablets on Linux?
On most distros it should just work. However, there are a few hiccups in some distros / tablets. See this link: https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom/wiki/Known-Issues
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Can't scroll both up and down using wacom tablet on linux mint.
It doesn't look like a bug report was ever filed by the other reporter. Would you mind creating a bug report at https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom/issues/ for us on the linuxwacom team to track? You should include the following information in your report:
- Problems with touchscreen and wacom pen on KDE plasma
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https://np.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/otf470/which_edition_of_fedora_do_you_use/h7gcc9b/
Major issues ------------ Breeze Light color scheme not initially applied correctly - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1963709 xorg-x11-drv-wacom breaks touchscreen touch events for Qt apps - Upstream issue: https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom/issues/178 - Maybe work around it in Fedora? https://pagure.io/fedora-kde/SIG/issue/77 - Workaround: run xsetwacom set `xsetwacom --list devices | grep TOUCH | cut -d " " -f 8` gesture off GTK apps produce horrible jarring beeps when run on KDE Plasma - Upstream issue: https://phabricator.kde.org/T14523 - Maybe work around it in Fedora? https://pagure.io/fedora-kde/SIG/issue/83 Installing KDE Connect should automatically create a relevant firewall allow-list for it - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1968002 Minor issues ------------ DNF packageKit plugin does not support DependsOn operation, so Discover can't show app dependencies - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1983315 org.freedesktop.accounts.change-own-user-data unnecessarily prompts for admin password, so various System Settings Users KCM operations are annoying for admins and unusable for regular users - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1988509 Feature requests/nice-to-haves ------------------------------ In Fedora, plasma-discover-flatpak-backend should add flathub repo during installation - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1524756 Package CryFS so that plasma-vaults can use it as a backend - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1963740 Install plasma-firewall by default - https://pagure.io/fedora-kde/SIG/issue/34
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Which edition of Fedora do you use?
xorg-x11-drv-wacom breaks touchscreen touch events for Qt apps - Upstream issue: https://github.com/linuxwacom/xf86-input-wacom/issues/178 - Maybe work around it in Fedora? https://pagure.io/fedora-kde/SIG/issue/77 - Workaround: run xsetwacom set xsetwacom --list devices | grep TOUCH | cut -d " " -f 8 gesture off
- Wacom tablet on Pop!_OS
devilspie2
Posts with mentions or reviews of devilspie2.
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How do I make any and ALL new windows appear behind the active window in Gnome/Ubuntu22.04?
It takes a bit of learning — depending on your level of expertise and understanding, maybe an hour or several hours — but you can use devilspie2 to control a whole bunch of window and dialogue behaviours, including focus. Go to the devilspie2 code page, and scroll down to README for instructions.
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Automatize opening windows in different virtual desktops
Thanks for the answer! Unfortunately, I have checked it, but there it is an issue on the github repo (answered by the creator) that highlights that has not been ported yet on wailand
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xf86-input-wacom and devilspie2 you can also consider the following projects:
libwacom - libwacom is a tablet description library
unclutter-xfixes - Hides the cursor on inactivity (rewrite of unclutter)
wacom-qemu - Emulated Wacom tablet devices for QEMU
xsuspender - :eyes: :computer: :zzz: :battery: Save battery by auto-suspending unfocused X11 applications.
warpd - A modal keyboard-driven virtual pointer
picom - A lightweight compositor for X11
compton - A lightweight compositor for X11 [Moved to: https://github.com/yshui/picom]
i3 - A fork of the i3 window manager with gaps and some other features. :warning: i3-gaps has been merged into i3.
input-wacom - Linux kernel driver for Wacom devices