Tablet Buttons don't work (Genius GPEN F610)

[tudor117]

I have a Genius G-Pen F610 tablet which works great except for the buttons.
I've tried all the tutorials but did nothing to affect the button input.
"lsusb" gives: Bus 002 Device 026: ID 172f:0034

while "xinput list" gives

 $ xinput list
"Virtual core pointer"    id=0    [XPointer]
    Num_buttons is 32
    Num_axes is 2
    Mode is Relative
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 0
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 0
"Virtual core keyboard"    id=1    [XKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255
"Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop? 2.10"    id=6    [XExtensionKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255
    Num_buttons is 32
    Num_axes is 2
    Mode is Relative
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 1
"Macintosh mouse button emulation"    id=7    [XExtensionPointer]
    Num_buttons is 32
    Num_axes is 2
    Mode is Relative
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 1
"Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop? 2.10"    id=8    [XExtensionKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255
"WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet eraser"    id=2    [XExtensionPointer]
    Num_buttons is 6
    Num_axes is 3
    Mode is Absolute
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1680
        Resolution is 1000
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1050
        Resolution is 1000
    Axis 2 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1000
"WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet cursor"    id=3    [XExtensionPointer]
    Num_buttons is 6
    Num_axes is 3
    Mode is Absolute
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1680
        Resolution is 1000
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1050
        Resolution is 1000
    Axis 2 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1000
"WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet pad"    id=4    [XExtensionPointer]
    Num_buttons is 6
    Num_axes is 3
    Mode is Absolute
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1680
        Resolution is 1000
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1050
        Resolution is 1000
    Axis 2 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1000
"WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet"    id=5    [XExtensionPointer]
    Num_buttons is 6
    Num_axes is 3
    Mode is Absolute
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1680
        Resolution is 1000
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1050
        Resolution is 1000
    Axis 2 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1000

"xinput set-button-map "WizardPen Tablet" 1 3 2 " or with 6 numbers following does nothing.
I have Ubuntu Jaunty 64 with 0.7.0-alpha2 driver.

Any help or ideas greatly appreciated.

[Favux]

Hi tudor117,

Did you try the linuxwacom drivers? I'm asking because xinput is identifying your tablet as a Waltop. Here's the Waltop section of the 10-wacom.fdi:

      <match key="info.product" contains="WALTOP">
	<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">wacom</merge>
	<merge key="input.x11_options.Type" type="string">stylus</merge>
        <append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-setup-wacom</append>
        <append key="wacom.types" type="strlist">eraser</append>
        <append key="wacom.types" type="strlist">cursor</append>
        <append key="wacom.types" type="strlist">pad</append>
      </match>

I suppose there could be a "conflict" between the wacom.fdi and the wizardpen.fdi with both trying to configure the tablet.

[tudor117]

OMG OMG OMG THANK YOU!!!
It works now!!
and it's way better than before
the pressure sensitivity is way smoother

all I had to do is rename the wizarpen fdi and all's great

[Favux]

Hi tudor117,

Good news! You're welcome.

We may be able to improve things even more if you're interested. I'm not sure because you may have the first Waltop tablet I've helped setup in Jaunty. I don't know how heavy you're into graphics and using your tablet. Check in Synaptic Package Manager that in addition to xserver-xorg-input-wacom you also have wacom-tools installed. If not go ahead and install it and reboot.

Then to see what I'm talking about enter in a terminal:

xsetwacom list

It should return linuxwacom names like stylus, eraser, cursor (if you have a tablet mouse), and pad. If it's blank then you can't use 'wacomcpl' (the linuxwacom calibration and configuration gui) or xsetwacom commands. To see what HAL is calling your tablet stuff enter in a terminal:

xinput --list

[tudor117]

Yea, I am interested in making it better!
I was planning on using my tablet in Blender and such.
However, "xsetwacom list" is empty and "xinput --list" shows the following.

$ xinput --list
"Virtual core pointer"    id=0    [XPointer]
    Num_buttons is 32
    Num_axes is 2
    Mode is Relative
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 0
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 0
"Virtual core keyboard"    id=1    [XKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255
"WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet"    id=2    [XExtensionKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255
    Num_buttons is 7
    Num_axes is 6
    Mode is Absolute
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 20000
        Resolution is 1016
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 12500
        Resolution is 1016
    Axis 2 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 3 :
        Min_value is -64
        Max_value is 63
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 4 :
        Min_value is -64
        Max_value is 63
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 5 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1
"WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet pad"    id=3    [XExtensionKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255
    Num_buttons is 6
    Num_axes is 6
    Mode is Relative
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 20000
        Resolution is 1016
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 12500
        Resolution is 1016
    Axis 2 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 3 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 0
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 4 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 0
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 5 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1
"WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet cursor"    id=4    [XExtensionKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255
    Num_buttons is 7
    Num_axes is 6
    Mode is Relative
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 20000
        Resolution is 1016
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 12500
        Resolution is 1016
    Axis 2 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 3 :
        Min_value is -900
        Max_value is 899
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 4 :
        Min_value is -1023
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 5 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1
"WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet eraser"    id=5    [XExtensionKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255
    Num_buttons is 7
    Num_axes is 6
    Mode is Absolute
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 20000
        Resolution is 1016
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 12500
        Resolution is 1016
    Axis 2 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 3 :
        Min_value is -64
        Max_value is 63
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 4 :
        Min_value is -64
        Max_value is 63
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 5 :
        Min_value is 0
        Max_value is 1023
        Resolution is 1
"Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop? 2.10"    id=6    [XExtensionKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255
    Num_buttons is 32
    Num_axes is 2
    Mode is Relative
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 1
"Macintosh mouse button emulation"    id=7    [XExtensionPointer]
    Num_buttons is 32
    Num_axes is 2
    Mode is Relative
    Motion_buffer is 256
    Axis 0 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 1
    Axis 1 :
        Min_value is -1
        Max_value is -1
        Resolution is 1
"Microsoft Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop? 2.10"    id=8    [XExtensionKeyboard]
    Num_keys is 248
    Min_keycode is 8
    Max_keycode is 255

I got so excited that I was going to use a gui that I didnt read about the "if it's empty it wont work". I got kinda confused

Either way, my tablet doesn't have an eraser it's only the pen, with 2 buttons on it.
I can configure them using

xinput set-button-map "WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet" 1 2

However the second value changes both buttons simultaneously and it's really hard to work like that (so that they're both the same thing). In blender it's either no select/deselct/cancel_move or no rotating view using tablet....
Is there anything I can do?

Thanks again for all your help

[Favux]

Hi tudor117,

OK, the blank xsetwacom (you did install wacom-tools?) and the xinput are what I expected.

But first is your tablet USB? Does it plug into a usb port?

[tudor117]

Yea, it's a USB tablet and I installed the wacom-tools from the repos.

[Favux]

Hi tudor117,

Good, usb is what we wanted.

Like Blender, wacomcpl has 'stylus' "hardcoded" in. So we want "xsetwacom list" to return stylus and the rest. We found a .fdi that does parse the names HAL is returning into linuxwacom names. Let's see if by using a modified version of it (for Waltop) we can further set up your tablet using linuxwacom.

The .fdi and instructions are in post #176 here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=967147&page=18

Don't download the attached .fdi, we need to change it for the Waltop. We should look at 'lshal' by doing:

lshal>lshal.txt

Which would give us a text file we could search with find. For 'Waltop' etc. We'd be looking for the Waltop section(s) in lshal. But let's see if we can be lazy and get lucky. Try the .fdi attached below using the instructions in post #176.

Then see if "xsetwacom list" returns linuxwacom names.

Good luck!

[tudor117]

Ok first of, thank you so much!
Your fdi works great. It works with the gui and xsetwacom list works great.
Blender now has pressure sensitivity which is even better!

But there's still something wrong with the buttons... Even in the wacomcpl, Button 2 changes both the buttons on my stylus. Is there away to check if the stylus returns the same event on both buttons?

[Favux]

Hi tudor117,

Outstanding! So we now have a working Waltop .fdi. Cool.

In wacomcpl when you click on stylus and then tool buttons, are you saying even if you configure Button2 and Button3 differently, they end up doing whatever Button2 is set to? Button1 is the stylus tip by the way.

I think the only way would be to look at the wacdump output, but I don't think it works in Jaunty. It could be a problem with linuxwacom handling your stylus buttons or maybe it's just a limitation on your Waltop buttons?