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<H2><A NAME="s3">3. Requirements</A></H2>
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<P>
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<P>
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<A NAME="_Toc465765697"></A>
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This chapter is about what is needed to get your tablet working.
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<H2><A NAME="ss3.1">3.1 Which Hardware is supported</A>
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<A NAME="_Toc465765698"></A>
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First of all, you should have a tablet, of course.
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The following Wacom tablets are supported:
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<P>
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<UL>
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<LI>ArtZ II series (known in Europe as the UltraPad series -
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the same UltraPad name also was used for earlier tablets that only work
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partially.)</LI>
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<LI>ArtPad II</LI>
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<LI>PL300 (combined LCD screen and tablet)</LI>
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<LI>Pen Partner</LI>
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<LI>Graphire alias FAVO (mouse and pen, get at least the alpha 16 driver for full
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support from
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<A HREF="http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~flepied/projects/wacom/">http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~flepied/projects/wacom/</A>).</LI>
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<LI> Intuos series (support may be only partial with the driver of your
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distribution, get updated alpha versions from
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<A NAME="_driverlepied"></A>
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Frederic Lepied's page:
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<A HREF="http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~flepied/projects/wacom/">http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~flepied/projects/wacom/</A>)</LI>
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<P>The older SD and HD series are not supported by the standard XFree86 driver,
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however, a modified driver that supports these devices as well some OEM
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products with embedded screens including the IBM Thinkpad 360 PE and Toshiba
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T200 is available from:
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<A HREF="http://hwr.nici.kun.nl/pen-computing/pen-computing-formats.html">http://hwr.nici.kun.nl/pen-computing/pen-computing-formats.html</A><P>
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<P><B>USB-Devices</B><BR>
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If ordering the wacom products intuos and graphire, you can choose between
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two different interfaces:<BR>
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Serial and USB.
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<P><EM>The Serial Interface</EM><BR>
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<UL>
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<LI>is available for a long time, so the drivers are more stable for it</LI>
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<LI>can not supply power to the tablet. For graphire and small intuos, wacom
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made an interface wire that plugs between the ps/2 keyboard and the computer to grap that power. Bigger intuos tablets may use an AC-adapter.</LI>
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<LI>does not require you to recompile the kernel or to load kernel modules.</LI>
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<P><EM>The USB Interface</EM><BR>
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<UL>
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<LI>is newer, so the drivers may be still in development.</LI>
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<LI>can supply power to the tablet, bigger intuos tablets nevertheless may use an AC-adapter.</LI>
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<LI>may require you to recompile the kernel and / or to load kernel modules
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The section
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<A HREF="#_Tocusbprepare">extra configuration steps</A> later in this document tries to guide you through this process.</LI>
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<H2><A NAME="ss3.2">3.2 Which Software is needed</A>
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<A NAME="_Toc465765699"></A>
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<A NAME="_gpm"></A>
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If you want support for the linux console, get the latest version of gpm from
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.prosa.it/pub/gpm">ftp://ftp.prosa.it/pub/gpm</A>
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or from
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<A HREF="ftp://animal.unipv.it/pub/gpm">ftp://animal.unipv.it/pub/gpm</A>
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(mirror)
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<A NAME="_xfree"></A>
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If you want support for XFree86, use at least version 3.3.3.1 or get the latest
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from
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<A HREF="http://www.xfree.org/">http://www.xfree.org</A></LI>
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<H2><A NAME="ss3.3">3.3 Which Software is supported</A>
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</H2>
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<A NAME="_Toc465765700"></A>
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<LI>For the linux console, the only program I know is gpm.
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</LI>
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<LI>For XFree, the keyword is XInput. This specification has to be supported by
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device drivers which provide extra information. In turn, XInput has to be
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understood by programs which want to use alternative pointer devices.</LI>
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<P>There is a big number of programs based on the gtk library. The gtk has XInput
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support and makes it very easy to use.<BR>
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At least the following applications support XInput:
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<LI>The Gimp - a powerful image manipulation program in the style of Photoshop. The
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1.1.x instable development version includes XInput support as a standard
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feature. We are awaiting the next stable release, Version 1.2.x.
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<A NAME="_gimp"></A>
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Obtain Gimp from
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<A HREF="http://www.gimp.org/">http://www.gimp.org</A>
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, it really deserves it !
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I am sure most of you know this and it was the reason to buy a tablet.
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<LI>gsumi - a simple B/W drawing program that supports drawing / erasing with
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pressure and tilt sensitivity.
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Get it from the gsumi web page:
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<A HREF="http://www.gtk.org/~otaylor/gsumi/">http://www.gtk.org/~otaylor/gsumi/</A>
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</LI>
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<LI>xink (By Ralph Levien) - another rudimentary drawing program for X.
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<P>xink is available from:
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<A HREF="ftp://kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/raph/xink.tar.gz">ftp://kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/raph/xink.tar.gz</A><P>
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<LI>RasMol - a molecular visualization program that supports a hardware dial box
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using XInput. look at
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<A HREF="http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/distrib/rasman.htm">http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/distrib/rasman.htm</A>
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</LI>
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<LI>xinput (by Frederic Lepied) - a very useful utility for configuring and testing
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XInput devices.
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<A NAME="_XInput"></A>
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xinput is available from:
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/xinput-1.2.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/xinput-1.2.tar.gz</A>
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<A NAME="_Tocusbprepare"></A>
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<H2><A NAME="ss3.4">3.4 What has to be prepared if the Tablet connects to the USB-Port</A>
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</H2>
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<P>USB-Support is done in the kernel. This means that you should be able to configure and recompile the kernel.
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If you do not know how, consult your local guru.
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<P><B>The Kernel</B><BR>
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<P>Make sure in the USB Support section of the kernel configuration you have the following set:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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--- USB Human Interface Devices (HID)
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<M> USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support
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...
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<M> Wacom Intuos/Graphire tablet support
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Now recompile the kernel, either load the wacom module (which would be in /lib/modules/<linux version>/kernel/drivers/usb/wacom.o), or reboot, and verify that the module was loaded:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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# grep -i wacom /var/log/boot.msg
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input0: Wacom Intuos 9x12 on usb1:2.0
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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On some system you may want to grep in /var/log/messages instead.
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<P><B>Note:</B><BR>
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At least for the intuos series
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even the latest kernel (2.4.7 as of moment of writing) doesn't have the right Wacom USB driver, so you have to get the right one and recompile the stuff. See
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<A HREF="http://www.best.com/~sem/linux/wacom/">Semyon Sosin 's document</A> for this.
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<P>I can not tell if wacom graphire works fine with the original driver. But take
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for sure that the shown __concepts__ will work for both wacom product lines.
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