Chapter 5. Tablets

Procedure

1. List all local devices recognized by the libwacom database:

   $ libwacom-list-local-devices

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   Make sure that your device is recognized in the output.

   If your device is not listed, the device is missing from the libwacom database. However, the device might still be supported by the kernel if it is listed in the /proc/bus/input/devices file.

2. Optional: Check whether the device is supported at all by entering the libwacom-list-devices command, provided in the libwacom-utils package. This command lists all devices supported by your installed version of libwacom.

3. Check whether the definition file is available in the /usr/share/libwacom/ directory.

   To use screen mapping correctly, support for your tablet must be included in the libwacom database.

   Important

   A common indicator that a device is not supported by libwacom is that it works normally in a GNOME session, but the device is not correctly mapped to the screen.

4. If the definition file for your device is not available in /usr/share/libwacom/, you have these options:

   • Find the definition file in the linuxwacom/libwacom upstream repository and copy the file to your system.
   • Find a similar device in the linuxwacom/libwacom upstream repository and modify the definition file accordingly.

5. Add and install the definition file with the .tablet suffix:

   # cp <tablet_definition_file>.tablet /etc/libwacom

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   After the file is installed, the device is part of the libwacom database. The device is then available through libwacom-list-local-devices.

Procedure

1. List local devices to display their IDs:

   $ libwacom-list-local-devices
   devices:
   - name: 'Wacom Intuos Pro M'
     bus: 'usb'
     vid: '0x056a'
     pid: '0x0357'
     nodes:
     - /dev/input/event6: 'Wacom Co.,Ltd. Wacom Intuos Pro M Pen'
     - /dev/input/event7: 'Wacom Co.,Ltd. Wacom Intuos Pro M Pad'
     styli:
      - id: 0x100802

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   If a device does not support unique serial numbers, the stylus is identified with a generic identifier based on the tablet’s VID and PID:

   org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus:/org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/tablet/stylus/default-<vid>:<pid>/

2. Determine the serial number for the particular device:

   # libwacom-show-stylus /dev/input/event6
   Please put tool in proximity
   Tool id 0x100802 serial 0x2380369c in-proximity: False

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3. List the available settings for the selected device:

   • For a tablet:

     $ gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet:/org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/tablet/<vid>:<pid>/
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet area [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet keep-aspect false
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet left-handed false
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet mapping 'absolute'
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet output ['', '', '']

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     Replace <vid> and <pid> with the IDs of your device.

   • For a stylus:

     $ gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus:/org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/tablet/stylus/<serial_number>/
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus button-action 'default'
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus button-keybinding ''
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus eraser-pressure-curve [0, 0, 100, 100]
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus eraser-pressure-range [0, 100]
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus pressure-curve [0, 0, 100, 100]
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus pressure-range [0, 100]
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus secondary-button-action 'default'
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus secondary-button-keybinding ''
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus tertiary-button-action 'default'
     org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus tertiary-button-keybinding ''

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     Replace <serial_number> with the ID of your device.

4. Set an option to the value that you want:

   $ gsettings set <schema_name>:<path> <key> <value>

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   Replace:

   • <schema_name>:<path> with the schema and path to your device.
   • <key> with the option you want to change.
   • <value> with the value you want to set.

   For example:

   $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.tablet.stylus:/org/gnome/desktop/peripherals/tablet/stylus/0x2380369c pressure-range "[0, 75]"

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