I quickly looked at the Xorg.log files from launchpad below. Right after hotplug of tablet, usbParse() goes in infinite loop and prints message about invalid serial #. Not positive its infinite loop but at least the log stops with no messages beyond repeating error message. If you wait long enough, perhaps the tablet corrects itself?
Intuos1 and Intuos2 are unique in that they get serial # from hardware itself and used by xf86-input.wacom. Serial # is a unique value that allows tracking multiple tools at once. You've found a case were tablet streams out packets in a way that serial # is sent as zero. Either tablet is saying a zero value or else an if() statement is getting confused and not allowing to init values correctly. This is all on kernel side, BTW. Since I do not own own of these tablets, I do not have much more to offer. I can only say it appears mostly a kernel side bug from information so far. BTW: the best place to discuss wacom bugs is at project page bug tracker or mailing list: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532137 Title: Wacom Intuos2 tablet hotplug only works once after booting Status in X.Org X server: Invalid Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in xf86-input-wacom package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-wacom The following two tablets do not work out plug-and-play of the box in Lucid: 056a:0041 Wacom Co., Ltd Intuos2 4x5 056a:0044 Wacom Co., Ltd Intuos2 12x12 messages/syslog: Mar 4 14:17:37 cool kernel: [94581.248021] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6 Mar 4 14:17:37 cool kernel: [94581.416147] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Mar 4 14:17:37 cool kernel: [94581.419397] input: Wacom Intuos2 4x5 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input18 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 4 14:36:17 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xserver-xorg-input-wacom 1:0.10.3+20100109-1ubuntu1 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-15-generic root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic i686 dmi.bios.date: 06/05/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: MQ96510J.86A.0372.2006.0605.1717 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: DG965MQ dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: AAD37419-102 dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrMQ96510J.86A.0372.2006.0605.1717:bd06/05/2006:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnDG965MQ:rvrAAD37419-102:cvn:ct2:cvr: glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucidarchitecture: i686kernel: 2.6.32-15-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/532137/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp