On Saturday 18 November 2006 08:45, steve sheriff wrote: > Hi > > Can I have the pen pressure option with this card? SuSE 10.1 > recognised it as a Wacom graphire 3 but I don't seem to have a > pressure sensitive stylus. In fact I'm not sure what I should expect > from one. Could anyone explain? Yast updated my /etc/X11/xorg.conf > file. I've seen some graphire 4 stuff including 'pad' too as well as > stylus, eraser etc. so I'm not sure if I have the correct X11 config > file. I use Inkscape and The Gimp. > > Any help to a TOTAL beginner with tablets really much appreciated.
Most applications don't care, so it might be a little hard to know. If the mode-option in the InputDevice sections (xorg.conf) is set to absolute though the edges of the tablet should match the edges of the screen. To actually use it in Gimp (and Inkscape as well I think) you'll have to turn it on, see also chapter 10 (and maybe a bit from chapter 6 as well) from the HOWTO: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/main BR Magnus > Thanks, Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Linuxwacom-discuss mailing list > Linuxwacom-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-discuss ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Linuxwacom-discuss mailing list Linuxwacom-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxwacom-discuss
