On 27 Feb, Gerry JJ wrote: > Hi. As the subject says, it seems linuxwacom is somehow responsible for > breaking mouse events (that is, primary non-tablet mouse events) in the > Gimp. With version 0.7.4-3 of the linuxwacom driver, everything works > fine. Upgrading to version 0.7.6-4 or 0.7.7-6, without any other changes > to the system, makes my primary mouse (usb) not register at all in image > areas (ie drawable surfaces) in the gimp. The cursor coordinate view > stops updating, and no clicks go through. It's as if the mouse doesn't > even exist as far as gimp is concerned. The tablet (an Intuos2, usb) > still works fine with pressure-sensitivity and all that (seems to be less > jittery, actually). I've tried with various versions of gimp, but the > only thing that seems to matter is the version of the linuxwacom driver. > I'm using Xorg 7.1, btw.
The situation is confusing, indeed. Here my latest experience. With the 2.6.19 kernel but the wacom driver from Linuxwacom 0.7.7.6 the 'testinput' routine from a gtk+-2.10.9 does work fine with my ps/2 mouse and my Wacom Graphire 4 (USB) (with pressure sensitivity). It seems as if very recent versions of Gimp (SVN last weekend) have ameliorated the situation a bit. It looks like an initialization problem anywhere in either Linuxwacom or GTK+. The following has been reproducable so far. - Gimp and Inkscape both have problems if the extended input devices are enabled from the very beginning. - With most recent versions of Gimp, just using the Wacom pen a single time in the canvas, enables both, the mouse and the pen. (Earlier, I had to disable the extended input devices, use mouse and pen (this time without pressure sensitivity) in the canvas, then reenable the extended input devices and suddenly both work fine (with pressure sensitivity) - If (after startx) testinput has been invoked once, both, Gimp and Inkscape work just fine with pen and mouse from the outset. It smells as if there is something uninitialized in the Linuxwacom driver(s) or GTK+, which gets initialized if the first application is 'testinput' from the GTK+ package. So, hopefully we see some convergence soon, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
