Public bug reported:
My problem with my Wacom Graphire USB is similar to bug #44279, and has
been existing in every Ubuntu release so far where the tablet would work
out of the box, including Feisty.
Steps to reproduce, partially quoting from bug #44279, adjusted to my
situation:
1. Boot any Ubuntu release with Wacom support
2. Plug in the Wacom Graphire tablet (I expect other graphire tablets to
exhibit the same problem).
3. Place the Wacom pen in the top left position on the tablet.
4. The mouse pointer should move to the top left corner of the screen.
5. Move the pen diagonally across the tablet towards the lower right
corner. Stop when the pen reaches the lower right corner of the tablet.
Observe that the mouse pointer has not yet reached the lower right
corner of the screen.
What you see here is a failed attempt at using absolute positioning.
What it looks like is an attempt to translate purely relative
positioning into an absolute position much like navigation by dead
reckoning. Unfortunately there seems to be a large deviation.
This issue is quite annoying for someone working with a tablet,
especially since aside from the underrun I describe here, there's also
an overrun effect from time to time, where the mouse pointer has already
reached the edge of the screen whereas the pen has not yet reached the
end of the tablet (main description from bug #44279). There's no telling
which one of the two effects will happen when, it seems random and they
are both very annoying.
One thing this bug does NOT share with bug #44279, is the reference to
bug #44274, that seems to be / have been a different problem which I'm
not experiencing.
Also, the situation has become worse in Feisty - after booting the Wacom
doesn't work by default. I have to plug it out and back in again in
order to make it work. I've submitted bug #117169 for that.
As always, if more info is needed, I'll happily submit it.
** Affects: wacom-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Wacom pointer not absolute by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/117170
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