You know what is the most fun part? Those are very stable. The fun part is, windows wacom drivers are absolute garbage. My brother struggled with drivers on windows a lot, Later down the road, I got it from my brother as he switched to ipad, Here on Linux.. Rock solid no problems. Legit impressed me.
I love Linux as much as many people here but I've never had to go online looking at how to get wacom drivers working under windows. I've been using these things since the intuos 3 came out in 2004 and ran an actual 3d animation company with nothing but windows and apple machines. Not once did I or my artists run into a problem with the windows drivers.
You can use UDEV to detect the tablet being plugged in and run the script, which makes it much easier and automatic. You should make a video about using UDEV and using it for mice/keyboards/tablets!
The cool thing about Wacom support in Linux is, that it is so unobtrusive and still omnipresent. I recently installed Fedora for instance by navigating with my Wacom tablet, nothing to configure, Wacom support from the very start of the installer! No other OS can do this!
Outstanding! Thank you so much for this explanation. I set up an old Intuos 3 together with Krita in Linux Mint and got all buttons and touch strips to work. Even wrote a custom .bash alias command to automate the set up process. I'll like to add that to bind the boundaries of the pen to a specific monitor simply set the parameter after "MapToOutput" to HEAD-0 (my case) or HEAD-1, HEAD-2, etc until you get the right monitor, also "MapToOutput next" switches from one monitor to another.
If you're left handed: xsetwacom --set "Wacom ... Pen stylus" Rotate half If you don't want touch: xsetwacom --set "Wacom ... Finger touch" touch off I did not paste the whole things because youchewb deletes my comments when I have pasting in them. Strangely the spam bots are not gettings their comments silently deleted while mine do.
If you want to map your tablet to a particular display, you can use xinput, no need to make any calculations. xinput to list devices, then grep xrandr for your connected displays, and for each tablet input (in your case 16 and 17) run: xinput map-to-output [id] [display name]
@@kingjulian4517 "xinput" to list input devices, you'll have "id=XX" next to each device. Then "xrandr" to list displays, name of the display is the first word, for example "HDMI-1" in "HDMI-1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 ...". You take the device ID from xinput, name of the display from xrandr and you run "xinput map-to-output [DEVICE ID] [DISPLAY NAME]". This can't work on Wayland obviously, so make sure "echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE" prints "x11".
FKN THANK YOU BROD I was fighting this sht for 3 days. Before installing , tablet was working - Stylus not. After installing of many different drivers - both not working. Manual install of drivers - stylus working - tablet not. Not I used xorg wacom input - driver from package manager in mint - it recognized all tools , upper touch tool box and slider on wheel Huion HS 610 - for those having problems Man so glad - that I can use left buttons and wheel. Edit : for some reason pen stylus work and on tablet first 6 buttons - wheel do not - 6 buttons under wheel do not - working on it.
Bloody Love how I can take notes, write Stylus to text and doodle my Signature Randomly, 100% way better using a Linux driver. I use Debian I2 In Laptop. and Windows 11 on workstation, my only issue (annoyance) is lack of Simple Handwritten notepad app (Debian) Cheers!
Nice video, helped me a lot with my first tablet CTL-672 on Debian 12. Re: the MapToOutput setting: an easy way to figure out the coords is to run `xrandr`. The output will show the coordinates & size for each monitor in the WxH+X+Y format so once you know which monitor you want to map to you can just copy/paste that string to the command. (Or you could real nerdy about it and use grep/sed to parse it out, perhaps running it through dmenu as well 🤓. That could be actually useful if you wanted to remap it often.)
I just built a PC with Mint OS, never heard of Linux 4 months ago, I have a Wacom, you say it's easy, NO it's easy to people who are well into Linux. This video is gobbledygook to me.
Don't worry. I've been using Linux for a few years now and even I find so many aspects of it convoluted. Good thing I do all my real work on a Windows machine. I just click that tablet driver and no problems whatsoever.
@@stevesculptor1 You can't just jump into it, you need to first learn the basics. Once you do that, a whole world of functionality and customizability you couldn't have in Windows gets unlocked
I have a Huion that is close. 16x10 aspect size is 254mm x 158.8mm. Works PERFECT with Linux. No drivers to install. Just plugged it into a laptop running Manjaro and it just works. Works great with Krita with the pressure sensitivity and such. My grandsons play with it with TuxPaint too! Now if I could only DRAW!!!!
Thanks for sharing I was hoping to not install drivers. A couple years ago I picked up a Huion for my windows PC and the antivirus immediately flagged the drivers as spyware.
@@kaojaicam I got an inexpensive model. I'm no professional and wanted something to just experiment with and try and learn. It's the H610 Pro V2. Got it on Amazon for about $43.00 US. Reviews (Not the fake ones on Amazon) were favorable and I read many Linux users had good experience with it just working plug and play so to speak. With Krita on Manjaro KDE all the tablets features work great including buttons (as well as they do in Linux anyway) and pressure sensitivity works great. With some software like TuxPaint the drawing tablet drops to Android phone mode and you only get around half the usable tablet space. My grandsons are not bothered by it though. They quickly adapted and it's great to see them express their artistic nature without going through a rheem of paper every week like they used to. My grandsons are also running Manjaro KDE on their Laptops and it's just plug and go. Interestingly my older grandson also has an LG 10 inch Android 9 tablet that should work with it but I can't get it to work though it works with my LG phone just fine. We don't really care about the Android functionality anyway and just tried it out because it was there.Good luck if you try one out,.
unfortunately on pop os (and most likely on all ubuntu-like os) it is not possible to save xsetwacom settings. i tried to do it for 3 days, but it's impossible. they are reset upon reboot and when the tablet is reconnected. i think you can write a script that, when opened, will set all the settings, but this option does not appeal to me, despite the fact that I have to reconnect the tablet 20 times a day. i will have to use windows again, which is sad. i hope linux will soon have full support for graphic tablets
i have an dual monitor setup and an wacom intuos CTL 4100 (without bluetooth) and it only uses a small portion of the tablet i want to map it on my primary monitor for full screen. Somebody know how? EDIT: nvm got it, i was in "Android Mode" just press the far left and far right key together and hold for couple seconds than its in normal mode BRUHHHHHHHHHHH literally took 2 weeks to figure out
i am trying to write a bash script to auto setup my wacom tablet "xsetwacom set 12 Area 0 0 4900 3067". unfortunately the device id changes after restart every time. Also with no wacom gui its very difficult to disable touchpad mode. Any suggestions?thx
at 3:30 you show the command xsetwacom list devices but for me that didn't work, it returned nothing, but doing xsetwacom --version did return 1.1.0 so ik that is working at least. what should i do next?
Cool tip! Maybe some day i would buy a tablet now that i know Wacom works flawless on Linux. Meanwhile i will wait for you to publish your kawaii girls drawings uwu
I saw a couple of posts on Amazon that say the bluetooth connection doesn't work in linux. One showed a reply from XP Pen's tech support saying that bluetooth doesn't work in linux and "thank you for understanding". I have seen other posts with various things not working properly such as the erase function. Though XP Pen makes a big deal of advertising their "official" linux support, from what I've seen Wacom does better with it.
Made a bash script which automatically finds the id of the stylus attached then sets up the tablet(feel free to edit it to fit your needs) Gonna update it later on to be even more automatic(executing by itself whenever a stylus is attached, etc) (Gave up trying to automate using udev, it's complicated as hell since the driver and the udev yields abnormally causing udev scripts to load before driver scripts) SCRIPT: #!/bin/bash stylus_id=$(xsetwacom --list devices | grep "stylus" | cut -f 2 | sed 's/id: //') xsetwacom set $stylus_id MapToOutput 2560x1440+0+0 xsetwacom set $stylus_id Button 2 "1" xsetwacom set $stylus_id Rotate "CCW"
Bruh, I just went to settings in Ubuntu then found "Wacom tablet" all by itself -and this whole time I've been smart assing my way through trying different things-
Xournal++ is by far your best option. There are others, like Write which I think are also worth looking into but unfortunately lack features like annotating PDFs and inserting images.
You know what is the most fun part?
Those are very stable.
The fun part is, windows wacom drivers are absolute garbage.
My brother struggled with drivers on windows a lot,
Later down the road, I got it from my brother as he switched to ipad,
Here on Linux.. Rock solid no problems.
Legit impressed me.
I love Linux as much as many people here but I've never had to go online looking at how to get wacom drivers working under windows. I've been using these things since the intuos 3 came out in 2004 and ran an actual 3d animation company with nothing but windows and apple machines. Not once did I or my artists run into a problem with the windows drivers.
You can use UDEV to detect the tablet being plugged in and run the script, which makes it much easier and automatic. You should make a video about using UDEV and using it for mice/keyboards/tablets!
I should actually
@Ahmed Twil Oh? Do gentoo users use something else? eudev or something?
@@ribosomerocker non systemd distros use Eudev
The cool thing about Wacom support in Linux is, that it is so unobtrusive and still omnipresent. I recently installed Fedora for instance by navigating with my Wacom tablet, nothing to configure, Wacom support from the very start of the installer! No other OS can do this!
Outstanding! Thank you so much for this explanation. I set up an old Intuos 3 together with Krita in Linux Mint and got all buttons and touch strips to work. Even wrote a custom .bash alias command to automate the set up process.
I'll like to add that to bind the boundaries of the pen to a specific monitor simply set the parameter after "MapToOutput" to HEAD-0 (my case) or HEAD-1, HEAD-2, etc until you get the right monitor, also "MapToOutput next" switches from one monitor to another.
Thank you! Awesome video tutorial, could you make a tutorial video about writing the config script please? That would be amazing!
If you're left handed: xsetwacom --set "Wacom ... Pen stylus" Rotate half
If you don't want touch: xsetwacom --set "Wacom ... Finger touch" touch off
I did not paste the whole things because youchewb deletes my comments when I have pasting in them. Strangely the spam bots are not gettings their comments silently deleted while mine do.
I don't understand how UA-cam decides what spam is, honestly it seems random
If you want to map your tablet to a particular display, you can use xinput, no need to make any calculations. xinput to list devices, then grep xrandr for your connected displays, and for each tablet input (in your case 16 and 17) run: xinput map-to-output [id] [display name]
Can you kindly spell this out better for us begginners. What commands exactly to use, how and where...
@@kingjulian4517 "xinput" to list input devices, you'll have "id=XX" next to each device. Then "xrandr" to list displays, name of the display is the first word, for example "HDMI-1" in "HDMI-1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 ...". You take the device ID from xinput, name of the display from xrandr and you run "xinput map-to-output [DEVICE ID] [DISPLAY NAME]".
This can't work on Wayland obviously, so make sure "echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE" prints "x11".
FKN THANK YOU BROD
I was fighting this sht for 3 days.
Before installing , tablet was working - Stylus not.
After installing of many different drivers - both not working.
Manual install of drivers - stylus working - tablet not.
Not I used xorg wacom input - driver from package manager in mint - it recognized all tools , upper touch tool box and slider on wheel
Huion HS 610 - for those having problems
Man so glad - that I can use left buttons and wheel.
Edit : for some reason pen stylus work and on tablet first 6 buttons - wheel do not - 6 buttons under wheel do not - working on it.
This is the only thing that solved my aspect ratio problems, I'm surprised they don't mention the area command anywhere in the forums.
Bloody Love how I can take notes, write Stylus to text and doodle my Signature Randomly, 100% way better using a Linux driver. I use Debian I2 In Laptop. and Windows 11 on workstation, my only issue (annoyance) is lack of Simple Handwritten notepad app (Debian) Cheers!
Nice video, helped me a lot with my first tablet CTL-672 on Debian 12. Re: the MapToOutput setting: an easy way to figure out the coords is to run `xrandr`.
The output will show the coordinates & size for each monitor in the WxH+X+Y format so once you know which monitor you want to map to you can just copy/paste that string to the command. (Or you could real nerdy about it and use grep/sed to parse it out, perhaps running it through dmenu as well 🤓. That could be actually useful if you wanted to remap it often.)
I just built a PC with Mint OS, never heard of Linux 4 months ago, I have a Wacom, you say it's easy, NO it's easy to people who are well into Linux. This video is gobbledygook to me.
Don't worry. I've been using Linux for a few years now and even I find so many aspects of it convoluted. Good thing I do all my real work on a Windows machine. I just click that tablet driver and no problems whatsoever.
@@digitalintent Yes exactly, Wacom, email, Asus bluetooth and Epson all unresolved, not loged in to Linux for 2 months
@@stevesculptor1 You can't just jump into it, you need to first learn the basics. Once you do that, a whole world of functionality and customizability you couldn't have in Windows gets unlocked
TYSMMMMM I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO FIX MY AREA
tank you!! I was needing advice on this. Right subject in the right time!
I have a Huion that is close. 16x10 aspect size is 254mm x 158.8mm. Works PERFECT with Linux. No drivers to install. Just plugged it into a laptop running Manjaro and it just works. Works great with Krita with the pressure sensitivity and such. My grandsons play with it with TuxPaint too! Now if I could only DRAW!!!!
Thanks for sharing I was hoping to not install drivers. A couple years ago I picked up a Huion for my windows PC and the antivirus immediately flagged the drivers as spyware.
Can I ask which one you got?
@@kaojaicam I got an inexpensive model. I'm no professional and wanted something to just experiment with and try and learn. It's the H610 Pro V2. Got it on Amazon for about $43.00 US. Reviews (Not the fake ones on Amazon) were favorable and I read many Linux users had good experience with it just working plug and play so to speak. With Krita on Manjaro KDE all the tablets features work great including buttons (as well as they do in Linux anyway) and pressure sensitivity works great. With some software like TuxPaint the drawing tablet drops to Android phone mode and you only get around half the usable tablet space. My grandsons are not bothered by it though. They quickly adapted and it's great to see them express their artistic nature without going through a rheem of paper every week like they used to. My grandsons are also running Manjaro KDE on their Laptops and it's just plug and go. Interestingly my older grandson also has an LG 10 inch Android 9 tablet that should work with it but I can't get it to work though it works with my LG phone just fine. We don't really care about the Android functionality anyway and just tried it out because it was there.Good luck if you try one out,.
@@joetheman74 thank you that's really great to know that it works!
model
Thank you, this was extremely helpful!
unfortunately on pop os (and most likely on all ubuntu-like os) it is not possible to save xsetwacom settings. i tried to do it for 3 days, but it's impossible. they are reset upon reboot and when the tablet is reconnected. i think you can write a script that, when opened, will set all the settings, but this option does not appeal to me, despite the fact that I have to reconnect the tablet 20 times a day. i will have to use windows again, which is sad. i hope linux will soon have full support for graphic tablets
Any idea if bluetooth works? Got it running on my steamdeck ( wired. ) thanks!
dammmmm i got i fully working with a simple bash script thx a million!!!!!!!!!!
i have an dual monitor setup and an wacom intuos CTL 4100 (without bluetooth) and it only uses a small portion of the tablet i want to map it on my primary monitor for full screen. Somebody know how?
EDIT: nvm got it, i was in "Android Mode" just press the far left and far right key together and hold for couple seconds than its in normal mode BRUHHHHHHHHHHH literally took 2 weeks to figure out
love the video
tyb. Saving this just in case.
i am trying to write a bash script to auto setup my wacom tablet "xsetwacom set 12 Area 0 0 4900 3067". unfortunately the device id changes after restart every time. Also with no wacom gui its very difficult to disable touchpad mode. Any suggestions?thx
aha i just saw one solution in the comment section
also found the second solution in the comments....feel a litlle akward now for asking
>waycahm
I thought you were studying the nihongo.
Great video! Keep up the good work :)
at 3:30 you show the command xsetwacom list devices but for me that didn't work, it returned nothing, but doing xsetwacom --version did return 1.1.0 so ik that is working at least. what should i do next?
update, restarting the machine worked :P
Cool tip! Maybe some day i would buy a tablet now that i know Wacom works flawless on Linux. Meanwhile i will wait for you to publish your kawaii girls drawings uwu
How can i change pen sensitivity? The cursor is a little shaky.....hope there is a fix for it?thx
veikk have official linux driver, wacom don't have that, looking at a15 pro buject friendly
Anyone got any experience with the XP Pen tablets? They have official linux drivers so I guess they should work better out of the box
I saw a couple of posts on Amazon that say the bluetooth connection doesn't work in linux. One showed a reply from XP Pen's tech support saying that bluetooth doesn't work in linux and "thank you for understanding". I have seen other posts with various things not working properly such as the erase function. Though XP Pen makes a big deal of advertising their "official" linux support, from what I've seen Wacom does better with it.
on wayland?
Tutorial for huion h430 plss
Just got this tablet
How to map button 1 to left click?
Found the solution
xsetwacom set 13 Button 2 "1"
Tablet worked out of the box on Ubuntu
CTL-672-N
One by Wacom Medium ~10.19" active area
Made a bash script which automatically finds the id of the stylus attached then sets up the tablet(feel free to edit it to fit your needs)
Gonna update it later on to be even more automatic(executing by itself whenever a stylus is attached, etc)
(Gave up trying to automate using udev, it's complicated as hell since the driver and the udev yields abnormally causing udev scripts to load before driver scripts)
SCRIPT:
#!/bin/bash
stylus_id=$(xsetwacom --list devices | grep "stylus" | cut -f 2 | sed 's/id: //')
xsetwacom set $stylus_id MapToOutput 2560x1440+0+0
xsetwacom set $stylus_id Button 2 "1"
xsetwacom set $stylus_id Rotate "CCW"
Bruh, I just went to settings in Ubuntu then found "Wacom tablet" all by itself
-and this whole time I've been smart assing my way through trying different things-
lmao y tf does f86-input-acom kill SDDM
Do you, by any chance, know any linux handwritten notes software?
Xournal++ is by far your best option. There are others, like Write which I think are also worth looking into but unfortunately lack features like annotating PDFs and inserting images.
I can't speak for it's quality but Xournal is one and there's another called Write
Great. Thanks for answers guys!
OpenBoard might also help.
Obsidian with excalidraw plugin, absolute game changer.
yeah, thats why using linux isnt an alternative at all
Moderating polite and helpful comments, for whatever reason, isn't helping your channel's reputation.
I don't delete comments, if one of yours was deleted that would be youtube's fault
I see sudo. Okee. Not doas. Mm ok
I don't upload in the order I record
Just use windows and forget about this horror.
Could you please speak louder and pump up your volume? We can barely hear your talk.
what about setting in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/somethingwacom? isn't that for permament configurations?
It doesn't support all of the options that xsetwacom does
@@BrodieRobertson ah I see