WACOM(4)WACOM(4)NAMEwacom - Wacom input driver
SYNOPSIS
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "idevname"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "devpath"
...
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DESCRIPTIONwacom is an XFree86 input driver for Wacom devices.
The wacom driver functions as a pointer input device, and
may be used as the X server's core pointer.
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
This driver supports the Wacom IV and Wacom V protocols.
Preliminary support is available for USB devices on some
Linux platforms.
CONFIGURATION DETAILS
Please refer to XF86Config(5) for general configuration
details and for options that can be used with all input
drivers. This section only covers configuration details
specific to this driver.
Multiple instances of the Wacom devices can cohabit. It
can be useful to define multiple devices with different
active zones. Each device supports the following entries:
Option "Type" "stylus"|"eraser"|"cursor"
sets the type of tool the device represent.
This option is mandatory.
Option "Device" "path"
sets the path to the special file which repre-
sents serial line where the tablet is plugged.
You have to specify it for each subsection
with the same value if you want to have multi-
ple devices with the same tablet. This option
is mandatory.
Option "USB" "on"
tells the driver to dialog with the tablet the
USB way. This option is only available on
some Linux platforms.
Option "DeviceName" "name"
sets the name of the X device.
Option "Suppress" "Inumber"
sets the position increment under which not to
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transmit coordinates. This entry must be
specified only in the first Wacom subsection
if you have multiple devices for one tablet.
If you don't specify this entry, the default
value is computed to
Option "Mode" "Relative"|"Absolute"
sets the mode of the device.
Option "Tilt" "on"
enables tilt report if your tablet supports it
(ROM version 1.4 and above). If this is
enabled, multiple devices at the same time
will not be reported.
Option "HistorySize" "number"
sets the motion history size. By default the
value is zero.
Option "AlwaysCore" "on"
enables the sharing of the core pointer. When
this feature is enabled, the device will take
control of the core pointer (and thus will
emit core events) and at the same time will be
able, when asked so, to report extended
events. You can use the last available inte-
ger feedback to control this feature. When the
value of the feedback is zero, the feature is
disabled. The feature is enabled for any other
value.
Option "TopX" "number"
X coordinate of the top corner of the active
zone.
Option "TopY" "number"
Y coordinate of the top corner of the active
zone.
Option "BottomX" "Inumber"
X coordinate of the bottom corner of the
active zone.
Option "BottomY" "number"
Y coordinate of the bottom corner of the
active zone.
Option "KeepShape" "on"
When this option is enabled, the active zone
begins according to TopX and TopY. The bottom
corner is adjusted to keep the ratio
width/height of the active zone the same as
the screen while maximizing the area described
by TopX, TopY, BottomX, BottomY.
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Option "DebugLevel" number
sets the level of debugging info reported.
Option "BaudRate" "38400", "19200" or "9600"
(default)
changes the serial link speed. This option is
only available for wacom V models (Intuos).
Option "Serial" "number"
sets the serial number associated with the
physical device. This allows to have multiple
devices of the same type (i.e. multiple pens).
This option is only available on wacom V
devices (Intuos). To see which serial number
belongs to a device, you have to set the Debu-
gLevel to 6 and watch the output of the X
server.
Option "Threshold" "number"
sets the pressure threshold used to generate a
button 1 events of stylus devices for some
models of tablets (Intuos and Graphire).
SEE ALSOXFree86(1), XF86Config(5), xf86config(1), Xserver(1),
X(7).
AUTHORS
Frederic Lepied <lepied@xfree86.org>
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