One oddball update on this. The last few times I have tried the calibration in the settings menu, it has actually worked correctly.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1163107 Title: Wacom calibration results are off (wrong area) Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I try to calibrate the touchscreen on my laptop (HP EliteBook 2760p, Wacom Serial Tablet WACf004) the result gets worse and worse with every calibration. The area on which the touchscreen is effective becomes smaller every time to the point where it is completely unusable. This can be verified with "xsetwacom --get 15 area", right now this gives me "-9978 -6651 6336 -4878". I can reset this by manually setting a new area, e.g. "xsetwacom --set 15 area 0 0 25000 16000" However, xsetwacom only works for the current session, after a reboot all information is lost and the calibration is off again. What should happen: the area for the touchscreen is improved with calibrating What happens instead: the area gets smaller for every calibration I'd be happy to contribute a bit in fixing this bug, but my knowledge is limited. Meanwhile, I'd appreciate a workaround: how can I reset the area used for the touchscreen to the default? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu18 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Apr 2 14:19:57 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-20 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130319) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu6.1 deja-dup 26.0-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.1.5-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-unity 1.2daily13.04.01-0ubuntu1 indicator-datetime 12.10.3daily13.03.07-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1163107/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp