On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 17:46 +0100, Bruno Girin wrote: > On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 16:12 +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote: > > Bruno, I am not sure whether what I observe is a bug in Ubuntu or GIMP > > so, I will state my observations and look for advice. Just to confirm, I > > am using Ubuntu 10.04 RC, Wacom Bamboo tablet and GIMP 2.6.8. > > > > Firstly, the cursor pointer and the circle indicating the size of a > > brush do not coincide. Further, the movement of the circle does not > > follow the movement of the pointer. > > OK so that's bug #1. A screenshot would help to show exactly how the > cursor pointer does not coincide with what actually happens in Gimp. > > > > > Secondly, the script which sets up the buttons and which worked in > > Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 does not work in 10.04. The script is attached. > > What version of xsetwacom is used on Ubuntu 9.04? The version on Lucid > is 0.10.5. According to the guide about xsetwacom[1], the format > accepted by the xsetwacom command differs from the one you are using. In > your script, to set pad attributes you basically do: > > xsetwacom set "Wacom Bamboo pad" AbsWDn "CORE KEY - " > > while the guide has examples along the lines of: > > xsetwacom set pad AbsWDn "CORE KEY - " > > Similary, for the stylus, your script does: > > xsetwacom set "Wacom Bamboo" TPCButton "off" > > while the guide has examples like this: > > xsetwacom set Stylus TPCButton "off" > > If you change the script so that lines 14 and 15 read: > > test "x$PAD" = "x" && PAD="pad" > test "x$STYLUS" = "x" && STYLUS="Stylus" > > does it make a difference? > > Otherwise, I suggest you try the commands individually from the command > line to see what works and what doesn't and update your script > accordingly. For those that don't work, the package to report the bug > against is xserver-xorg-input-wacom > > [1] http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/xsetwacom > > > > > > There is a further problem which is not connected with the Wacom but I > > include the reference to the bug report because it may be useful. > > > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=612956 > > > > That's probably unrelated. Apparently the fix has been committed in Gimp > 2.6 so it should only be a matter of time until it is fixed in Ubuntu. > On the other hand, it could be useful to ensure that the bug is also > reported in Ubuntu Launchpad so that there is visibility from the Ubuntu > packagers. > Thank you very much indeed for your suggestions, I will now see what I can do.
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