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Configuring surface pen under wacom settings? #469

Open ChengduLittleA opened 5 years ago

ChengduLittleA commented 5 years ago

With jakeday kernel my surface pro works good, but I want to change the key binding and the pressure curve of it without manually using xinput commands.

I installed wacom settings, and make sure I used the patched libwacom, but the settings didn't detect the pen as a wacom pen.

Is it possible to modify some content in xorg.conf.to make wacom settings or xsetwacom detect the pen as a wacom device so I can properly config them? Thanks!

Erudition commented 5 years ago

Surface Pro 1? Because on some (e.g. SP3) the pen isn't actually from Wacom.

deftclaw commented 4 years ago

Surface Pro 1? Because on some (e.g. SP3) the pen isn't actually from Wacom.

While you are correct that the pen is not from wacom, it is a common misconception that libwacom only services wacom devices. Digging around in the /usr/share/libwacom you can find generic support as well. I believe OP is looking for a way to configure these devices. I am certain that's what I'm looking for...

the pen was not recognized by the device. Installed libwacom, I can now use hover-tracking and primary click, but need a way to configure the 2 surface buttons.

digging in the aforementioned directory it seems many wacom and general devices have 2 buttons, so I cannot imagine the solution is far off, I've just yet to find it.

Any help would be appreciated, even if its just "Hey maybe check ..."