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Pen not Detected #509

Closed IsaulGarcia closed 5 years ago

IsaulGarcia commented 5 years ago

Pen not Detected I have a surface book 2 with the new pen. When trying to connect the pen in the Bluetooth settings the pen is not detected therefore I cant connected it or use it. I am running Ubuntu 18.04. Does anyone know if i need to install any addition software besides the kernel or should it just work?

Sartharon commented 5 years ago

Did you install the patched libwacom packages? Could you please provide the output of $ uname -r and $ xinput list

IsaulGarcia commented 5 years ago

Sorry i'm not sure what those packages are and whether or not I've installed them. I install the kernel 3 days ago if that is any help. The outputs were:

(base) isaul@surface-book-2:~$ uname -r
5.0.10-surface-linux-surface
(base) isaul@surface-book-2:~$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer                      id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Surface Keyboard Mouse          id=8    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Surface Keyboard Consumer Control   id=9    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ Microsoft Surface Keyboard Touchpad       id=10   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ipts 045E:0020 Mouse                      id=14   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ADAPTER_D479 Mouse                        id=18   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ADAPTER_D479 Consumer Control             id=19   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ BTLE Precision Mouse                      id=21   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ BTLE Precision Mouse Consumer Control     id=23   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ipts 045E:0020 Touchscreen                id=13   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ ipts 045E:0020 UNKNOWN                    id=11   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                     id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                                 id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft Surface Keyboard                id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ ipts 045E:0020                            id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ gpio-keys                                 id=15   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ gpio-keys                                 id=16   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ ADAPTER_D479 Keyboard                     id=17   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ ADAPTER_D479 System Control               id=20   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ BTLE Precision Mouse Keyboard             id=22   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Microsoft Surface Keyboard Consumer Control   id=24   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ ADAPTER_D479 Consumer Control             id=25   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ BTLE Precision Mouse Consumer Control     id=26   [slave  keyboard (3)]
(base) isaul@surface-book-2:~$
Sartharon commented 5 years ago

Your stylus is at least shown as an input

Cause you are not sure please install the patched libwacom package: https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface/blob/master/packages/libwacom/libwacom_0.32-surface-1_amd64.deb

Please report back if that helped

IsaulGarcia commented 5 years ago

I reinstalled the kernel with the patched libwacom packages and realized that I already installed them the first time around .After reinstalling the pen is still not detected when trying to pair it.

Sartharon commented 5 years ago

Oh you mean your bluetooth connection to the pen for the buttons? Is you pen working then? If not is your touch working? The side button should work anyway not sure about the Top button though. I dont think connecting to the pen via bluetooth is a thing on linux I might be wrong though.

IsaulGarcia commented 5 years ago

Yes i'm trying to connect it via Bluetooth. Touch works fine , however the pen works only when I use in it windows, but will not connect in Linux. The pen doesn't even display as a option to connect on the laptop. I didn't know there was an other options available for pens other than bluetooth? Is there other ways to connect a pen?

Sartharon commented 5 years ago

The pen doesnt need bluetooth to write on the screen or send the side button click. You should be able to use the pen as a mouse. (Same for windows).

IsaulGarcia commented 5 years ago

Oh, Well when I click the buttons or bring the pen to the screen nothing happens, thats why I thought I needed to connect it. As of now the pen still does nothing.

Sartharon commented 5 years ago

Weird, is the pen working in windows?

IsaulGarcia commented 5 years ago

Well I'm an idiot ,when the pen wasn't working at first I took out the battery and put it in backwards on accident. I put it in the right way and works perfect now. The battery has been in backwards the past couple days....