Comment 51 for bug 403421

Hello
i expierience a little bit of a problem on my machine as well.

inkscape 0.48.0 r9654
windows xp sp3

initially i couldn't get tablet working, or it worked randomly, with pressure sensitivity or without.

after reading the whole thread here,i couldn't manage to get this working repeatably (there were some good tips however) so played with settings for a while. at the moment i i can repeatably control the behaviour of inkscape and my wacom bamboo pen tablet. it's got no eraser feature. here are my findings:

1. tablet must be plugged in prior launching inkscape*
2. using 'input devices...' from 'file' menu, under 'configuration' tab choose the following settings (if not already set):
a) 'tablet core pointer' as 'screen'
b) 'wacom tablet pressure stylus' as 'screen'
c) 'wacom tablet eraser' as 'screen'
d) check 'use pressure-sensitive tablet (requires restart)'

Now there is the tricky bit, at least for me. I mean tricky in the way inkscape (or gtk, i am not sure here) accepts the change of settings.

So to change settings 2a, 2b, and 2c you need to select 'screen' from dropdown menu (dropdown menu is now in white and the selected line is in lighter gray) and click on the 'wacom tablet eraser' (in case of 2c) line (or any other line, that is 2a or 2b) so the highlighted line colour changes to darker gray. in this way you make changes. if you want thes changes (as i am sure you do) to be remembered by inkscape on restart, additionally you need to click on 'save'. note that if you leave the line in lighter gray and click 'save' nothing happens. this made me confused for a while.
The only difference is 2d, which requires restart for the change to take effect. you don't need to click on 'save' here.

Hope this helps
Regards

* as suggested here --> http://inkscape.org/doc/calligraphy/tutorial-calligraphy.html