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Wacom Bamboo Connect Ubuntu 12.04 Installation

Asked by Ahmad Abdulkawi

Elo,

I've downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 LTS a week ago. I never used Linux before, this is amazing! Anyway, I have a Wacom Bamboo Connect tablet. I've gone through several pages and solutions about the problem, but No. 1: i don't understand how to do some of the technical bits, because i never had to deal with commands and stuff (yes, i know), and No. 2: i don't think it actually applies to my case.

The Ubuntu 12 comes with a Wacom Graphic Tablet utility found in the system settings. I have so far installed the Synaptic Package Manager, and looked for all relevant pacakges and installed them. Still, the Wacom utility doesn't see the tablet at all.

I hope you can help me with this, thank you.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you have the device attached and run:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; lsusb

Please post the output of the command here

Thanks

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Ahmad Abdulkawi (ahmadabdulkawi) said : 		#2

Thank you for your reply, here you go:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux ahmad-Aspire-5920 3.2.0-24-generic-pae #37-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 25 10:47:59 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:a101 Suyin Corp. Acer CrystalEye Webcam
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 047d:1022 Kensington Orbit Optical
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2101 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 056a:00dd Wacom Co., Ltd

I can see, that it actually sees it somehow.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1060064#p1060064
http://askubuntu.com/questions/103283/wacom-bamboo-pen-ctl-470-not-working-in-11-10

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Ahmad Abdulkawi (ahmadabdulkawi) said : 		#4

Thank you for your help. I will try and go through what you've given me and update you.

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Ahmad Abdulkawi (ahmadabdulkawi) said : 		#5

Elo, thank you again for your help. I've gone through the links you gave me, which in turn led me to other places. I must say, it's such a hassle!

I have an older Genius tablet, which is of course not as good as my Wacom, but I plugged it in and it was good to go. I'm using it as we speak. Which kind of demotivated me to go through all of those steps and fiddling with command lines i'm new to.

I think, I'll just wait till the good people at Ubuntu upgrade the Kernel!!!

Thanks again!

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