wacom(7)

NAME

       wacom - Wacom input driver

SYNOPSIS

       Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier "idevname"
         Driver "wacom"
         Option "Device"   "devpath"
         ...
       EndSection

DESCRIPTION

       wacom is an Xorg input driver for Wacom devices.

       The  wacom  driver functions as a pointer input device, and may be used
       as the X server's core pointer.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

       This driver supports the Wacom IV and Wacom V  protocols.   Preliminary
       support is available for USB devices on some Linux platforms.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

       Please  refer to xorg.conf(4) for general configuration details and for
       options that can be used with all input  drivers.   This  section  only
       covers configuration details specific to this driver.

       Multiple  instances  of the Wacom devices can cohabit. It can be useful
       to define multiple devices with different  active  zones.  Each  device
       supports the following entries:

               Option "Type" "stylus"|"eraser"|"cursor"
                   sets  the type of tool the device represent. This option is
                   mandatory.

               Option "Device" "path"
                   sets the path to the special file which  represents  serial
                   line  where  the tablet is plugged.  You have to specify it
                   for each subsection with the same value if you want to have
                   multiple  devices  with  the  same  tablet.  This option is
                   mandatory.

               Option "USB" "on"
                   tells the driver to dialog with the  tablet  the  USB  way.
                   This option is only available on some Linux platforms.

               Option "DeviceName" "name"
                   sets the name of the X device.

               Option "Suppress" "Inumber"
                   sets  the  position  increment  under which not to transmit
                   coordinates.  This entry must  be  specified  only  in  the
                   first Wacom subsection if you have multiple devices for one
                   tablet. If you don't specify this entry, the default  value
                   is computed to

               Option "Mode" "Relative"|"Absolute"
                   sets the mode of the device.

               Option "Tilt" "on"
                   enables tilt report if your tablet supports it (ROM version
                   1.4 and above).  If this is enabled,  multiple  devices  at
                   the same time will not be reported.

               Option "HistorySize" "number"
                   sets the motion history size. By default the value is zero.

               Option "AlwaysCore" "on"
                   enables the sharing of the core pointer. When this  feature
                   is  enabled,  the  device  will  take  control  of the core
                   pointer (and thus will emit core events) and  at  the  same
                   time  will  be  able,  when  asked  so,  to report extended
                   events.  You can use the last available integer feedback to
                   control  this  feature.  When  the value of the feedback is
                   zero, the feature is disabled. The feature is  enabled  for
                   any other value.

               Option "TopX" "number"
                   X coordinate of the top corner of the active zone.

               Option "TopY" "number"
                   Y coordinate of the top corner of the active zone.

               Option "BottomX" "Inumber"
                   X coordinate of the bottom corner of the active zone.

               Option "BottomY" "number"
                   Y coordinate of the bottom corner of the active zone.

               Option "KeepShape" "on"
                   When  this  option  is  enabled,  the  active  zone  begins
                   according to TopX and TopY.  The bottom corner is  adjusted
                   to  keep the ratio width/height of the active zone the same
                   as the screen while maximizing the area described by  TopX,
                   TopY, BottomX, BottomY.

               Option "DebugLevel" number
                   sets the level of debugging info reported.

               Option "BaudRate" "38400", "19200" or "9600" (default)
                   changes  the  serial link speed. This option is only avail-
                   able for wacom V models (Intuos).

               Option "Serial" "number"
                   sets the serial number associated with the physical device.
                   This allows to have multiple devices of the same type (i.e.
                   multiple pens). This option is only available  on  wacom  V
                   devices  (Intuos).  To see which serial number belongs to a
                   device, you have to set the DebugLevel to 6 and  watch  the
                   output of the X server.

               Option "Threshold" "number"
                   sets  the  pressure  threshold  used to generate a button 1
                   events of stylus devices for some models of tablets (Intuos
                   and Graphire).

SEE ALSO

       Xorg(1), xorg.conf(4), xorgconfig(1), Xserver(1), X(5).

AUTHORS

       Frederic Lepied <lepied@xfree86.org>

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