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I have Ubuntu 12.04 and an Intuos Art from Wacom. I'm trying to make it work, and I've already found and read many things about wacom devices on Internet. I downloaded the

xf86-input-wacom-0.31.0.tar.bz2
input-wacom-0.30.0.tar.bz2

tars, but...

I installed the first one, and in practice nothing happens: lsusb "sees" the device, but I cannot use it. I then tried to install the second one, but the result was that when I plugged the device, the screen became black and the computer was blocked (then I uninstalled it).

My kernel is

alberto@Goccio:~$ uname -a
Linux Goccio 3.2.0-23-generic-pae #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 22:19:09 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Can input-wacom-0.30.0.tar.bz2 be used with my kernel or does it need a more recent one ?

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The important one is the second one, which is the low-level kernel driver for the tablet --- I suppose that you followed the instructions in the wacom on linux wiki. Remember to reboot after the installation of the kernel driver (not strictly necessary every time, but safer).

I do not know if your tablet is supported; you can check here and in the mailing list (for example, the message about the 0.30.0 release).

What you are seeing can be a bug that is lurking around --- if this is the problem, a workaround that works most of the time is executing sudo modprobe wacom before connecting the tablet.

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