The subdirectory located in /usr/share/libwacom/layouts/ contains vector image files that display a graphical depictions of the tablets and the button assignments.
The buttons for the Intuos Pro are designated with alphabetical labels where A=Button 1, B=Button 2, etc. There are text files in the main directory that use a *.tablet extension naming convention. The mappings for all supported tablets can be found in the /usr/share/libwacom/ directory. It was the only thing that worked for me.
Here's some helpful information for you guys on where to find the key mappings on your system and also a link on how to set things up manually should you need to do so.
This also applies if I disconnect or reconnect it at any time. I also created a launcher, because I found out that if the tablet isn't connected at boot, the script doesn't work. So I had to go the hard route, making a script using xsetwacom to launch on bootup. I bring up the menu to map keys, and nothing happens when I highlight a row and hold down a key. To me, the worst thing is that I've never been able to assign keys using the System Settings>Wacom Tablet GUI. Considering how expensive these things are, it's pretty disappointing. The LED's change when I press the center button, but it doesn't change the function of the device. I've managed to get everything to work except for the eraser on the pen and also toggling modes.
I've never gotten the full features out of my Intuos Pro M (PTH-651) on my Ubuntu 14.04 laptop. Old thread, but still there's very little good info out there. If you're comfortable with text editing/scripting, the options to configure the devices are great though. If Canonical want artists using other OS switching to Ubuntu, they NEED to make a proper GUI tool for those widespread devices, or artists will return to other operating systems immediately. You have to get dirty with text editing anyway, it doesn't matter if you use Arch or Ubuntu, or if you buy a random UC Logic Tablet or Wacom one, to use the device like it should be used a similar amount of self effort is required, and this can put a lot of people off. Take that in mind before paying the extra Wacom price compared to other brands. but exactly this is what you have to do, otherwise the device is almost unusable for any serious work. I bought a Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch a few days ago hoping to get full support without googling around for days and getting dirty in the terminal and heavy text editing. Sorry but the Ubuntu Wacom Gui tool doesn't offer enough options to fully make use of the device, button (re)mapping e.g is not supported, and and you really want to disable/configure the weird touch behaviour and defaults of the device for working without annoyances, or for using it as a mouse replacement. This was great, but those options seem to be gone or not working in Plasma 5. Personally, I think Ubuntu really has to put a lot more effort into the Wacom tablet setup and configuration tools, but still, get yourself a tablet, it is worth it!īy the way, KDE used to have even more customizability options, including the ability to easily switch between program specific button setups, so you could have a setup for Gimp, and another for Krita for instance.
This one specifically for the correct numbers of the buttons in xsetwacom, that took me ages to figure out: These links will provide very useful information: I have not managed to get the LED displays to work, but I didn't try very hard and others seem to have managed it, and in my opinion, a tablet without those working can still be a killer tablet. I use a combination of the Wacom Tablet settings in System Settings and xsetwacom to set the buttons on my Intuos4 and Intuos5 to things like hotkeys, modifier keys and toggles (even the ring toggle button works). Still, you can buy a Wacom tablet knowing that you can get it to work well, though it will take a bit of work.
Wacom support is not really up to scratch in 15.04. I know this is an old thread, but I think that the below information is relevant to those with the same question that mydoghasworms had a few years ago.