Re: [Hampshire] aldi graphics tablet

Clive Woodfine wrote:
> On 30/11/2007, Clive Woodfine <clivewoodfine@???> wrote:
>
>
>>Many thanks again Jacqui. I plan to go to the Romsey Aldi on Sunday so
>>hope to buy a tablet then. Thanks for the tip about the bags. I have
>>just received the email about Sundays special buys.
>>
>>--
>>Clive Woodfine
>
>
> I now have my tablet and it works "sort of" under Ubuntu 7.10, however
> I cannot get pressure sensitivity to work in The Gimp.

I remember an article on this some time ago - it involves configuring X
to detect the pen sensitivity. As I have never bother with this I
cannot help much.

> It seems to be
> recognised as "WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet" under Gimp
> Preferences (Configure Input Controller - Linux Input) but says Device
> Not Available: Permission Denied.

Hmm mine appears as a "WACOM...." something or other under live CD's

> Also I had my mouse set for left handed use so I was confused by the
> pop up menu keeping appearing when I touched the pen on the tablet.

Does the tablet comes with both mouse and pen?

Mime did - and the Gimp under winodws detects both pen and mouse.
I.e. I can configure the mouse as one 'pen' and the pen to do a
different action.

Jacqui