How to get Bamboo Pad working on Ubuntu 14.04

drivers package-management 14.04 bamboo wacom

I'm trying to get Bamboo Pad working on Ubuntu 14.04

  1. I am sure that device is not broken = I can see it via lsusb

  2. All "howtogetyourwacomtabletworking" guides are designed for older versions of Ubuntu (below 14.04 version). That means that there is always some step which is not working.

    ...to illustrate this irritating situation some guides recommend to install wacom-dkms package.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:doctormo/wacom-plus sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wacom-dkms

However, there is no "wacom-dkms" package in that PPA, and, in fact, no packages for 14.04 at all (as I know from @mikewhatever, although I have no slightest idea what PPA is). So I began to believe (after hours of googling how to solve this problem) that there is maybe no driver on 14.04.

  1. I tried this as my last chance (but error again):

What this means?

Here is full script I've run.

ladislav@Skynet:~/Plocha$ cd input-wacom-0.23.0
ladislav@Skynet:~/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking for kernel type... Linux
checking for linux-based kernel... yes
checking for kernel source/headers... /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/build
checking kernel version... 3.13.0-37-generic

checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating 2.6.30/Makefile
config.status: creating 2.6.36/Makefile
config.status: creating 2.6.38/Makefile
config.status: creating 3.7/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0'
Making all in 3.7
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7'
    Building input-wacom drivers for 2.6 kernel.
make -C /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/build M=/home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-37-generic'
  LD      /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7/built-in.o
  CC [M]  /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7/wacom_wac.o
  CC [M]  /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7/wacom_sys.o
  LD [M]  /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7/wacom.o
  CC [M]  /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7/wacom_w8001.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 2 modules
  CC      /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7/wacom.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7/wacom.ko
  CC      /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7/wacom_w8001.mod.o
  LD [M]  /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7/wacom_w8001.ko
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-37-generic'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0'

----------------------------------------
  BUILD ENVIRONMENT:
       linux kernel - yes 3.7
      kernel source - yes /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/build

Your wacom.ko is available under 
    /home/ladislav/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0/3.7
If you have an USB device, you can copy the driver by:
    cp 3.7/wacom.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/kernel/drivers/input/tablet
If you have a serial device, please copy the driver by:
    cp 3.7/wacom_w8001.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/kernel/drivers/input/touchscreen

NOTE: The kernel drivers included in this package are only
tested with the X Wacom driver built from xf86-input-wacom.
 If you are running an X server version older than 1.7, 
please use the drivers provided by linuxwacom package.

ladislav@Skynet:~/Plocha/input-wacom-0.23.0$ cp 3.7/wacom.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/kernel/drivers/input/tablet
cp: nie je možné vytvoriť obyčajný súbor ( = Is not possible to create "ordinary" file)  `/lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko': Prístup odmietnutý ( = Access denied)

here is my lsusb output:

ladislav@Skynet:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0930:0220 Toshiba Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8008 Intel Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 058f:6366 Alcor Micro Corp. Multi Flash Reader
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 12d1:1c08 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 
Bus 003 Device 007: ID 056a:0319 Wacom Co., Ltd 
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 04ca:7018 Lite-On Technology Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Does anybody know how to solve this? Any giude for 14.04 will be helpful.


Solution 1:

I felt the need to make another answer because of differing conditions, which appeared in chat.

This is a known bug.
Status: In Progress (since 1/03/2014)
Importance: Medium
Bug info up-to-date as of 01/30/2017.

The workaround offered in Post 38 of said bug report works.

An easier-to-understand version:

  1. Run lsusb and get the Wacom device code. (In this example, 056a:0319) Add 0x to both strings. (With our example 0x056a and 0x0319). If your device is not on the below list, this solution may not work! Though unlikely, this may break your system. You have been warned.
  2. Open Gedit by running gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
  3. Look for the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash".
  4. Change it to this (Replace the 0x056a and 0x0319 with whatever you got in Step 1): 
    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash usbhid.quirks=0x056a:0x0319:0x40000000"
    Save and close Gedit.
  5. Don't forget to run 
    sudo update-grub
    after you change grub!!!
  6. Reboot. If it works, DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER.
  7. Open Gedit again by running gksudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-wacom.conf. Paste the data from this link into it and save.
  8. Reboot once again. Again, if it works, DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER!
  9. If it still doesn't work, follow the git method from this link. Please note that you need to install Git if you don't have it already: sudo apt-get install git-core.
  10. Reboot.

Steps 1-5 are confirmed to work for the following devices:

  • 056A:0318 -- Wired Bamboo Pad
  • 056A:0319 -- Wireless Bamboo Pad

Devices not on this list have not been tested and may not work. Use at your own risk! If a device not on this list worked for you, please add it to the above list.

Solution 2:

--- THIS ANSWER DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM! Use my above answer instead! ---

AHA!

Your problem is in this line, right here:

cp: -snip- Access denied

Try using:

sudo cp 3.7/wacom.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-37-generic/kernel/drivers/input/tablet

Also make sure that the xf86-input-wacom package is installed. If not, use this handy link:

Install via the software center

Reboot and enjoy!

Solution 3:

Changing grub, as described from Whaaaaaat (point 1-5), worked for me (12.04 and 14.04), great, thanks, however only after adapting the ID from lsusb output: My example lsusb output:

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 056a:0318 Wacom Co., Ltd

this means we need to adapt the ID from:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash usbhid.quirks=0x056a:0x0319:0x40000000"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash usbhid.quirks=0x056a:0x0318:0x40000000"

Summary: Check your lsusb wacom ID prior to change GRUB_CMDLINE_.....

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