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# Genius Tablet

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## Introduction

This is a guide to getting a Genius Wizardpen or MousePen tablet set up in Arch Linux. It also work with G-Pen Series.

## Installation

First, you need to install the X11 drivers. The wizardpen package in aur provides them:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42671

## Configuration

First you have to know if your tablet is in the udev .rules file:

1. lsusb

  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0402:5602 ALi Corp. M5602 Video Camera Controller
  Bus 002 Device 005: ID 172f:0038 Waltop International Corp. Genius G-Pen F509

The last one is our tablet. 172f is the vendor id, 0038 the model id

Now we have to search the /etc/udev/rules.d/67-xorg-wizardpen.rules for the 2 id's which identifies our tablet ...

1. Waltop

ENV{ID_VENDOR_ID}=="172f", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="0038", ENV{x11_driver}="wizardpen" ...

In our case we are lucky, our tablet is here.

If it doesn't, just copy-paste the line from above and replace the VENDOR_ID and the MODEL_ID with ours.

Now restart the computer, or restart X server and plug out an in your tablet( so udev rule take effect ).

Test your tablet, mine had a wrong calibration , i.e. the resolution of monitor didn't match the whole surface of tablet.

## Calibration

Just do the following:

1. su
2. wizardpen-calibrate /dev/input/by-id/usb-WALTOP_Tablet-event-mouse

(just find yours there, and be sure that is the *event* one.)

Follow the instruction there, and what you receive is the configuration for your tablet.

..........................................................................................................................................
  Please, press the stilus at ANY
  corner of your desired working area: ok, got 189,77
  Please, press the stilus at OPPOSITE
  corner of your desired working area: ok, got 17920,10734
  According to your input you may put the following
  lines into your XF86Config/X.Org configuration file:
  Driver "wizardpen"
  Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-WALTOP_Tablet-event-mouse"
  Option "TopX" "189"
  Option "TopY" "77"
  Option "BottomX" "17920"
  Option "BottomY" "10734"
  .........................................................................................................................................

The package will create `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-wizardpen.conf` file which you can access for configuration.

Now edit that file, and replace with the configuration you receive. ( be careful not to remove everything from that file, just replace these you received from wizardpen-calibrate)

Most likely you will also need to disable ABI version checking in Xorg since otherwise wizardpen driver module will not load because of ABI version mismatch. Do it by adding the following to your `/etc/X11/xorg.conf`:

    Section "ServerFlags"
       Option "IgnoreABI" "True"
    EndSection

After this, reboot or restart your X server.

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- Graphics tablet