Pen Input on Linux
I use ElementaryOS, so these instructions will be most relevant for Ubuntu and Debian like distributions.
For calibrating the pen, you can use xinput_calibrator. It’ll display four points to calibrate based on, which isn’t ideal - I’m still looking for a nine point calibrator. To install it, run
sudo apt install xinput-calibrator
For now I’m fine running the calibrator whenever I need to use the pen input, but once I figure out a better calibration system I’ll likely detail here how to set the config file.
Notes for future me: Maybe try the --misclick 0 argument for fine control - maybe that’ll fix the issue I had today.
Other issues at the moment:
- The ElementaryOS settings app closes when I try and set up screen mirroring between my laptop and the drawing tablet.
- The default pen config maps to the wrong display, so I have to cycle
SUPER+Puntil the drawing tablet is the only display.