How I got the Wacom driver to work

[JackNet]

After months of trying, I finally got the Wacom drivers to work with my Cintiq. It seems that there was no need to set your serial device port to a Wacom or have a wacom X11 input config file already in there.

Here's how I got my side to work on my O2:

1. Make sure eoe optinput is installed and restart.
2. Go to the Serial Device Manager and delete each port association to ensure they're all available.
3. Connect the Wacom tablet serial to port 1.
4. Install the Wacom 4.8.0 driver and restart.
5. Once you get to the log-on screen, you should see the cursor move in tandem with your pen.
6. Log in to your user account and proceed to calibrate the pen through the control panel if necessary.

I know everyone has struggled with the drivers, so let me know if these steps worked for you

 

[Elf]

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[CRaven]

After months of trying, I finally got the Wacom drivers to work with my Cintiq. It seems that there was no need to set your serial device port to a Wacom or have a wacom X11 input config file already in there.

Here's how I got my side to work on my O2:

1. Make sure eoe optinput is installed and restart.
2. Go to the Serial Device Manager and delete each port association to ensure they're all available.
3. Connect the Wacom tablet serial to port 1.
4. Install the Wacom 4.8.0 driver and restart.
5. Once you get to the log-on screen, you should see the cursor move in tandem with your pen.
6. Log in to your user account and proceed to calibrate the pen through the control panel if necessary.

I know everyone has struggled with the drivers, so let me know if these steps worked for you

Will this work with the non-cintiq Wacom? I have 2 working wacom digitizer II serial, they work perfectly on the Amiga with precision and pen pressure, would like to do the same on SGIs.

Also, does this driver work with all Irix versions? Does Photoshop and Studio Paint work fine with this driver?

 

[JackNet]

Will this work with the non-cintiq Wacom? I have 2 working wacom digitizer II serial, they work perfectly on the Amiga with precision and pen pressure, would like to do the same on SGIs.

Also, does this driver work with all Irix versions? Does Photoshop and Studio Paint work fine with this driver?

The driver should work on the other serial-based Wacom digitizers as far as I'm concerned following the steps. Can't remember if pen pressure is supported on SGI Photoshop through the driver.

The versions are specific to what IRIX you use. 4.8.0 works specifically for 6.5, the copy of driver 3.1 in the neko archive is for 6.2, and 2.02 also in neko has variants for either 5.2 or 5.3.

 

[CRaven]

The driver should work on the other serial-based Wacom digitizers as far as I'm concerned following the steps. Can't remember if pen pressure is supported on SGI Photoshop through the driver.

The versions are specific to what IRIX you use. 4.8.0 works specifically for 6.5, the copy of driver 3.1 in the neko archive is for 6.2, and 2.02 also in neko has variants for either 5.2 or 5.3.

What about Irix 6.5.22? My question is did you get pen pressure in any program?

 

[CRaven]

For me the wacom driver "to work" like you said in the title is having pen pressure.