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Questions tagged [tablet]

Questions concerning graphics tablet or digitizer that can be used as an input device that enables a user to hand-draw images and graphics, similar to the way a person draws images with a pencil and paper. This is in contrast to tablet computer, a one-piece mobile computer.

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Restrict graphic tablet to primary display

Ive got an Huion DWH69 graphic tablet. I have Manjaro Linux installed. I have two displays connected. Now it seems like to work out of the box. The problem is, that I want to bount the surface to the limits of the primary monitor. At the moment the…
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Linux on a tegra tablet for programming

I would like to use a tablet for some mobile programming. It would be nice to read a pdf and immediately try the code on the same device. I've found various videos and tutorials how to get Ubuntu running on an ex-android tablet so I'd like to…
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What distributions work out of the box with tablet computers?

I recently got my hands on a tablet computer. I tend to at least dual boot my systems. While doing some research about tablet computing and *nix most of the information was from the 2004-2008 era light years ago in computing time. What is the…
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Configure Wacom Intuos Graphics Pad in Linux Mint 15

I purchased a Wacom Intuos graphics pad recently (specifically, Create Pen & Touch Tablet, which I think is the rebranding of the Intuos 4), and I am trying to configure it on my Linux Mint 15 system. I followed these instructions regarding the…
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Is there a Linux for an MSM7227 tablet with USB keyboard and touchscreen stylus drivers?

I have a ZTE V9C 7" tablet with 800MHz MSM7227 processor, Snapdragon family (ARM architecture?), Android 2.3, and I want to have a (very lightweight) Linux running on it (I know Android uses a Linux kernel). I also have a physical keyboard and a…
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How tell xrandr to let my mouse move between monitors?

I have both an internal and external display which I'd like to pass my cursor over. When I start the computer with the external connected, my display manager starts with the wrong DPI, and I have to execute these 4 commands to fix the dpi. xrandr…
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Graphic Tablet VEIKK: pressure sensitivity on Linux

I just bought the graphical tablet VEIKK A30. The mouse is recognized directly. Unfortunately, I can't find how to enable pressure sensitivity on Linux. I saw one guy reporting that with some tweaking it was possible to make it work, but can't find…
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Match graphic tablet active area to monitor subarea in a dual monitor setup

I have a graphic tablet with a pen recognized by xinput as UC-LOGIC Tablet WP8060U Pen. The tablet active area has 4:3 proportions. I have two monitors: 2560x1440 (16:9) on the left and 1440x900 (16:10) on the right. I'd like to limit the tablet pen…
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Distro recommendation for "Out The Box Multi Touch Tablet Support"

I have a Dell Inspiron Duo - The tablet netbook, the 1090. It's beautiful, and I want to get the most out of it. I don't mind digging deep into a distro and installing patches and such to get multitouch working, but that's me. I have to think of…
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How to get a Finepoint Digitizer Tablet to work under Fedora Core 16?

How to get a Finepoint Digitizer Tablet to work under Fedora Core 16? The hardware in question is a Gateway m285-E. It uses an active pen (has a battery in the pen). cat /dev/ttyS0 returns input characters to the screen when the pen is close…
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HP x2 Notebook w/ detachable tablet that keeps waking from suspend

I have an HP x2 Detachable Notebook (model 10-p018wm) on which I've installed Fedora 29. Pretty much everything about the notebook works: the touchscreen is recognized, the WiFi works, and the media keys work. However, I can't get it to properly…
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Adapting Armbian to use a tablet-style interface

I'm building a home-brewed "tablet" using a 10" touchscreen hooked up to an Asus Tinkerboard. Ultimately I want it to function as much like an Android tablet as possible, but the Android distro supplied by Asus is exceedingly difficult to work with,…
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install linux os on lenovo ideapad miix 310

I already tried to install Ubuntu and Mint on my tablet and it almost worked, I just had problems getting auto rotation to work. The main problem is that there appear some kind of striations, e.g. at boot, Ubuntu displays the "Ubuntu" logo and first…
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Build an Affordable Linux Tablet

I have 3 young children and my wife has asked that the girls get a tablet, for basic gaming, and online web tutorials (school work usually). Has anyone created or built a good affordable Linux tablet? Could anyone provide advice on good cheaper…
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Detecting turning of laptop lid and device orientation

I'm using Arch Linux on an Acer Spin 5 laptop. The laptop lid can be turned backwards and then be used as a tablet. In Windows this is detected automatically and the keyboard is deactivated then. Arch seems to detect this, too, because when I turn…
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