Ubuntu – Pressure Sensitivity with Wacom Bamboo in Inkscape 0.48

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The pressure sensitivity for my Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch in Inkscape 0.48 (running Ubuntu 12.04) does not work.

I ticked all options in Input Devices (Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4×5 Pen stylus; Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4×5 Pen eraser; Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4×5 Finger touch; Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4×5 Finger pad). Also ticked Use pressure-sensitive tablet in the Mouse dialog in Inkscape Preferences.

The pen (both sides: pen and eraser) works fine as a pointer but that's it. Is there any solution?

Best Answer

Please uninstall the overlay scrollbar package from ubuntu, go into the terminal and type:

sudo apt-get purge overlay-scrollbar

Then rerun Inkscape with the tablet plugged in.

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