Configure drawing tablet

I own a Medion MD 86336 drawing tablet (which is a rebranded Waltop International Corp. Slim Tablet 12.1", 172f:0034). It is natively supported under Linux.

Multi-monitor setup #

On a system with multiple monitors, it is usually preferable to constraint the tablet to one monitor. This can be easily done using xsetwacom (1, 2).

First, run xrand to find out what the screen is called. This will produce an output like this:

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 7680 x 2160, maximum 32767 x 32767
DVI-D-0 connected primary 1920x1080+3840+454 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 533mm x 312mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+
   1680x1050     59.95  
   ...
HDMI-0 connected 3840x2160+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 621mm x 341mm
   3840x2160     60.00*+  59.94    50.00    30.00    29.97    25.00    23.98  
   1920x1080     60.00    59.94    50.00    60.00    50.04  
   ...
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 connected 1920x1080+5760+454 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 521mm x 293mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  59.94    50.00    60.00    50.04    50.04  
   1680x1050     59.95  
   ...

Next, run xsetwacom list devices to find the ID of the tablet:

WALTOP International Corp. Slim Tablet stylus   id: 16  type: STYLUS

Now, you can map the tablet to the desired screen: xsetwacom set [id] MapToOutput [screen] (e.g. xsetwacom set 16 MapToOutput DVI-D-0)

This should work immediately and is not persisted across reboots.

Proprietary Nvidia driver #

…except when using a proprietary Nvidia driver. -.- In that case, use HEAD-[n] instead for the display identifier (e.g. xsetwacom set 16 MapToOutput HEAD-1).

Reset #

To reset, use xsetwacom set [id] MapToOutput desktop