Eringrrl’s View

Here’s my “mini how-to” on how to configure your Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet PC to work with Ubuntu Linux 8.04.1 LTS. If it hasn’t been specified here, and you need it to make this work, it’s included in the default 8.04.1 LTS installation.

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Install the following packages via apt:

wacom-tools
(xserver-xorg-input-wacom should have been installed by default)

Verify the following device is present:

/dev/input/wacom

example:

ls -l /dev/input/wacom

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     10 2008-12-27 21:26 wacom -> /dev/ttyS0

Place the following items in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

Section “InputDevice”
Driver          “wacom”
Identifier      “cursor”
Option          “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”
Option          “Type” “cursor”
Option          “ForceDevice” “ISDV4″
Option          “Rotate” “CW”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver          “wacom”
Identifier      “stylus”
Option          “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”
Option          “Type” “stylus
Option          “ForceDevice” “ISDV4″
Option          “Rotate” “CW”
EndSection

Section “InputDevice”
Driver          “wacom”
Identifier      “eraser”
Option          “Device” “/dev/input/wacom”
Option          “Type” “eraser”
Option          “ForceDevice” “ISDV4″
Option          “Rotate” “CW”
EndSection

You’ll notice the “Option Rotate CW” in each of the input devices. This is to allow proper orientation of the stylus when the screen is reversed and collapsed.

And add this to your ServerLayout directive in xorg.conf:

Section “ServerLayout”
Identifier      “Default Layout”
screen “Default Screen”
Inputdevice     “Synaptics Touchpad”
Inputdevice     “cursor” “SendCoreEvents”
Inputdevice     “stylus” “SendCoreEvents”
Inputdevice     “eraser” “SendCoreEvents”
EndSection

Add the “Option RandRRotation on” to your screen device. This will allow for screen rotation in the System – Prefs – Screen Resolution preference pane.

Section “Device”
Identifier      “Configured Video Device”
Driver          “nvidia”
Option          “NoLogo”        “True”
Option          “RandRRotation” “on”
EndSection

Reboot and you should be good to go. A great on-screen keyboard is xvkbd, available via apt.