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Huion Tablets on Linux

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Huion Tablets on Linux

Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:27 am
Hello!
I would like to know if there is experience of users of huion tablets 1060plus or 610pro in linux and krita.
Thanks!
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Re: Huion Tablets on Linux

Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:13 pm
carlosmu wrote:Hello!
I would like to know if there is experience of users of huion tablets 1060plus or 610pro in linux and krita.
Thanks!


I've been using a huion 1060plus for a year now on a Arch Linux/Plasma5 system. As of now, with kernel 4.9.6 and xorg-server 1.19, only xf86-input-libinput is needed for normal usage (pressure) but only the tree first buttons are "functional" if you are ok with what odd designation they have (I don't mind since I am use to the keyboard shortcuts).

The Plasma5 Desktop behaves odd at times if I use the stylus as mouse, (some very few scroll bars can't be drag, it doesn't hover properly on the files in Dolphin and its hard to right click at times: the menus disappear as I release the button) can't tell about other DE, haven't use anything else in more than 3 years.

As for Krita, I have no complains what so ever. Now I only trying to see if I can triage a bug, but hardly noticeable, specially on big screens. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375073

There is a way of making the buttons work (notice that although physically there are 12 buttons, only 8 are real hardware-wise though) I figure a way with the digimend drivers, check my comment (second to last) for the steps. after that and using the wacom drivers, one can use the 8 buttons and reassign them at wish. Note that every kernel update you need to redo this steps. (maybe they can be automated with a script, but I'm to lazy to do so :D ) https://github.com/DIGImend/digimend-ke ... /issues/18

If you are in the hunt for tablets that work in linux, I think Huion is a good contender, specially with the price, a least the 610 and the 1060 models seems to work just fine, hope the information/experience helps you a bit deciding what to get.


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