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CachyOS - 1.2 Setting Up Wacom Tablet and Stylus

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Since I most commonly use Cinnamon desktop on my personal CachyOS installations, there are some issues with linking custom button actions to the buttons on the tablet. Here are the steps I took to solve this via the terminal and an example setup that I use everyday.

  1. sudo pacman -S xf86-input-wacom to make sure you can use xsetwacom
  2. xsetwacom list devices to see all devices and their names. Find item labeled “pad” or “tablet”.
    1. In my current case, it showed up as Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad
  3. xsetwacom -s get "Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad" all to see all buttons.
    1. In my current case, there was more than the 4 buttons on my tablet listed (5). After some testing the buttons are laid out in a certain order.
      1. Button 3 = Upper Left Button
      2. Button 1 = Lower Left Button
      3. Button 9 = Upper Right Button
      4. Button 8 = Lower Right Button
  4. Assign custom key binds to liking. In my current case, I like the Right side to scroll, and the left side upper to link to the terminal, and the lower left to linked to LocalSend.
    1. To connect LocalSend or any other package launcher to the button, you have to set a custom shortcut in the keyboard shortcuts system settings page. I chose Ctrl + Shift + L Once that is set, then you just link it to the shortcut key bind.
      1. xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad" Button 1 "key ctrl shift l"
    2. xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad" Button 3 "key ctrl alt t"
    3. xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad" Button 8 "key Next"
    4. xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad" Button 9 "key Prior"
  5. Once you have set and tested the buttons to your desired inputs/commands, then you need to make this permanent, as these will reset after a reboot.
    1. nano ~/.xprofile
    2. Paste your commands and save.
xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad" Button 1 "key ctrl shift l"
xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad" Button 3 "key ctrl alt t"
xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad" Button 8 "key Next"
xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos PT M 2 Pad pad" Button 9 "key Prior"

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