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Genius G-Pen 4500 && Ubuntu 9.10

I’m about to use my Genius G-Pen 4500 with Ubuntu. And here is my experience in installing this tablet.

Everything is pretty stright-forward.

  1. Go to http://code.google.com/p/linuxgenius/
  2. Get the source for wizardpen. I used http://linuxgenius.googlecode.com/files/wizardpen-0.7.0-alpha2.tar.gz
    wget http://linuxgenius.googlecode.com/files/wizardpen-0.7.0-alpha2.tar.gz
  3. Unpack.
    tar -xvf wizardpen-0.7.0-alpha2.tar.gz
  4. Move into the unpacked dir:
    cd wizardpen-0.7.0-alpha2
  5. Configure, make and install:
    sudo ./configure --with-xorg-module-dir=/usr/lib/xorg/modules && make && make install
  6. Check for wizardpen.la and wizardpen.so (driver installed correctly):
    ls /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wizardpen.*
  7. Connect your tablet (if not yet connected)
  8. Create file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/99-wizardpen.fdi
  9. I used the following data inside the file:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
    <deviceinfo version="0.2">
    <device>
    <!-- This MUST match with the name of your tablet -->
    <match key="info.product" contains="UC-LOGIC Tablet WP5540U">
    <merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">wizardpen</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.SendCoreEvents" type="string">true</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TopX" type="string">0</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TopY" type="string">0</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.TopZ" type="string">40</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_identifier" type="string">stylus</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.BottomX" type="string">32739</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.BottomY" type="string">32745</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.BottomZ" type="string">1024</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxX" type="string">32739</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.MaxY" type="string">32745</merge>
    </match>
    </device>
    </deviceinfo>

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  10. After all this You should reboot and start using your Genius G-Pen 4500.
  11. FIXED: I still have one unsolved problem. The stylus starts working a bit far from the tablet. Can’t resolve this. Under Windows I found quite unique driver, which let me set sensitivity for it. FIX: Add TopZ and BottomZ values to the file

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6 Responses to “Genius G-Pen 4500 && Ubuntu 9.10”

  1. david says:
    March 9, 2010 at 14:24

    thanks you!!!

    It’s works very well.
    do you now how changes second and third bottom configuration?

    Reply
  2. David says:
    March 16, 2010 at 04:16

    I’sorry by my English, I want to say button o “mouse keys” right, left and scroll, exchange them.

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  3. ::pif says:
    April 17, 2010 at 21:49

    aha) I’ve understood) u’r talking about the tablet mouse?
    if so, i’d say everything works fine for me. left,right and scroll…
    but, if u want to exchange them…hmmm…don’t know…
    maybe use: System->Parameters->Mouse->tick “for the left-handed user”?

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  4. David says:
    May 4, 2010 at 17:16

    Hello again, and thanks for the help, I do not know if you’ve had the same
    problem, but upgrading to ubuntu and 10.04 and the tablet does not work.
    I installed drivers again but no longer works. Thank you
    any help.

    Reply
  5. Jose Humberto Araque Meza says:
    May 6, 2010 at 20:24

    hi, sorry, my english is bad :$,
    after upgrading to ubuntu 10.04 my tablet does not work
    try with :
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TabletSetupWizardpen
    http://www.ubuntu-es.org/?q=node/50358
    (Y)
    and now… works!!! :D :D :D
    ;) bye

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