Finally - Inkscape, Gimp and Wacom!

A year ago I replaced my old Wacom Intous 1 for a Wacom Graphire 4 and to my great frustration neither Inkscape nor Gimp could handle the new pad. I researched it and found out something about a GTK/Wacom-driver error… This was sad since I really liked both of the applications.

Inkscape with Tango Icons Gimp with Tango Icons

But today I downloaded the newest versions of both Inkscape and Gimp and it works like a charm! So welcome back in my life, I have missed you both!

Unfortunately the new version of GTK seems to break Workrave.

The Tango Icons are so nice! I cant stop playing with them ^_^

Update: After reinstalling all my GTK+ applications it doesn’t work again. I’ll try to find a solution for this and update this post once I know why.

Gimp shortcut propertiesUpdate 071215: Well it broke again… The new workaround is to disable pressure sensitivity in Gimp by adding the –no-wintab command line option to the Windows short cut (rightclick, edit and just add the option). I have tried to find a solution to add the –no-wintab options to have Gimp always use it but I can’t find it so if you have any idea on how to do that please tell me!

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4 Comments

  1. PeterH said:
    April 28th, 2007

    New versions!? Weeeee!!
    BioPix likes Inscape & Gimp

  2. Ola Lindberg - » Wacom Graphire 4 Problems with Gimp and Inkscape said:
    May 18th, 2007

    [...] weeks ago I managed to get Gimp and Inkscape to work with my Wacom Graphire 4 in Windows. Today when I re-installed my computer they broke again. It’s really strange because I have [...]

  3. Sam Weber said:
    March 26th, 2008

    Solution: Download the 4.97-6 driver (http://www.wacom.com/productsupport/download.cfm?id=161&product=CTE4)
    Uninstall newer tablet driver.
    Install normally in Windows XP.

    For Vista, you will have to disable UAC temporarily. Go to -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Turn User Account Control On or Off -> Then uncheck the box. No need to restart. Try to install. It will say “Platform not supported”. When you close the dialog a Windows Dialog will pop up and say something about correct settings (maybe it turns XP compatibility on?). Click “Retry install”. It should work now.

    -Sam

  4. Voon said:
    June 19th, 2008

    Hi Ola, not sure what kind of problems you are having with your tablet in GIMP or Inkscape, but if you are having freezes, then you can try a patch.

    See:
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/168646

    And the original solution is here:
    http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496958#c24

    Send me an email if you would like some help with this : )

    skygazing at gmail dot com

    Warmest,
    Voon

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