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gnome-control-center package

Wacom Graphics Tablet "Map To Monitor" setting doesn't work with Twinview

Bug #1003913 reported by tanktarta on 2012-05-24

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

While it's great to see some better built-in support for Wacom graphics tables in 12.04, the "Map To Monitor" option does not work with nVidia Twinview enabled.

I have the proprietary drivers installed with two1920x1080 monitors that are presented as a single 3840x1080 desktop. When Map To Monitor is clicked, onlly a screen is displayed, and the graphics tablet maps to the entire desktop.

The graphics tablet is a Wacom Bamboo.

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using

Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center

Not sure which package this applies to. My system is fully up to date as of today.

3) What you expected to happen

It should be possible to map the tablet to a single monitor.

4) What happened instead

The tablet is mapped to the entire desktop, rendering it useless for anything serious.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2012-05-24:

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tanktarta (tanktarta) on 2012-05-24

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ubuntu → gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2012-05-24:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-01-25:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Andrew Somerville (andy-somerville) wrote on 2013-02-05:

example of display layout notion conflict Edit (204.8 KiB, image/png)

I believe I know the source of this problem.

I've also filed a bug against "nvidia-settings" as the problem is likely related to another problem with "nvidia-settings"

see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/1116588

gnome-control-center's "Wacom Graphics Tablet" settings seem to rely on the nvidia drivers' notion of the screen layout which is incorrect causing incorrect "map to monitor" behavior.

You can see the conflict in the attached screenshot comparing nvidia-settings notion to the system's display configuration tool.

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Victoid (djvictoid) wrote on 2014-01-22:

I came across this problem with a Wacom CTH-470 in 13.04. (It's recognized as a "Wacom Bamboo 16FG 4x5", which isn't exactly correct.) I have Intel graphics and no nvidia-settings, so I believe the bug is upstream.

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Magnes (magnesus2) wrote on 2015-08-07:

Reported on 2012-05-24 and still not fixed. :( What is happening with Ubuntu? :(

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tylerecouture (tylerecouture) wrote on 2020-10-24:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/frncmc/tablet_monitor_mapping_not_working_on_ubuntu_2004/

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1901279