Script to initialise Wacom Intuos 5

To round out the setup for my Wacom Intuos 5 tablet, this is the script I run to initialise it for left-handed use with an nVidia graphics card in Xubuntu 12.10:

#!/bin/bash if [ -x /usr/bin/xsetwacom ]; then xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen stylus" Rotate half xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen eraser" Rotate half xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen cursor" Rotate half xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen pad" Rotate half # HEAD-0, HEAD-1 identify screens when using nVidia graphics. # Use xrandr output for AMD, Intel, etc. xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen stylus" MapToOutput HEAD-0 fi

Wacom Intuos 5 Rotation

To rotate the Intuos 5 for sinister left-handed people:

$ xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen stylus" Rotate half
$ xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen eraser" Rotate half
$ xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen cursor" Rotate half
$ xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen pad" Rotate half

To get these commands to run at startup, I added them to $HOME/.profile (after trying .bashrc and .Xsession, neither of which worked [running Xubuntu]).

Adapted from notes at linuxwacom sourceforge site.

Dual-screen Setup

(Updated 24 Feb 2013)

After getting an nVidia GPU, I had much more luck getting dual-monitors to work than with either AMD or Intel graphics. By default though the tablet will span across all monitors. If you want to reduce this to a single monitor, do this:

$ xsetwacom set "Wacom Intuos5 M Pen stylus" MapToOutput HEAD-0

Note: if you're not using nVidia drivers, the output of xrandr will give you the names of your screens, rather than HEAD-0, HEAD-1, etc. as shown above.