Changing Drivers

The xf86-input-wacom driver is not the only X11 driver which can work with Wacom devices. The xf86-input-libinput driver may also work with these devices, though it offers very few configuration options and more limited application compatibility. While we do not usually recommend using xf86-input-libinput with Wacom hardware, it can sometimes be useful for working around a bug.

To have the xf86-input-libinput driver take control of a specific device, you will need to create a new file named /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-wacom-override.conf based on the following template. You will need to fill in the "${VID}:${PID}" with an appropriate value and then reboot. After rebooting, the device should hopefully still work and appear in the output of xinput list, but it should not appear in the output of xsetwacom (which only lists devices controlled by xf86-input-wacom).

To revert control back to xf86-input-wacom, simply delete the file and reboot.

# Wacom Override Template - force a device to use xf86-input-libinput
#
# Replace "${VID}:${PID}" below with the vendor and product ID of your
# device. The values can be found by copying the appropriate values
# printed out by `cat /proc/bus/input/devices`. For example, you would
# use the value "056a:00f8", copied from the "I" line for the device
# below:
#
#     [...]
#     I: Bus=0003 Vendor=056a Product=00f8 Version=0110
#     N: Name="Wacom Cintiq 24HD touch Pen"
#     P: Phys=usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.1.3/input0
#     S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1/2-1.1.3/2-1.1.3:1.0/0003:056A:00F8.0010/input/input64
#     U: Uniq=
#     [...]
#
# If necessary, you can create multiple InputClass sections in this file
# each with their own unique "Identifier" and "MatchUSBID" lines.
#
# For users concerned that "MatchUSBID" only works for USB devices, do
# not worry. The same match works for I2C, Bluetooth, etc. despite what
# the name implies.

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "Wacom override 1"
        MatchUSBID "${VID}:${PID}"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Driver "libinput"
EndSection