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Which drawing tablets are compatible?

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In general MyPaint should just work with all standard tablets out there.

However, sometimes things don’t work as expected. The problem can exist in several places:

  1. The input driver,
  2. The input system,
  3. The graphical toolkit we use (GTK+),
  4. Or in MyPaint itself. If you think MyPaint is to blame, please file a bug report.

If you know how to work around a specific problem, please add that information here. Link to a new page if your workaroud is lengthy!

Tablets (No LCD) by Manufacturer

Genius

ModelOSMyPaint versionComments
Mousepen 8x6Windows XP?Drivers working with MyPaint. Notes: This tablet is a bit jerky, less smooth than others. Use higher zoom for details.
Mousepen 8x6Windows Vista, Windows 78.2Vista needs a hack in the installation to work fine with MyPaint 8.2: The installation process is described in the forums. Its the same for windows 7. Notes: This tablet is a bit jerky, less smooth than others. Use higher zoom for details.
4"x5.5" G-Pen 4500Windows Vista?Working good. Notes: this tablet is smoother, has more “precise” feeling when using than mousepen 8x6. Can make details better.
G-Pen M712XLinux Debian Squeeze?Working good. Notes: The round knobs at the top do not do anything, but they do send some keycodes sometimes, so it might be possible to implement some bindings. No actions can be bound to the action key areas. At any rate, the tablet itself works fine! On Debian Squeeze, it is required to (i) upgrade to kernel 2.6.38 or newer, get it from squeeze-backports (ii) possibly upgrade xorg from squeeze-backports too, not sure (iii) modify /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-wacom.conf to bind the wacom driver to WPEN tablets. On Debian Wheezy and newer, neither of this should be required.

Hanvon

ModelOSMyPaint versionComments
Art Master 0806Linux 2.6.380.9Working without any issues. You have to compile and load the driver yourself details…
Art Master 1107Linux 2.6.380.9Working without any issues. You have to compile and load the driver yourself and add a patch to it details…
Art Master 1209Linux 2.6.380.9Working without any issues. You have to compile and load the driver yourself and add a patch to it details…
Rollick 0604Linux 2.6.380.9Working without any issues. You have to compile and load the driver yourself details…
GraphicPal 0806Windows XP SP3???Brush strokes are offset from the cursor when using the “Portion of Screen” option. Possibly related to GTK, needs to be tested with a more recent build. If everything in the driver is left to default settings, it works fine.

Trust

ModelOSMyPaint versionComments
TB-7300Ubuntu 9.10 64bit?Works out of the box. Notes

Wacom

ModelOSMyPaint versionComments
Intuos2Mac Snow Leopard 10.6.6 (Mac Port 1.9.1 Xquartz 2.6.0)0.9.0OK
Intuos3Ubuntu 10.04 (32 or 64 bit)?OK
Intuos3Debian Lenny and newer (32 bit)?OK
Intuos4 MediumWindows 7 64 bit0.9.0OK
Intuos4 MediumLinux Mint 10 (Derived from Ubuntu) 64 bit0.9.0OK. Small issues in Linux, which are the fault of the Linux Wacom drivers, not MyPaint.
Intuos4 Wirelesswindows 7 64 bit?OK
Intuos5Debian testing/unstable 2015-03-091.1.1-alpha.20150305+git.ba0649bOK
Bamboo MTE-450AUbuntu 10.04 (64 bit)0.8.2+git 2010-09-23OK. Use the wacom-plus PPA packages to get the touchring working.
Bamboo FunUbuntu 10.04?OK
Bamboo Fun wide A6Windows 7 (32-bit)0.9.1OK. Using the latest driver [Multilingual cons524-6_int.exe] (http://www.wacom.eu/index2.asp?pid=29&lang=en)
Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch MediumWindows 7 (64-bit)1.0.0OK. Not at first, but after restarting MyPaint making sure I inserted my tablet before starting the program it worked great.
Bamboo PenWindows 7 (64-bit)0.9.0+OK
Graphire4Mint 9 (64-bit; derived from Ubuntu 10.04)?OK
Graphire4Windows 7 (64-bit)1.0.0OK. Needed driver 5.25-5a and reboot (well that’s what i did but not sure if necessary), but very importantly - connect the tablet ‘‘‘after’’’ you start MyPaint. Also, if Gimp 2.8 runs simultaneously with Mypaint, pressure does not work. Strange is Windows identifies tablet as Bamboo O_o
Volito FT-0405-U (A6)Mint Debian Edition (32-bit; derived from Debian Testing)?OK
PenPartner (A6)Windows XP (32-bit)?OK

Waltop

ModelOSMyPaint versionComments
Sirius BT-1006Windows 7 64-bit0.9.0OK
Sirius BT-1006Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit0.9.0OK except for some issues with tilt sensitivity in Ubuntu.

XPPen

ModelOSMyPaint versionComments
xp-5550aWindows 7 (32-bit)1.0.0OK

Tablet PCs by Manufacturer

Asus

ModelOSRAMMyPaint versionResultComments
Eee PC T101MTUbuntu 11.042 G0.9.0PartialMyPaint working with no pressure (input device detected = Core Pointer). Pressure sensitivity must be disabled (at least) for the 0x0486:0x0186 AsusTek, Inc. MultiTouch(TTI) touch screen model details…

Fujitsu

ModelOSRAMMyPaint versionResultComments
Stylistic ST5112Windows 7 32 bit4 GB1.0.0OKMyPaint working with pressure. Using Fujitsu Pen Driver as ISD Tablet driver from Wacom causes problems.

HP

ModelOSRAMMyPaint versionResultComments
TC4400Windows XP SP3 32bit1GB0.1.0 (?)OK(tumagonx Win32 build) Everything works, even the Eraser tip. Using the latest “ISD Tablet Driver” from wacom.com
TC4400Windows XP Tablet Edition (SP1 or 2005)2G0.9.0BadMyPaint won’t start (error message: bad config)
TC4400Windows72G0.9.0PartialMyPaint working with no pressure (input device detected = Core Pointer), pressure OK for other apps

Lenovo

ModelOSRAMMyPaint versionResultComments
X61???OK
X201 TabletFedora 15?0.9.1OKPressure & eraser work well
X230 TabletUbuntu 12.10?1.1.0OKPressure, eraser, touch, everything works well

MotionComputing

ModelOSRAMMyPaint versionResultComments
LE1600XP Tablet Version SP31.5G?OKUsing Fujitsu Pen Driver (tested Wacom driver causes problems)

Wacom

ModelOSRAMMyPaint versionResultComments
Cintiq 24HDWindows7 64bit4GB1.0.0PartialMyPaint working with no pressure, pressure OK for other apps
Cintiq 12WXWindows7 64bit8G1.0.0OKMyPaint working with pressure using driver version 6.3.1w3