KDE dev Joshua Goins aka @redstrate just brought XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro support to Linux 6.17 as part of the We Care About You Input - KDE Goals project. More info:
https://redstrate.com/blog/2025/07/the-xp-pen-artist-22r-pro-works-on-linux-now/
@kde@floss.social @redstrate @kde@lemmy.kde.social I have a XP-PEN 15.6 Pro and using the XP-PEN software that works good.
It would be nice though that this great initiative is not restricted to the 22R pro only. It's not clear for me after reading the article.
@Deviation @kde@floss.social @redstrate @kde@lemmy.kde.social Was kinda confused since I knew for a fact these tablets already worked (was the whole reason I bought one), a better way to word it would have been that support for it was added to the the kernel hid drivers as it already worked 100% under linux, just needed their closed source userspace driver.
@raptor85 @kde@floss.social @redstrate @kde@lemmy.kde.social the 15.6, a graphic tablet (with a screen), works fully when using the manufacturers software.
Within KDE, System Settings, I can't configure it using X11 as it tells me that the tablet "is currently not in the device database."
It certainly is possible to configure it using config files but for a normal user/artist that's not the easiest path.
@Deviation @kde@floss.social @redstrate @kde@lemmy.kde.social oh that's bizarre! I use XFCE4 and my tablets show up in both the nvidia settings and the XFCE display settings. Maybe something specific to kde or the 15.6? (they actually show up for me even WITHOUT the driver, they show up as standard displays since it's just using USB-C thunderbolt, the drivers for me are only needed for the pen functionality, everything else works without)
@raptor85 @kde@floss.social @redstrate @kde@lemmy.kde.social this is on X11:
@raptor85 @kde@floss.social @redstrate @kde@lemmy.kde.social this is on Wayland:
Here it shows up. I can adjust pressure but I can't find a way to configure the dial or knobs of the tablet. 🤔
@raptor85 @kde@floss.social @redstrate @kde@lemmy.kde.social Oh, forgot to mention. I am using Manjaro Stable KDE.
@Deviation @kde@floss.social @redstrate @kde@lemmy.kde.social ooh, you meant their tablet settings, not just the screen settings, yes those you don't configure in x11, it's stored in user settings via the tray app.
I think the focus of the article is on that specific device as this is the one the developer had access to and personal need to get it to work.
The chosen approach of adding support to an existing kernel driver and libinput suggests that any changes above, e.g. in Plasma, should work generically across similar devices as long or as soon they are supported on the kernel level.
That might already be true for the device you have or could have been enabled by these recent changes.
In the worst case it should enable someone to make similar additions to the low level stack without having to worry about the levels above. E.g. by a driver developer who doesn't necessarily have development experience or setup for desktop changes
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