Re: GIMP with Wacom tablet?

Kam-Hung Soh wrote:
> On May 6, 1:02 pm, "Kam-Hung Soh" <kamhung....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Mon, 05 May 2008 23:43:00 +1000, <penguinisdream...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Wacom tablet.
>>> Sometimes GIMP freeze while I'm using it.
>>> The bundle program Corel Painter Element 3.0 has no problem with it.
>>> I use Windows Vista Home Premium.
>>> I updated the Wacom device driver. But, it still freezes once in a
>>> while.
>>> Is there any solutions about the freezing bug?
>> There's a long thread about issues using GIMP 2.4.x with Wacom tablets
on
>> Windows here:
>>
>>
http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Install-guide-Getting-Wacom-drawi...
>>
>> I do***ented my workarounds here:
>>
>>
http://kamhungsoh.com/blog/2007/10/gimp-and-inkscape-stylus-tracking....
>>
>> The problem doesn't seem to be in GIMP, but in the underlying GTK
library.
>>
>> --
>> Kam-Hung Soh <a href="http://kamhungsoh.com/blog">Software
Salariman</a>
> 
> Voonyi left a message on my blog that Tor Lillqvist has a fix for
> Wacom tablets.  Can't wait to try it out!
> 
> --
> Kam-Hung Soh <a href="http://kamhungsoh.com/blog">Software
Salariman</
> a>

I've applied the patches as described in the bug re****t and I'm happy to 
say that Wacom stylus pressure sensitivity and eraser works like a charm 
in Gimp!

-- 
Kam-Hung Soh <a href="http://kamhungsoh.com/blog">Software
Salariman</a>