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qt4-x11 package

No tablet pressure in KDE / QT apps, GTK apps work fine

Bug #564420 reported by Shaved Wookie
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
qt4-x11 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Ubuntu maverick-alpha-2
Lucid
Won't Fix
Low
Jonathan Thomas
Ubuntu lucid-updates

Bug Description

Binary package hint: qt-sdk

WHAT I EXPECTED:
Working pressure from my tablet stylus in both QT/KDE apps and GTK apps.

WHAT HAPPENS:
Only GTK apps (eg Gimp, Mypaint etc) work perfectly with tablet pressure. QT apps (Krita / QT's wacom widget etc) still respond to cursor movement and clicks, but have no pressure.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
Draw a line in Krita with pressure turned on in the painttop configuration window. Krita has no tablet configuration, relying solely on QT. Pressure doesn't show. Ditto QT's wacom widget.

TECH SPECS:
Dell Latitude XT running Kubuntu Lucid AMD 64, QT 4.6.2 & KDE 4.4.2

PATCH:
Apparently this was patched in Fedora by tzander of Koffice. The patch is from the resulting bug report on QT at:
http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-8599

Shaved Wookie (shavedwookie)
summary: - QT / KDE apps don't use tablet pressure, GTK apps work fine
+ No tablet pressure in KDE / QT apps, GTK apps work fine
Alessandro Ghersi (alessandro-ghersi)
affects: qt-sdk (Ubuntu) → qt4-x11 (Ubuntu)
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Florian Staudacher (florian-staudacher) wrote :

very annoying bug!

Kubuntu 10.04
with kubuntu experimental ppa

> kde4-config --version
Qt: 4.7.0
KDE: 4.4.3 (KDE 4.4.3)
kde4-config: 1.0

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Shaved Wookie (shavedwookie) wrote :

Interestingly I was getting this problem on Archlinux until I upgraded to QT 4.7.0-Beta 1 and then it dissapeared. I've got QT 4.7.0-Beta 1 on Kubuntu though and it still doesn't work, so I suspect that the basic problem is fixed but that there's still need for some config fun.

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David Douard (david-douard) wrote :

As stated above, this bug has been reported in Qt bugtracker

http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-8599

and is announced to be fixed in Qt 4.6.3

Note that it has also been reported to redhat:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569132#c4

So the best fix for this is probably to upgrade Qt to 4.6.3. Any chance to have this fixed in Lucid?

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

I've been meaning to do an update for Lucid with several patches for some of the more major issues. I'll put this one on the pile.
Marking fixed for maverick and opening a lucid task.

Changed in qt4-x11 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
milestone: none → maverick-alpha-2
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in qt4-x11 (Ubuntu Lucid):
assignee: nobody → Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
milestone: none → lucid-updates
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Florian Staudacher (florian-staudacher) wrote :

What is the current status of this issue?

kubuntu 10.04
libqt*: 4.6.3-0ubuntu1
xorg: 7.5+6ubuntu~xorgedgers3~lucid
tablet: Bus 005 Device 002: ID 172f:0034 Waltop International Corp.

(still no pressure, in case that wasn't clear)

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Florian Staudacher (florian-staudacher) wrote :

Ok, sorry for my previous (unnecessary) comment.
Pressure sensitivity worked as soon as I changed from evdev to wacom driver.

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Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote :

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

Changed in qt4-x11 (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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