Comment 44 for bug 863154

Confirmed Deevad's findings with version 2.7.3xxxxxxxxxx nightly build PPA in Ubuntu 11.10 386 ver. but using Genius Mousepad 8x6 tablet in our case. See Post #12: Getting same output as your Wacoms.

"Gimp 2.7.3+Git compiled from source with Gimp-razor... seams to not suffer of this, but it really slow and got some 'missed strokes' or 'empty strokes' ( you paint , and nothing appear, as if the brush engine get freezed )."

Exactly, the spontaneous streaking to the edge of the canvas is no more. But if you draw fast you get holes in the lines you draw as if the signal from the tablet was being dropped or interrupted for a small fraction of a second. If you draw slower, it's not a problem.

Confirmed Matthew Meyers findings in post #40:

"however as 2.7.3 won't install on 64bit systems"

GIMP 2.7.3 would not install on our 64bit Ubuntu 11.10 setup.

In contrast to these problems with GIMP, MyPaint works flawlessly with the Genius tablet with no setups required and full pressure sensitivity.

@Deevad: Thank you for the reference to davidrevoy.com. Excellent program/utility selections and setup info. My daughter is the graphics artist wannabe. I'm just trying to bug swat things before I turn her loose on attempting to learn this stuff. Learning is much more difficult in a buggy environment because when something goes wrong you don't know whether it's you or the programming. And, that causes fear and apprehension which inhibits learning. It's obvious to me that I should go to Walmart and buy a couple of 16GB Sandisk Flash drives to install bootable Linux variations to see what setups give the least aggravations. If you worked on Sintel, she would probably love to talk to you. She is a dragon fanatic..., draws them all day long.