Hello,
I’m new here, so forgive me if I’m posting this in the wrong place.
I was hoping to get some suggestions from any (Wacom) tablet users running Houdini on Linux.
I’ve been primarily Windows based my entire career, and looking to prepare for an eventual transition to Linux. Are there any tablet settings or actions that are missing for Linux, when compared to Windows or Mac functionality? What are the settings that you use the most in Houdini?
From what I’ve been able to see you can map pen buttons for viewport navigation, (which is what I do on Windows) at least on certain distributions of Linux.
I know Wacom doesn’t have an official Linux driver, so I’m worried about a more difficult workflow transition. Has anyone run into any snags running Houdini with a tablet or pen display on Linux?
Thanks
Wacom should work out of the box (it does for me) and if you just need to map the pen buttons you'll be fine.
It can get a bit trickier if you want to map tablet buttons too.
It can get a bit trickier if you want to map tablet buttons too.
Works perfectly fine.
I'm on wacom cintiq pro 32" here, al linux distros at the moment supports it out of the box.
And all mapping options are there as well, both pen and remote as well
For Houdini specifically you do want to set dead zone for selection so it does not start moving what you select right away
I'm on wacom cintiq pro 32" here, al linux distros at the moment supports it out of the box.
And all mapping options are there as well, both pen and remote as well
For Houdini specifically you do want to set dead zone for selection so it does not start moving what you select right away
Mirko JankovicThanks a lot, this is reassuring. And excellent tip about setting dead zone. How many pixels are you setting yours to?
Works perfectly fine.
I'm on wacom cintiq pro 32" here, al linux distros at the moment supports it out of the box.
And all mapping options are there as well, both pen and remote as wellImage Not Found
For Houdini specifically you do want to set dead zone for selection so it does not start moving what you select right away
For what it's worth, I am running Rocky Linux 10.1 and I can indeed use the system drawing pad settings to change the function of the pen etc.; however, If I fire up Houdini and attempt to use the tablet, the cursor will move but it crashes Houdini. I have an older Wacom Intuos 5 Touch tablet.