From the Linux and Unix Users Group at Virginia Tech Wiki

In order for your Wacom tablet to work under arch, you'll need to download and install this package from the AUR. You'll need all the required dependencies:

# pacman -S inputproto libxi ncurses pixman tk

After all the dependencies are satisfied, download and untar the tarball.

# wget [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linuxwacom-dev/linuxwacom-dev.tar.gz http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linuxwacom-dev/linuxwacom-dev.tar.gz]
# tar -xf linuxwacom-dev.tar.gz

Next, you'll need to build the package.

# cd linuxwacom-dev
# makepkg --asroot PKGBUILD

Now install your newly built package(note, your version number may be different).

# pacman -U linuxwacom-dev-0.8.3-8-i686.pkg.tar.gz

After everything is installed, you'll need to edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to recognize the stylus input. Add this to the "ServerLayout" section.

InputDevice    "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice    "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice    "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"

Also add these sections.

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier     "stylus"
  Driver         "wacom"
  Option         "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
  Option         "Type" "stylus"
  Option         "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
  Option         "Button2" "3"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier     "eraser"
  Driver         "wacom"
  Option         "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
  Option         "Type" "eraser"
  Option         "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
  Option         "Button2" "3"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier     "cursor"
  Driver         "wacom"
  Option         "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
  Option         "Type" "cursor"
  Option         "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"
EndSection

Restart X and you should have a functional Arch Linux tablet PC.

[edit] See Also

• Arch