Ubuntu 9.04

wow! the pen was recognized out of the box!
(while reinstalling, I kept my /home. I only formatted the partition with the system not the personal stuff.)

Now to do:
- eraser tip
- pen button
- screen rotation
- java for firefox

Things that might help in Jaunty to use tablet.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2008-November/006228.html

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1136848

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WacomTroubleshooting

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Input

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/man4/wacom.4x.html

Feisty and Gutsy no longer supported

Since Ubuntu stopped to support the versions Feisty and Gutsy I might want to look for another operation system for any newer version of Ubuntu is unable to deal with the tablet.

As I still can run some programs under Gutsy like Xournal and GIMP to use my tablet I might split the hard disk and install a supported newer version of Ubuntu beside the Gutsy to be able to use the features of those versions as well as I might install a Windows XP on the other partition instead of a newer version of Ubuntu to enjoy programs such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Recognita, and some .NET applications I'm unable to run under Ubuntu.

As I do hate Windows for it being absolutely not user-friendly compared to linux I might split the hard disk one more time and install 2 versions of ubuntu AND a windows.

main menu disappears

Check out this site.

Works fine. I had to start gnome-panel manually at the end.

~$ gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel
~$ rm -rf /home/USERNAME/.gconf/apps/panel
~$ pkill gnome-panel
~$ gnome-panel

rar

I downloaded from rarlabs site.
The rarlinux-3.8.0.tar.gz was the one that worked for me.
Uncompress, go to the directory in the terminal and type sudo make
The End.

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXi


--> install libxi-dev package through synaptic.

Lexmark E323 Network Printer

I installed it as > Generic > PostScript Printer, and it seems to be working fine.