Bug 460395 - KCM inappropriately appears on Wayland
Summary: KCM inappropriately appears on Wayland
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: wacomtablet
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 3.2.0
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Valerii Malov
URL:
Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2022-10-13 22:43 UTC by gudvinr+kde
Modified: 2022-10-26 02:23 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/system/wacomtablet/-/commit/dd28b27069c45d618cee952a7b3bc284a42cc7d0
Version Fixed/Implemented In: oops, it needs a new release
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Description gudvinr+kde 2022-10-13 22:43:11 UTC 
SUMMARY

In system settings > input devices there are 2 entries for setting up tablets:
* Drawing Tablet
* Graphic tablet

Both refer to same thing essentially and what makes it even more ridiculous is that on Wayland, second one doesn't work and just show message about its unavailability.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Open Input Devices

OBSERVED RESULT
There are multiple settings menus for tablets.

EXPECTED RESULT
Only one settings entry for tablets.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.99.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6
Kernel Version: 6.0.1-zen1-1-zen (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-10-14 19:20:04 UTC 
Drawing Tablet is the wayland version of the Graphics Tablet KCM, which does not work on Wayland. I guess the bug here is that Drawing Tablet is inappropriately shown on X11.

However this would be tricky if we just hide it, since then on X11 you would see nothing unless you have the wacomtablet repo installed, which provides the Graphics Tablet KCM.

What do you think, Aleix?
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-10-14 19:20:33 UTC 
Alternatively, you can fix this for yourself by uninstalling the wacomtablet package.
Comment 3 gudvinr+kde 2022-10-15 06:24:14 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Drawing Tablet is the wayland version of the Graphics Tablet KCM, which does
> not work on Wayland. I guess the bug here is that Drawing Tablet is
> inappropriately shown on X11.

For me that's other way around. I have Graphics Tablet shown on Wayland.
Comment 4 Aleix Pol 2022-10-24 15:24:42 UTC 
Just to be clear:

> Drawing Tablet is the wayland version of the Graphics Tablet KCM, which does not work on Wayland. I guess the bug here is that Drawing Tablet is inappropriately shown on X11.

"which does not work on X11". Yes, the "Drawing Tablet" KCM should only be shown in Wayland, and that should already be the case.

The "Graphic tablet" should stay there on X11.

"Graphic tablet" should not be seen on Wayland. This needs fixing in here: https://invent.kde.org/system/wacomtablet
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2022-10-25 16:09:09 UTC 
Yeah, we should make the old Wacom tablet KCM not appear on Wayland, now that there is a Wayland-compatible thing.
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2022-10-25 19:56:19 UTC 
Oh, I made that change 9 months ago in https://invent.kde.org/system/wacomtablet/-/commit/dd28b27069c45d618cee952a7b3bc284a42cc7d0.

The problem appears to be that it hasn't gotten a release since then. I'll see what I can do.
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2022-10-25 19:57:19 UTC 
In the meantime, distros can patch their packages with that commit if they want.
Comment 8 Aleix Pol 2022-10-25 23:19:20 UTC 
Don't lie to us Nate. You have a time machine and now we all have proof.
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2022-10-26 02:23:59 UTC 
You can go about your business. Move along.