Wacom Bamboo Ink?

[Matthew Saltzman]

Has anyone used a Bamboo Ink or Ink Plus stylus with Fedora?

Fedora 31, up to date. Lenovo Yoga X1 second generation. Trying to use
a Bamboo Ink Plus stylus. I can pair it via Bluetooth, but I can't get
it to connect after pairing. When I attempt to connect, the Bluetooth
connection dialog window spinner runs for several seconds, then
indicates the connection is off.

Any advice about things to install to support this device would be much
appreciated.

If the Ink Plus can't be made to work, I can downgrade to the Ink. If
anyone has a better suggestion for a full-sized stylus, I'd welcome
that too.

The built-in Yoga stylus works fine, but it's not comfortable for
significant pen work.

Thanks in advance.

[Ed Greshko]

On 2020-04-24 07:31, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> Has anyone used a Bamboo Ink or Ink Plus stylus with Fedora?
>
> Fedora 31, up to date. Lenovo Yoga X1 second generation. Trying to use
> a Bamboo Ink Plus stylus. I can pair it via Bluetooth, but I can't get
> it to connect after pairing. When I attempt to connect, the Bluetooth
> connection dialog window spinner runs for several seconds, then
> indicates the connection is off.
>
> Any advice about things to install to support this device would be much
> appreciated.
>
> If the Ink Plus can't be made to work, I can downgrade to the Ink. If
> anyone has a better suggestion for a full-sized stylus, I'd welcome
> that too.
>
> The built-in Yoga stylus works fine, but it's not comfortable for
> significant pen work.

I don't know anything about the stylus.  But googling "bamboo ink stylus lenovo yoga" suggests
there are compatibility issues even with Windows.  One hit suggested that the stylus has 2 modes
and "Press and hold both side buttons at the same time for two seconds to switch between modes."

Something to try?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 2020-04-24 at 08:05 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 2020-04-24 07:31, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > Has anyone used a Bamboo Ink or Ink Plus stylus with Fedora?
> >
> > Fedora 31, up to date. Lenovo Yoga X1 second generation. Trying to
> > use
> > a Bamboo Ink Plus stylus. I can pair it via Bluetooth, but I can't
> > get
> > it to connect after pairing. When I attempt to connect, the
> > Bluetooth
> > connection dialog window spinner runs for several seconds, then
> > indicates the connection is off.
> >
> > Any advice about things to install to support this device would be
> > much
> > appreciated.
> >
> > If the Ink Plus can't be made to work, I can downgrade to the Ink.
> > If
> > anyone has a better suggestion for a full-sized stylus, I'd welcome
> > that too.
> >
> > The built-in Yoga stylus works fine, but it's not comfortable for
> > significant pen work.
>
> I don't know anything about the stylus.  But googling "bamboo ink
> stylus lenovo yoga" suggests
> there are compatibility issues even with Windows.  One hit suggested
> that the stylus has 2 modes
> and "Press and hold both side buttons at the same time for two
> seconds to switch between modes."
>
> Something to try?

Thanks for the tip. Should have mentioned that the pen works fine in
Windows. I did try switching modes, to no avail. AIUI, the mode
compatibility issue is downstream from the fact that I can't even get
the Bluetooth connection. The Ink and Ink Plus both have the mode
switch, but only the Ink Plus uses Bluetooth.

[Samuel Sieb]

On 4/24/20 1:18 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. Should have mentioned that the pen works fine in
> Windows. I did try switching modes, to no avail. AIUI, the mode
> compatibility issue is downstream from the fact that I can't even get
> the Bluetooth connection. The Ink and Ink Plus both have the mode
> switch, but only the Ink Plus uses Bluetooth.

You could try asking on this list:
Linux Wacom 
I haven't seen any messages for a while but they've been pretty 
responsive in the past.

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 2020-04-24 at 09:36 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 4/24/20 1:18 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> > Thanks for the tip. Should have mentioned that the pen works fine
> > in
> > Windows. I did try switching modes, to no avail. AIUI, the mode
> > compatibility issue is downstream from the fact that I can't even
> > get
> > the Bluetooth connection. The Ink and Ink Plus both have the mode
> > switch, but only the Ink Plus uses Bluetooth.
>
> You could try asking on this list:
> Linux Wacom 
> I haven't seen any messages for a while but they've been pretty 
> responsive in the past.

Thanks! I will try there. I think I saw that project there, and it
looks pretty quiet, but definitely worth a try.