UINTUOS(4)

πŸ“¦ version 11.0, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ UINTUOS(4) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual β€” yes that's the manual name, don't @ me β€” and today's main character is uintuos, the Wacom Intuos drawing tablet device driver. pen girlies rise πŸ–ŠοΈπŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

uintuos β€” the Wacom Intuos drawing tablet device driver. literally the driver that lets your fancy pen tablet talk to your kernel. no cap.


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

uintuos* at uhidbus?

that's it. that's the whole config line. slay πŸ’–


πŸŽ€ DESCRIPTION πŸŽ€

so the uintuos driver provides support for Wacom Intuos PTS Pen devices. it's giving "your tablet actually works now" energy ✨

the device driver returns absolute mouse position events through a wsmouse(4) device, similar to a touch panel. iykyk β€” absolute positioning, not that relative mouse nonsense. very demure, very mindful 🫢

the following devices are supported:

  • πŸ–ŠοΈ Wacom Intuos CTH-490
  • πŸ–ŠοΈ Wacom Intuos CTL-6100WL

those two. iconic lineup honestly πŸ‘‘


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read them fr fr, they're the supporting cast πŸ’œ


⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the uintuos device driver appeared in NetBSD 10.0. glow-up era πŸ’«


πŸ‘‘ AUTHORS πŸ‘‘

the uintuos driver was written by Yorick Hardy. we stan a legend πŸ«‘πŸ’–


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