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[Christopher Small <786317@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have experienced it (as I believe others have) even when using Gnome with
effect ("Classic Ubuntu" vs "Classic Ubuntu (Without Effects)").

Chris


On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Andrew Kay
<786317@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I haven't tried ocelot yet, but on Natty it is only a problem with Unity
> -- ie going back to gnome removes the problem.
>
> When you look at the output from "xinput" it seems (and I'm not
> experienced here) that the driver is generating the right combination of
> ups and downs.
>
> So it seems to be some interaction between unity and some strange
> assumption that gimp is making (because I haven't seen any complaints
> about similar applications)
>
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> Title:
>  wacom intuous3 often fails to draw stroke (release click not
>  recognised?)
>
> Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: gimp
>
>  It appears that sometimes when the pen is lifted a "button up" command is
> somehow not sent to gimp.
>  This is new in Natty (it all worked beautifully in Maverick)
>
>  gimp 2.6.11,
>  ubuntu natty
>  Wacom intuous3 6x8
>
>  To reproduce:
>  make sure you have selected wacom as extended input device.  Press "P" to
> paint.
>  Make a stroke.  Very often (but not always) at the end of the stroke when
> the pen is lifted the paint cursor remains at the end of the stroke and does
> not follow the pointer.  It's necessary to click again (anywhere, or with
> any button) to get the cursor following the pointer again before you can
> draw another stroke.  This makes gimp unusable.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Architecture: i386
>  Date: Sat May 21 21:32:15 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: gimp
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (11 days ago)
>
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