[PD] gem blocks tablet

[Olaf Matthes]

Hi Mark,

the problem is that I _want_ to use it because I need a pointing device that is
capable of transmitting 3 different kinds of information (x,y,pressure) with one
hand. Thats why I connected it to my computer, to use it with the gemtablet
object...

So my problem is not to switch it off but to get it to work with gem...  ;-)

I did a small test: When I start photoshop (or any other programm that is
capable of using a tablet) and the tablet is _not_ connected to the computer, I
allways get _two_ (identical) error messages reporting an error in WinTab.dll.
When I start gem I just get _one_ error message (saying the same).
Usually I can use the tablet and the mouse together, gem just blocks the tablet
(there is no reaction when moving the pen), the mouse still works...

Olaf


Mark Danks schrieb:

>   You can turn it off with an environment variable.  From the release notes:
>
> If you don't want GEM to take control of the tablet if it finds
> one, set the environment variable GEM_NO_TABLET to the
> value "1" (no quotes of course).  There will be a print out if
> GEM finds the environment variable.
>
> Later, Mark
>
> ============================
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> = Lead Programmer PS2
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> ============================
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Olaf Matthes [mailto:olaf.matthes at gmx.de]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 11:16 AM
> > To: pd-list
> > Subject: [PD] gem blocks tablet
> >
> >
> > Hi Mark, hi list,
> >
> > I just ran into difficulties using gem (0.84) and my drawing tablet
> > (acecad DigiPadII cordless) on WinNT 4.0 (with pd 0.32-1).
> > When I start
> > pd the tablet sort of blocks: it is no longer possible to move the
> > mouse-arrow on the screen. When I close pd (using the mouse
> > or keyboard)
> > everythings works well again.
> > Gem reports: GEM: connected to tablet. Running pd without gem does not
> > cause this problem...
> >
> > Any ideas, hints, bug warnings... ? Or do I just need to
> > download latest
> > versions?
> >
> > Thanks, Olaf
> >
> >