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.
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Matthew Saltzman
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Clemson University
mjs AT clemson DOT edu