Working area of Huion driver software in Linux not working
On Kubuntu 25.04, using wayland; tablet area does not detect my screen resolution properly, resulting in the driver app thinking my screen is a 1 by 1 pixel. screenshot shows the huion app not detecting the screen resolution of my screen
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Hi Keith (cklx622), our Linux driver requires the X11 desktop protocol to work. Thus, please follow the steps below to switch to the X11 protocol:
Here's the link for your reference: Kubuntu.
Best Regards,
HUION Customer Support
In a situation where I am unable/hard to switch to X11 (I'm using sway), is there any other alternatives?
Hi, Mangie Rockz. Thank you for reaching out and sharing your experience. We understand that switching to X11 can be challenging, especially if you're accustomed to Sway or other Wayland-based environments.
Currently, our driver is officially supported only on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Although X11 serves as a fallback for users on other distributions, we acknowledge that it may not be an ideal solution for everyone. Unfortunately, we don't currently offer a native Wayland-compatible alternative due to the wide variety of Linux distributions and compositor implementations.
That said, we continually evaluate ways to enhance compatibility, and we appreciate your feedback—it helps us prioritize future development. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Best Regards,
HUION Customer Support
Same. Debian 13.0 (Trixie) was released and KDE Plasma 6.3.5 now has Wayland as default.
It's not practical to switch back and forth from wayland to X11.
Maybe there's no need to modifiy the drivers, just some configs would do the trick?
Anyhow, Please bump this up into the product roadmap. It's becoming increasingly important. For each user that speaks up, there are hundreds that have this same problem but don't bother.
Hi, DiegoRC. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us! We truly appreciate your suggestion regarding Wayland compatibility for our tablet drivers. It's wonderful to hear from users who are passionate about improving our products.
We have forwarded your request to our software engineering team for review. While we can't make any guarantees at this time, we are always looking for ways to enhance compatibility and performance, and your input is invaluable in that process.
Thanks again for reaching out. If you have any further thoughts or questions, please don't hesitate to let us know!
Best Regards,
HUION Customer Support
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