xsetwacom can't set parameters

Does this actually result in the command failing, or is it purely cosmetic?

not cosmetic; the command doesn't function at all.

btw, were you able to test the new xsetwacom you uploaded today? it still
doesn't seem to have the Rotate parameter built in.

i reinstalled the package and now Rotate seems to be there, but fails in the way
i describe in this bug:

Error (5): WacomConfigSetRawParam: Unknown X error
Set: Failed to set stylus value for 'Rotate'

and this is the output i get with the verbose option:

Set: sending 105 2 (0x2)
Error (5): WacomConfigSetRawParam: Unknown X error
Set: Failed to set stylus value for 'Rotate'

here's a reply from the driver developer to someone who's having the same problem:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7308898&forum_id=19621

it seems this happens when xsetwacom and the Wacom driver (wacom_drv.o) are
built from different source versions.

here's the output of "sudo dpkg-reconfigure wacom-tools"

* Doing Wacom setup... [ ok ]
ldconfig: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1.0.7664 is not an ELF file - it has
the wrong magic bytes at the start.

ldconfig: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1.0.7676 is not an ELF file - it has
the wrong magic bytes at the start.

Yes, it works absolutely fine here. I get the error, but stuff rotates anyway.

that's weird because i just noticed that once i get this error, the stylus
totally stops responding.

The wacom tools have recently been updated in Dapper; can you try to reconfirm this bug?

xsetwacom is still failing in Ubuntu 6.10, with the most recent security updates/bugfixes. My computer is a custom-built AMD Athlon XP 1500+.

wacdump properly identifies my tablet as a Wacom Graphire3 CTE-630, and xsetwacom can find it:

khakionion@metaburrito:~$ xsetwacom list dev
stylus pad
cursor cursor
eraser eraser

But when I try to set a parameter:

khakionion@metaburrito:~$ xsetwacom set stylus mode absolute
X Error: 169 BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device
Error (5): WacomConfigOpenDevice: Failed to open device
Set: Failed to open device 'stylus'

This happens when trying to set any parameter to any of the above-listed devices.

Please try on an uptodate Feisty.

works here with 0.7.7.7:

joachim@madkeunnen:~$ xsetwacom list dev
eraser eraser
cursor cursor
stylus stylus
joachim@madkeunnen:~$ xsetwacom set stylus mode absolute
joachim@madkeunnen:~$

Also working here in an up to date Feisty install.