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Problem: xsetwacom crashes X-server for key-bindings

When setting key-bindings to buttons eg. a pad button like:

 xsetwacom set pad Button1 "core key ctrl z" 

the command below

 xsetwacom -s -v get pad Button1 

produces the error-message Get: Unknown parameter.... And if you actually press Button1 your X-server crashes. Don't try to fix it in the xorg.conf - it doesn't work either. Remapping of buttons does work.

workaround

• install xbindkeys and xvkbd on your system
• in your home create the file .xbindkeysrc and add lines like
  

  #on my system pad-button 1 is mapped to button 9, pad-button 2 to 11, and so on
  #binding for button 9 - undo
  "xvkbd -xsendkeys -text "\[Control]\[z]""
  b:9
  
  #binding for button 11 - redo
  "xvkbd -xsendkeys -text "\[Control]\[y]""
  b:11
  
  #binding for button 12 - fit image to window (gimp)
  "xvkbd -xsendkeys -text "\[Shift]\[Control]\[E]""
  b:12
  

• fire up xbindkeys deamon
• happy remapping and enjoy working with your wacom-tablet.