Latest revision as of 21:42, 18 November 2025

OpenTabletDriver is an open source, cross-platform, low latency, user-mode tablet driver.

Installing OpenTabletDriver

Install OpenTabletDriver, it's daemon and GUI by:

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
{
  ...
  # Enable OpenTabletDriver
  hardware.opentabletdriver.enable = true;

  # Required by OpenTabletDriver
  hardware.uinput.enable = true;
  boot.kernelModules = [ "uinput" ];
  ...
}

Troubleshooting

Check out the official OpenTabletDriver Wiki

⚠︎

Warning: Do not run otd-daemon as root

But in case you do, run:

sudo rm /tmp/CoreFxPipe_OpenTabletDriver.Daemon

to stop the daemon from crashing when ran as user again.

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 = Installing OpenTabletDriver =
 Install OpenTabletDriver, it's daemon and GUI by:
-{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>
+{{file|3=<nowiki>
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 {
@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
    # Enable OpenTabletDriver
    hardware.opentabletdriver.enable = true;
+  # Required by OpenTabletDriver
+  hardware.uinput.enable = true;
+  boot.kernelModules = [ "uinput" ];
    ...
 }
-</nowiki>}}
+</nowiki>|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}
 = Troubleshooting =
 Check out the official [https://opentabletdriver.net/Wiki/FAQ/Linux OpenTabletDriver Wiki]
 {{warning|1=Do not run <code>otd-daemon</code> as root }}
 But in case you do, run: