OpenTabletDriver

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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

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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.