~/ Setup Huion Tablet on Arch Linux Window Manager (XOrg)

Setting up the Huion graphic tablet on Arch Linux with a window manager with the help of xsetwacom, as the Huion tablet package from the AUR repo is not working correctly.

June 1, 2025

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5 min read

Arch Linux
Huion
Tablet
Window Manager
Linux
AUR

I am using Huion H1060P Drawing tablet for a while now, I was facing issue setting up the physical button on pad and stylus. Using AUR's official package have some glitches, major one was that when I draw it will flicker the cursor and push it to top left corner of screen and bring back in milliseconds. To fix this issue I use xsetwacom and it was also a challenge in it self for my tablet, lets fix the issue.

Installing the required packages

Note: Make sure you have any AUR helper installed.

Bash
paru -Syu digimend-kernel-drivers-dkms-git xf86-input-wacom

Find the ID & name for your device

Bash
xinput list

My Sample Output

$Terminal
⎡ Virtual core pointer                    	id=2	[master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer              	id=4	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Dial pad      	id=17	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pen stylus    	id=18	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ SINOWEALTH 2.4G Wireless Receiver       	id=12	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P stylus        	id=21	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P eraser        	id=22	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad       	id=20	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Touch Strip pad	id=19	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Group Buttons pad	id=23	[slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                   	id=3	[master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard             	id=5	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=6	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Asus Wireless Radio Control             	id=7	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=8	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                            	id=11	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus                               	id=9	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                            	id=10	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ SINOWEALTH 2.4G Wireless Receiver Keyboard	id=13	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ C-Media Electronics Inc. USB Audio Device	id=14	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Asus WMI hotkeys                        	id=15	[slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard            	id=16	[slave  keyboard (3)]

Now you need to test which device is the stylus and which is the pad.

Bash
xinput test 18

Now if you get any output, then it's your stylus. See, I put 18, which corresponds to the HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pen stylus. So now I know it is my pen. If you don't see any output, then try changing the test ID.

Similarly, do it for the tablet, look for the keyword, such as tablet, pad, etc. In my case, it's HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad with ID 20, so I will again test it with xinput test 20 and then press the button on the tablet. If I get output, I am right, else, change the ID to something else from the list.

Now set the stylus and pad button to keys

Create a bash file to update the keys for pad and stylus. I will call it huionKeySetup.sh.

Bash
# huionKeySetup.sh

##----------------------##
## Drawing Tablet setup ##
##----------------------##
# Stylus
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pen stylus" Button 1 "button +1"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pen stylus" Button 2 "button +2"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pen stylus" Button 3 "button +3"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pen stylus" PressureCurve 100 0 100 0

# Tablet
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 1 "key h"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 2 "key k"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 3 "key 1"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 8 "key 2"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 9 "key 3"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 10 "key 4"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 11 "key 5"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 12 "key 6"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 13 "key 7"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 14 "key 0"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 15 "key ctrl z"
xsetwacom set "HUION HUION Tablet_H1060P Pad pad" Button 16 "key ctrl shift z"

Here you can see how I have set the key combination and buttons. Button 1 is your mouse primary click, Button 2 is your middle click and Button 3 is your right click.

Note: Make sure to check which Button 1 crossponds to which key on your tablet. For me Button 8 crossponds to 4th button on my tablet

Now you need to run this bash file at startup and all set. Thank you for reading.