How can I get my Wacom tablet to use the mouse in relative (touchpad) mode?

Question

I am currently using Ubuntu 11.10 with a first edition Wacom Bamboo Fun 4x6 tablet. The Wacom tablet driver in Ubuntu acknowledges the Wacom pen and its buttons just fine.

However, it doesn't switch to relative mode when I use the Wacom mouse. Also, switching to relative mode manually using the applet in System Settings will not work with the mouse. It stays in absolute or tablet mode.

Solution

The solution I applied was:

xsetwacom --set "Wacom Intuos S Pen stylus" Mode "Relative"

Wacom Intuos S Pen stylus is the device which can be listed by the command: xsetwacom --list devices

Comments

[Ringtail]

OP are you still looking for an answer? If so, you may need to repost your question as this is flagged for closure. Regards,

[Lukas Nothhelfer]

In typical WWW fashion, the reference link has died. Please supply in the answer how to make it permanent? For xorg apparently you need to either append set commands to ~/.xinitrc or change /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/70-wacom.conf -- not at all obvious from the manpage.