I’m using the Framework Laptop 12 with CachyOS KDE installed. The Stylus finally arrived today and I went to test it out only to find that even the lightest pressure on it seems to be detected as 100% pressure. This was not the case on the Lenovo pen I had for a bit and returned nor the Penoval USI 2.0 stylus that I have. I struggle to get the Framework Stylus to get below 100% pressure detected. If I try to barely touch the screen I get split second detection of between 30 and 99%, but cannot be sustained at any level other than 100%.
I don’t think just adjusting the Pressure Range curve in KDE or in Krita will be enough to address this.
Anybody have thought, ideas, or experience?
Welcome to the community.
To rule out an OS issue, it might be a good idea to create ab Ubuntu LIVE USB drive and see if the same issues happen under one of the officially supported Linux distributions.
If the same thing is happening then it might be a defective sensor in the pen itself. Contact support and start a ticket so they can help diagnose the issue. There are not a ton of them in the wild (I think it still is pretty new to the marketplace) so this might be an issue that has not been widely reported.
Let us know how it turns out! Hope you are enjoying your Framework Laptop 12.
Alright I have tested in both a Ubuntu and Kubuntu live image and the pressure was correctly detected. I then went back into my CachyOS install, and the pressure is now being detected as it should. Very odd, but glad it is working properly now.