# How to set up stylus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Framework Laptop 12\ **Created:** [September 22, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/how-to-set-up-stylus/75462 "2025-09-22T13:04:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QVN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/9e8a1a/32.png) [@QVN](https://community.frame.work/u/QVN)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/how-to-set-up-stylus/75462/1 "2025-09-22T13:04:49Z")
Batch 7 here 😀 I have been enjoying my first FW, and setting up a Linux-based OS makes it so fun. It is like I have a new toy that I can fiddle around with whatever I want, and it just feels great! However, I’m struggling to use a stylus on my FW12. This is the first time that I use a stylus, and also first time using a Linux desktop, so I don’t know what to do. Searching through Google does not yield any relevant results. It does not seem my FW actually detects my stylus, as **libinput debug-events** does not show anything other than my other inputs (keyboard, mouse). My OS: Fedora 42, all default settings. Stylus: Lenovo Precision Pen 2. BIOS: MPP 2.0 (default) Is there any setup that I need to do that I don’t know about? I thought it should run out of the box. EDIT: switching to USI then back to MPP seems to magically solve the problem 😂 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/bigt/32/17143_2.png) [@BigT](https://community.frame.work/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/how-to-set-up-stylus/75462/2 "2025-09-22T13:10:48Z")
> [@QVN](#): > > I thought it should run out of the box. I have tried four different pens and all just worked. A Surface Slim Pen 2, Metapen M2 and M3 pro (all MPP 2.0), and one Metapen USI 2.0 pen (had to change the BIOS to USI 2.0). All of them just worked with Fedora and Windows. I didn’t have to do any setup (other than changing the BIOS setting to USI 2.0 for that pen). Is it possible it’s an issue with your pen? ---
**Author:** ![QVN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/9e8a1a/32.png) [@QVN](https://community.frame.work/u/QVN)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/how-to-set-up-stylus/75462/3 "2025-09-22T13:13:08Z")
Honestly, idk. I just bought the Lenovo stylus just for this since I heard it works well, so I don’t have other devices to test this on. ---
**Author:** ![2disbetter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/2disbetter/32/1176_2.png) [@2disbetter](https://community.frame.work/u/2disbetter)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/how-to-set-up-stylus/75462/4 "2025-09-22T13:14:14Z")
> [@QVN](#): > > Stylus: Lenovo Precision Pen 2 Looks like this pen is USI 2.0 compatible. So you will need to change the pen support in your BIOS. Then it should work as BigT mentioned above. ---
**Author:** ![QVN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/9e8a1a/32.png) [@QVN](https://community.frame.work/u/QVN)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/how-to-set-up-stylus/75462/5 "2025-09-22T13:17:19Z")
I switched to USI 2.0 and it still doesn’t detect the stylus. **libinput** can detect tablet mode properly, but the stylus doesn’t get detected in either mode. ---
**Author:** ![QVN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/9e8a1a/32.png) [@QVN](https://community.frame.work/u/QVN)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/how-to-set-up-stylus/75462/6 "2025-09-22T13:23:25Z")
Wait, moving back from USI to MPP in BIOS and magically the stylus works 🤣 Anyway thanks BigT and 2dis for helping out, and sorry for the troubles! ---
**Author:** ![Mochi\_the\_Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@Mochi\_the\_Bear](https://community.frame.work/u/Mochi_the_Bear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/how-to-set-up-stylus/75462/7 "2026-05-05T07:36:07Z")
Loving things so far. After setting MPP in Bios, it’s detected, but the buttons don’t seem to work. I’m on Debian 13.4 Gnome.