I made a big mistake by installing Wacom drivers meant for Windows onto my Ubuntu system. I thought, "What could go wrong?" but now my computer won't boot unless I go through the BIOS, and my main monitor isn't recognized anymore. I'm not sure where the drivers got installed or how to get rid of them. I've also found some guides on how to properly use a Wacom tablet on Linux, but first, I need to fix this mess.
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Just to clarify, installing a Windows Wacom driver on Ubuntu shouldn't directly affect your display settings. If they were installed, they would typically reside in your Wine prefix, often found at /home/username/.wine. Your boot issues might be unrelated to this driver installation and could stem from something else you did while trying to get your tablet working.
I'm curious about how you even installed those Windows drivers on Ubuntu? That sounds risky! Usually, those drivers should not touch your system like that.
I used Bottles to run the installer.
If this is a fresh installation of Ubuntu, you might consider just doing a full reinstallation. It could save you a lot of hassle!
The .wine folder is empty, so I suspect it’s something else. Before I restarted, I ran a few commands though: `sudo dmesg | grep -i wacom`, `xsetwacom list devices`, and `xsetwacom set 16 MapToOutput 1920x1080+3840+0`. Not sure if those messed things up.