# Touchscreen stylus not working on Gnome 50

**URL:** <https://krita-artists.org/t/touchscreen-stylus-not-working-on-gnome-50/182066>\
**Category:** Input Device Support\
**Tags:** tablet-input\
**Created:** [May 1, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/touchscreen-stylus-not-working-on-gnome-50/182066 "2026-05-01T21:41:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Whey\_Isolate](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Whey\_Isolate](https://krita-artists.org/u/Whey_Isolate)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/touchscreen-stylus-not-working-on-gnome-50/182066/1 "2026-05-01T21:41:36Z")

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Type of device\* : 2-in-1 laptop  
Brand and version of the device: Microsoft Surface Pro 9  
System\*\* : Arch Linux x86\_64

\* graphics tablet/display tablet/2-in-1 laptop/Android tablet  
\*\* Windows/Linux/Mac/Android, + version (you’ll find it in `Help -> Show system information for bug reports`)

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Description of the issue (you can include screenshots):

After a recent upgrade from Gnome 49 to Gnome 50 on my Arch Linux system, Krita no longer registers any input from the stylus of my tablet. The cursor still hovers under where I hold the stylus, but tapping and attempting to draw does nothing.

I suspect this has to do with [this issue](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/work_items/4678) in the Mutter repo. For reference, I’m also running the linux-surface kernel with iptsd. I’ve tried downgrading Gnome/Mutter, Krita, and the kernel, to no avail.

If anyone else is having similar issues, and if anyone has workarounds for this, please share! I’m hoping to fix this soon so I can finish the commission I’m working on.

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**Author:** ![Drawpile](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/drawpile/32/140367_2.png) [@Drawpile](https://krita-artists.org/u/Drawpile)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/touchscreen-stylus-not-working-on-gnome-50/182066/2 "2026-05-02T00:15:46Z")

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There has been issues with XWayland breaking tablet stuff recently, so that may be the package you need to downgrade.

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**Author:** ![Whey\_Isolate](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Whey\_Isolate](https://krita-artists.org/u/Whey_Isolate)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/touchscreen-stylus-not-working-on-gnome-50/182066/3 "2026-05-02T03:51:20Z")

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This fixed it, thank you so much! I downgraded from 24.1.10 to 24.1.9. My commission is saved…

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**Author:** ![system](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/1X/e446d8b3077ddf6dfb5b2cd65199c20095b47dcf.png) [@system](https://krita-artists.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/touchscreen-stylus-not-working-on-gnome-50/182066/4 "2026-05-06T03:51:57Z")

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