diff --git a/site/_wiki/FAQ/General.md b/site/_wiki/FAQ/General.md index c08fb1e..e537516 100644 --- a/site/_wiki/FAQ/General.md +++ b/site/_wiki/FAQ/General.md @@ -122,6 +122,27 @@ This is a bug that is planned to be fixed. You can see the progress on GitHub here: [OpenTabletDriver#1143](https://github.com/OpenTabletDriver/OpenTabletDriver/issues/1143) +## My tablet stop responding when I close the OpenTabletDriver user interface {#gui-is-almost-always-the-driver} + +Compared to most other device drivers, OpenTabletDriver is a user-mode driver, +which means it needs to run an active application to be able to process data +from your tablet. + +OpenTabletDriver is split into 2 parts: the daemon and the GUI. If you launch +the GUI without the daemon running, the GUI starts an internal daemon process +and manages the daemon for you. + +That means if you start the daemon before starting the GUI, then the GUI no +longer manages the daemon process, and you can open and close the GUI +separately as needed. + +> **Note:** The Linux version of the OpenTabletDriver GUI does *not* manage the + daemon for you, yet. +> +> For more details, see OpenTabletDriver issue + [#4529](https://github.com/OpenTabletDriver/OpenTabletDriver/issues/4529). +{:.alert-primary} + ## How to convert areas to and from OpenTabletDriver? {#area-conversion} ### Conversion through the OpenTabletDriver UI