wacom pen pressure not working firealpaca

When I hold the eraser down on my wacom intuos pen and touch (the older version}, it still registers as pen because the pen side is the one touching the tablet. I'm not sure about the wacom intuos pro, but I don't think the eraser is much of a button rather than a sensor, at least not any more.

I've never once held it down to erase and that might be problem number 1. Now by 'eraser button' I assume you mean the black bulb-like thing on the opposite side of the pen to the side with the nib. I actually found a solution when looking for how to turn off the press and hold to right click option. I've had a similar situation for months now, my eraser side wasn't working and I couldn't figure out how to fix it. What do you guys think? What can I do? Reformat the entire computer? Time Machine? The Wacom diagnostics say the Wacom tablet works perfectly fine, and I've had intensive customer replies through Wacom support, and in the end they told me I probably should turn to Adobe. I've tried previous Photoshop versions, other drivers for the Wacom tablet, and nothing (I've tried it all!) seems to work. Here's the problem: When I hold in the eraser button, and erase one or more times, it immediately reverts back to the brush tool even if I still have the eraser button pushed down and haven't released it! This didn't happen during all my years using Photoshop and Wacom tablets. That's how I've been erasing for many years and how I love painting – I have the brush tool, paint some, and then when I want to erase I just hold in the eraser button and then release. I typically map the eraser function to the bottom side button on my pen for the Wacom Intuos Pro Medium. I've been struggling with an issue now for a couple of months and I'm really annoyed at not being able to work as I have for the past 10 years using tablets and Photoshop.

Wacom pen pressure not working firealpaca