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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package

  1. Bug #68370
  2. Comment #81

Comment 81 for bug 68370

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Markus Kienast (elias1884) wrote : Re: [Bug 68370] Re: Synaptics touchpad not enabled for second X display

On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 20:20 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Something is calling XOpenDevice after the VT has been switched away but
> before the new X server has grabbed it. The easiest workaround is for
> the driver to check whether the vt semaphore is currently held, and if
> not then fail the open request.
>
 This bug does only apply to synaptics touchpad pointer devices and not
to USB mice. So I suppose if the synaptics driver can be made to act
exactly the same way on VT switches like a USB mouse, everything should
be fine.