The message: An X error occurred. The error was BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) is still present in Xubuntu 11.10 with gpointing-device-settings version 1.5.1-5
The message: An X error occurred. The error was BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) is still present in Xubuntu 11.10 with gpointing- device- settings version 1.5.1-5