xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package causes high cpu load

Bug #1766358 reported by Ilia
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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Today I noticed that the are few processes that load my CPU about 100%. I check the syslog, and there are lot of following messages:

```
Apr 24 00:09:48 Ilias-HP gnome-shell[1588]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register :1.58/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead
Apr 24 00:09:48 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9
Apr 24 00:09:48 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: message repeated 43 times: [ (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9]
Apr 24 00:09:48 Ilias-HP gnome-shell[1588]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Item :1.58/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload is already registered
Apr 24 00:09:48 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: message repeated 24503 times: [ (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9]
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP gnome-shell[1588]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register :1.58/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: message repeated 131 times: [ (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9]
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP gnome-shell[1588]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Item :1.58/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload is already registered
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: message repeated 200 times: [ (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9]
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP gnome-shell[1588]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Attempting to re-register :1.58/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload; resetting instead
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: message repeated 42 times: [ (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9]
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP gnome-shell[1588]: [AppIndicatorSupport-WARN] Item :1.58/org/ayatana/NotificationItem/multiload is already registered
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9
Apr 24 00:09:49 Ilias-HP /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[1074]: message repeated 26717 times: [ (EE) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Read error 9]

```

I found a similar issue with "Synaptics TouchPad: Read error" https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=222031 , and uninstalled the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package, and after that the problem has gone.

Ilia (k15tfu)
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Ilia (k15tfu) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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