Comment 31 for bug 260675

I do recall there was one other issue where any X application that started up when X was configured for a tablet but a tablet was not plugged in caused warnings (usually three) to be emitted to the console. I think this was back around dapper, or so. There were a great deal of false bug reports about that.

While auto-detection is ideal for most (if not all) hardware, I suspect doing it "correctly" for wacom tablets in such a way that it doesn't negatively affect users who have never heard of a tablet, let alone seen one, will take some time and work. I suspect that some restructuring of both the driver and the X input infrastructure would be required.

Anyway, to answer your question, good locations to start would probably be in Launchpad Questions, or in a separate bug report, depending on your level of knowledge and expertise.