Comment 17 for bug 726832

(In reply to comment #9)
> It looks like Bryce Harrington put together a patch way back in 2010 to address
> this, or at least something closely related. Here's the link:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/327428/+attachment/1752254/+files/116_resolution_detect_option.patch
>
> Here's another patch from the same (duplicate) launchpad bug report:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/327428/+attachment/1368744/+files/synaptics.diff

That's a hack. We need to fix the problem, not just paper over it with another option.