That much I have figured out myself :). Still, I think it's a bug that affects many users and it needs to be fixed. (And it's not that harmless. It is creating a huge file in the user's home directory, which may cause the drive to fill up.)
Regards, Alex > > My machine is Dell Inspiron 9400, with Nvidia's binary (OGL accelerated) > drivers. > > $ konsole > X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 > Major opcode: 147 > Minor opcode: 3 > Resource id: 0x0 > Failed to open device > X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 169 > Major opcode: 147 > Minor opcode: 3 > Resource id: 0x0 > Failed to open device > + > + WORKAROUND: > + > + 1) Backup your configuration: open a terminal and write: > + sudo cp -a /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup > + > + 2) Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf : open a terminal and write: > + kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf > + > + 3) Comment out problematic entries. Replace: > + InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" > + InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" > + InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" > + with : > + # InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" > + # InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" > + # InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" > + > + 4) Save the file and restart the computer. > + > + 5) If you encounter any problems (the graphical interface does not load) > just restore the backup with: + sudo cp -a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup > /etc/X11/xorg.conf > + > + and restart the computer. -- X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device https://launchpad.net/bugs/42553 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
