I did some searching on Kubuntu forum. Here is what I found. Can this be applied to the 'wacom' driver?
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=7964.0 -- Kate throws a screen of errors when invoked using sudo... kate still starts https://launchpad.net/bugs/64735 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs