Strange behaviour

[Art Alexion]

I have identical problems on a 6.06 dapper system upgraded from breezy.

Mine is a bit different

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
  Major opcode:  146
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
  Major opcode:  146
  Minor opcode:  3
  Resource id:  0x0
Failed to open device


On Wednesday 13 December 2006 18:52, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
> On a freshly installed 6.06 Kubuntu:
>
> When I start a graphical app from the konsole, I get the following error
> messages in the console before the prog starts:
>
> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
>   Major opcode:  144
>   Minor opcode:  3
>   Resource id:  0x0
> Failed to open device
> X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
>   Major opcode:  144
>   Minor opcode:  3
>   Resource id:  0x0
> Failed to open device
>
> I had a look in /etc/X11/xorg.conf where I was surprised to fid the
> following, given I have a bog-standard keyboard and (serial) mouse, but
> nothing like those:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver "wacom"
>   Identifier "stylus"
>   option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to
>   option "Type" "stylus"
>   option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
>   # /dev/input/event
>   # for USB
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver "wacom"
>   Identifier "eraser"
>   option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to
>   option "Type" "eraser"
>   option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
>   # /dev/input/event
>   # for USB
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver "wacom"
>   Identifier "cursor"
>   option "Device" "/dev/wacom"# Change to
>   option "Type" "cursor"
>   option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
>   # /dev/input/event
>   # for USB
> EndSection
>
> Would these devices be the cause of the error messages I am getting ?
>
> Can I remove those entries, or is there a risk of finding myself without
> X11 ?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ron.
> --
>                              Of all the animals,
>                       the boy is the most unmanageable.
>                                                -- Plato
>
>                    -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org --

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