Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
Version: 1.8.3-2

I have a Thinkpad Yoga 2 Pro and have been using it happily for a couple of
years. I've used the Synaptics Xorg driver but suddenly after upgrading my
touchpad wasn't working right. The gnome-control-center mouse UI didn't
show any of the touchpad related controls, middle click didn't work and
while typing I would get taps so that my input would be moved around.

After some digging I noticed gnome-control-center printing the error
defined here:
  https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2016-April/msg01118.html

I removed the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package but forgot to --purge.
This completely broke my configuration because it left
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-synaptics.conf.
I removed that, restarted X and everything's better.

It's unclear to me if this is specifically a GNOME issue and/or what the
right migration path for users should be.

Ian

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