Changing the Title and Bug Description because multiple mouses isn't the source of the problem. The problem is the way Xorg manage synaptic.
** Summary changed: - Multiple mouses don't work with multiple users + Synaptics doesn't work with multiple users in Xorg. ** Description changed: This bug has been tested on two different laptop. - The first one was a 5 years old IBM laptop on Feisty with two built-in mouses. - The second was a Dell inspiron 9300 laptop on Gutsy with one built-in mouse and a USB wireless mouse. + The first one was a 5 years old IBM laptop on Feisty with one synaptic touchpad and one built-in mouse. + The second was a Dell inspiron 9300 laptop on Gutsy with one synaptic touchpad and a USB wireless mouse. - When accessing the Desktop of an other user through " Change User ", one - mouse will completely stop working. + When accessing the Desktop of an other user through " Change User ", + touchpad will completely stop working. Steps to reproduce the bugs are : - 1. Have two mouses. + 1. Have two mouses, one of these is a touchpad. 2. Open a session 3. Click the change user button to open another session without closing the actual session. - 4. Open another session - Eh voila, one of the two mouse isn't working anymore. If you go back to - the first user Desktop, the second mouse will suddenly works again. It's - pretty bad on a laptop with two built-in mouses because the most used - mouse always stop to work. + The synaptic touchpad isn't working anymore. You doesn't have to open + another session but you can if you want, but the synaptic touchpad will + NEVER works until you get back to the initial session where synaptic is + already used. It's pretty bad on a laptop with two built-in mouses + because the most used mouse always stop to work. - Is it possible that Xorg or another component just handle one mouse for - ALL users? The other mouse could belong to the user itself and can't be - used by another user as long as the session of that user isn't closed? - It sounds like that. + The Xorg logs shows "Synaptics DeviceOff called" when I change user + session and "Synaptics DeviceOn called" when I get back to the initial + user session ( the only way to get the synaptic to work again ). -- Synaptics doesn't work with multiple users in Xorg. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/125340 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
