I just tried under Karmic... I'm sorry to have to say that the bug is still present.
$ dpkg -l xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-input-evdev | grep ^i ii xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10 the X.Org X server ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.2.5-1ubuntu6 X.Org X server -- evdev input driver -- (Needs xserver 1.7) Barcode reader kill X on scan https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/370851 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs