Because disabling polling would cause a regression for systems that require probing for output hotplug detection. The finer grained locking rework has landed for 3.9... In the meantime the fixes are available through the stable updates.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957298 Title: Mouse is very slow after starting a session on Precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/957298/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs