This seems to be resolved in Lucid. My Thinkpad X40 running Lucid can connect with no problem to my headless server running Hardy. I didn't test it that extensively, but it's been running for over 10 minutes without a crash, and I ran an IRC program and a server update.
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- XNEST crashes in X_PolyFillRectangle with error config/hal: NewInputDeviceRequest failed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296122 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp