I've added a patch to the karmic xorg-server package that should help. Without having a good reproduction technique, I can't say definitively that this will fix the issue, but I believe it will.
You can find the patched package in my ppa: https://launchpad.net/~chasedouglas/+archive/ppa. -- Xorg crash when usb mouse is connected before gdm login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/361489 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