mjg59 comments:
"Yeah, that's an improvement. However, it still means that remote X clients can
influence the input stream in a way they currently can't
Also, that any user with admin privileges can screw everyone else. Though given
sudoers, that's a given.
I dislike tying desktop functionality to an admin group, though. It encourages
people to make normal users admins."
Timo adds that Synaptics is deprecated upstream. I'm afraid we need to
just sit tight and wait for Xinput to become available in Ubuntu. But I
will keep this bug open until that time - this is a common issue and
there is some good analysis/patching in this bug, and while we won't be
carrying this patch in the general distro due to security issues, the
patch may be of interest to other Ubuntu users who can deal with or
accept the security implications themselves in some fashion.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
Status: New => Confirmed
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configuration of synaptics touchpads should be possible by default, and
gsynaptics should be installed by default on laptops
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155937
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