My x.org.conf had a lot of pointer device sections (I'm not sure where they came from); after I removed them, I no longer saw the problem. good-xorg.conf (after the change) and bad-xorg.conf (before the change) attached.
** Attachment added: "bad xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19465260/bad-xorg.conf -- gnome-settings-daemon leaks memory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293318 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