Similar problem for hauppauge remote control. A similar solution is provided here:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=222672 The symptoms are quite severe in this case, as the user loses mouse control completely. Not sure how a patch could be provided for more than specific cases that are reported (by including the symlink rule for each touchpad/remote control/other input device as they are proven problematic). -- Simple fix for the "mouse & touchpad together" problem https://launchpad.net/bugs/28914 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs