That is because you are serialising the displays. The reason the mouse doesn't work is because of parallel contention between the display. Your workaround stops the contention from happening.
All of it points to a fault in the driver. On 9/13/07, Andrew Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have discovered new and important information about this bug. -- Synaptics touchpad not enabled for second X display https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68370 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs