Public bug reported: In the current (2.6.27-rc3) kernel the synaptics driver produces this message in the syslog:
kernel: evdev.c(EVIOCGBIT): Suspicious buffer size 511, limiting output to 64 bytes. See http://userweb.kernel.org/~dtor/eviocgbit-bug.html The page mentioned also has a fix for the problem (which works). Related discussion on LKML: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121751345006594&w=4 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&w=4&r=1&s=synaptics+EVIOCGBIT&q=b ** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- synaptics (almost) crashes in recent kernels https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259129 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