Fiesty Error - X Error: BadDevice

[BlastXng]

I am getting this error when I updated my packages on Fiesty and I am not sure what it is...? Maybe this has to do with my attempt at installing Beryl?

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 155
Major opcode: 146
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0

[semakwetu]

Re: Fiesty Error - X Error: BadDevice

Is this the xorg.conf wacom tablet entries that most people are seeing because they don't have a tablet so can safely be ignored.

Best Wishes,

[penguin.ch]

Re: Fiesty Error - X Error: BadDevice

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 155

I don't know your actual hardware, but "155" seems to indicate something "serial", e.g. an old mouse

[hotshotdj]

Re: Fiesty Error - X Error: BadDevice

I am getting this error when I updated my packages on Fiesty and I am not sure what it is...? Maybe this has to do with my attempt at installing Beryl?

X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 155
Major opcode: 146
Minor opcode: 3
Resource id: 0x0

The error is harmless. However, it drove me crazy too. Back up /etc/X11/xorg.conf and then edit with root privileges, commenting out thusly:

#Section "InputDevice"
#	Driver		"wacom"
#	Identifier	"stylus"
#	Option		"Device"	"/dev/wacom"	# Change to 
							# /dev/input/event
							# for USB
#	Option		"Type"		"stylus"
#	Option		"ForceDevice"	"ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
#EndSection

#Section "InputDevice"
#	Driver		"wacom"
#	Identifier	"eraser"
#	Option		"Device"	"/dev/wacom"	# Change to 
							# /dev/input/event
							# for USB
#	Option		"Type"		"eraser"
#	Option		"ForceDevice"	"ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
#EndSection

#Section "InputDevice"
#	Driver		"wacom"
#	Identifier	"cursor"
#	Option		"Device"	"/dev/wacom"	# Change to 
							# /dev/input/event
							# for USB
#	Option		"Type"		"cursor"
#	Option		"ForceDevice"	"ISDV4"		# Tablet PC ONLY
#EndSection

Then, page down and comment out the following lines thusly:

Section "ServerLayout"
#	InputDevice   "stylus"	"SendCoreEvents"
#	InputDevice   "cursor"	"SendCoreEvents"
#	InputDevice   "eraser"	"SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

(There will be other stuff in the "ServerLayout" section... just comment out the three listed)

Editing system files is always risky! If you break your system by following these instructions, you get to keep all the pieces.