[Bug 633125] [NEW] syndaemon polls 5 times a second

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Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

The "Disable touchpad while typing" option in System->Preferences->Mouse
launches syndaemon -i 0.5 -k.  Unfortunately syndaemon seems to poll
every 200ms even when the system is otherwise idle, waking up the CPU
and presumably wasting power.

syndaemon has code to use XRecord to avoid polling, but it appears to be
compiled without HAVE_XRECORD, even though Xorg appears to provide that
extension (judging from xdpyinfo output).  It also requires -R to be
passed on the command line, although perhaps it would be a reasonable
default?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.2.2-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-20.29-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-20-generic i686
Architecture: i386

** Affects: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released


** Tags: maverick natty
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syndaemon polls 5 times a second
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/633125
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