0003685: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics conflicts with Kali-desktop-gnome metapackage

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003685	Kali Linux	Kali Package Improvement	public	2016-10-21 17:06	2016-10-21 18:36

Reporter	pkreuzt	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	2016.2

Summary	0003685: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics conflicts with Kali-desktop-gnome metapackage
Description	Actually only with the metapackage, since single packages it depends on are already installed and show no error. Since this provides no files, seems an spureous dependency problem.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-10-21 17:06	pkreuzt	New Issue
2016-10-21 18:36	rhertzog	Note Added: 0006066
2016-10-21 18:36	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2016-10-21 18:36	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2016-10-21 18:36	rhertzog	Resolution	open => won't fix

rhertzog 2016-10-21 18:36 administrator ~0006066	Hi, this is not an error, it's a deliberate choice. GNOME is unable to configure a touchpad managed by the synaptics driver. It only works with touchpad managed by the libinput driver. But when both are installed, the synaptics driver takes precedence...