You might try grepping for it in the output of ps. I think Sven has possibly found the problem. I have two syndaemons running too.
frohro 10334 0.0 0.0 5660 800 pts/2 S+ 13:45 0:00 grep syndeamon frohro@frohro-d830:~/Araya Classes/Signals/PSK31$ ps aux | grep syndaemon frohro 3008 0.0 0.0 3524 768 ? S 09:59 0:04 syndaemon -i 0.5 -K -R frohro 3143 0.0 0.0 3524 772 ? S 09:59 0:04 syndaemon -i 0.5 -K -R frohro 10376 0.0 0.0 5664 804 pts/2 S+ 13:47 0:00 grep syndaemon frohro@frohro-d830:~/Araya Classes/Signals/PSK31$ Rob -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868400 Title: Synaptics touchpad stops working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/868400/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs