syndaemon runs on its own, once it's started it does not need to be controlled from outside. So it would work if g-s-d used pidof instead of manager->priv->syndaemon_spawned, then it can also grab the pid to know what to kill if the user changes the setting.
** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Precise) Assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) => Rodrigo Moya (rodrigo-moya) ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Oneiric) Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) -- 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 - two syndaemon instances running 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