gnome-settings-daemon input "hotplug-command" not working in 13.10

[bwat47]

I have always used this method in ubuntu to enable 3-finger tap on my synaptics touchpad (and by the way, 3-finger tap works out of the box in every non-ubuntu distro /rant):

create a file called touchpad_settings.sh.
chmod +x touchpad_settings.sh
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.input-devices hotplug-command "/home/brandon/touchpad_settings.sh"

This way 3 finger tap is working and gnome always respects the setting and doesn't reset it on suspend/resume. This worked perfectly in 12.04, 12.10, and 13.04. In 13.10 it just does not work. I double checked, made sure I had the right path to the file, and that the file was executable. If I manually execute touchpad_settings.sh it works, but when I boot my computer it just does not seem to run the hotplug command, and if I manually run the script and then suspend/resume, gnome disables the 3 finger tap upon resume, again not respecting the hotplug-command.

This is a big issue, this is the only way to get 3 finger tap working on a touchpad in ubuntu.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gnome-settings-daemon 3.8.5-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-8.15-generic 3.11.1
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.4-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 27 07:37:54 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-27 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-settings-daemon
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.gnome.fallback.mount.helper.desktop: [modified]
modified.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.gnome.settings.daemon.desktop: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.gnome.fallback.mount.helper.desktop: 2013-09-27T07:35:28.871725
mtime.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.gnome.settings.daemon.desktop: 2013-09-27T07:35:28.875723

[Tim Lunn (darkxst)]

Perhaps this is related to this change?
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674251

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[b_b (brunobergot)]

Got exactly the same bug, i've tried to add exit 0 on last line of my script as it seems recommended on page linked by Time (thanks form him) but it doesn't fix the bug (exit 0 doesn't fix ti too).

[Tim Lunn (darkxst)]

b_b, please attach ~/.cache/upstart/gnome-settings-daemon.log

[b_b (brunobergot)]

Here we go :)

[dimovnike (dimovnike)]

any idea of a workaround?

[b_b (brunobergot)]

It works for me now (i've place an exit 1 at the end of my script). I can't tell if it's an update that fixed the bug, maybe...

[Quinn Strahl (qstrahl)]

Also affected by this issue, on 14.04. Very irksome. =S