I also have this problem in Oneiric after upgrade from Natty, where the touchpad worked fine. Gsettings claims that the touchpad is enabled:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.touchpad touchpad-enabled true $ ** Changed in: gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/840857 Title: Touchpad no longer working on Oneiric on Dell N3010 Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I am testing the next release of Ubuntu and I found out that the touchpad is no longer working. I checked the Fn button and the touchpad is not disabled from hardware. Also left and right touchpad buttons are not working. I am able to use the same touchpad on Maverick. Thanks! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.4.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Sep 4 12:43:20 2011 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110831) MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron N3010 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-9-generic root=UUID=5b693620-fde7-4032-8d7a-786940064e8d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A04 dmi.board.name: 0M54MP dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A04 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: A04 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd06/11/2010:svnDellInc.:pnInspironN3010:pvrA04:rvnDellInc.:rn0M54MP:rvrA04:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA04: dmi.product.name: Inspiron N3010 dmi.product.version: A04 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.5.92+bzr2791-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu6 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/840857/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp