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 Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/840857/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs