The xserver-xorg-input-synaptics was not installed by default on Jaunty. "sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics" solved it for me.
See bug #323800 -- [Jaunty] synaptics driver needs to be updated to work with devices known as "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" and "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" starting with 2.6.28 series kernels https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315882 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs