I've had seen a work around for returning synaptic functionality: I post it here as help to people that want to fix the issue as it's not an acceptable fix to me.
1. System -> Quit 2. Switch User 3. Login as the same user again original post with answer: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2532846&postcount=7 -- Synaptics touchpad ceases functioning after suspend and resume. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59867 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs