I would amend comment #26 to say that I had to open the dconf-editor, browse to '/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/touchpad/', find the key called 'touchpad-enabled', and set it to true by checking it.
I would amend comment #26 to say that I had to open the dconf-editor, browse to '/org/gnome/ settings- daemon/ peripherals/ touchpad/ ', find the key called 'touchpad-enabled', and set it to true by checking it.