touchpad does not work after upgrade from feisty to gutsy

Can you post the Xorg.0.log frmo /var/log.

Here it is (VNC is really great !).

Changed package to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics

Sounds similar to LP bug #95515, although that is marked as Fixed in Gutsy.

A test from that bug report:
Does 'sudo laptop-detect && echo "Yes"' return "Yes"?

Also, can you post the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file please.

This might be a silly suggestion (i've not seen this make of laptop), but some have a touchpad disable feature, either as a button near the touchpad, or as a Fn +F?? keypress. Do you have anything which looks like it might be a touchpad / mouse emblem on top of a F?? key? (I've seen Fn+F7 suggested as a possibility for a similar model number).

Thank you Peter, your last suggestion was right.

The funnier is that I think I had disabled it myself. But as I'm not used to laptops, I didn't know it was possible and I've not been careful enough.

Thank's again, everything's ok.

Vincent

Oh my goodness, I have the same specs and "Fn+F7" worked for me. I think this turned on instead of off by default (on the live CD and post Install. This bug has to be checked by anyone who has a Acer Aspire 5002wlmi and is having problem with the touchpad in Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon. Thanks Peter!

I can confirm and VincentRC has confirmed that the Touchpad is off by default on the Acer Aspire 5002wlmi

Hi dbensimon,

It is not exactly what I said. I don't know if it was turned off by default (it's an Acer Aspire 5102wlmi, not an 5002).
What I know is that I had "played" with those buttons on the laptop (I've got no laptop, it's not mine), without knowing what is was for, and I think I have disabled it myself.

So, my explanation is that as I am not used to laptops and as I didn't really know what I was doing with those buttons, I though it was a bug whereas it was not.

Closing as not a bug as per comments #6 and #9