Comment 17 for bug 278995

I can confirm the fix, with the added bonus of also having Touchpad control on System/Preferences/Mouse:

1. with touchpad disabled:

hggdh@xango2:/usr/src/buildd/evo-svn $ xinput list-props 3
Device 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint':
 Device Enabled: 1
 Synaptics Edges: 120, 0, 830, 0
 Synaptics Finger: 14, 0, 15
 Synaptics Tap Time: 180
 Synaptics Tap Move: 110
 Synaptics Tap Durations: 180, 0, 180
 Synaptics Tap FastTap: 0
 Synaptics Middle Button Timeout: 75
 Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure: 257
 Synaptics Scrolling Distance: 20, 0
 Synaptics Edge Scrolling: 1, 1, 0
 Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling: 0, 0
 Synaptics Edge Motion Pressure: 30, 0
 Synaptics Edge Motion Speed: 1, 0
 Synaptics Edge Motion Always: 0
 Synaptics Button Scrolling: 1, 1
 Synaptics Button Scrolling Repeat: 1, 1
 Synaptics Button Scrolling Time: 100
 Synaptics Off: 1 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
 Synaptics Guestmouse Off: 0
 Synaptics Locked Drags: 0
 Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout: 5000
 Synaptics Tap Action: 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3
 Synaptics Click Action: 1, 1, 1
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling: 0
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger: 0
 Synaptics Circular Pad: 0
 Synaptics Palm Detection: 1
 Synaptics Palm Dimensions: 10, 0
 Synaptics Pressure Motion: 30, 0
 Synaptics Grab Event Device: 1

2. After enabling Touchpad in Preferences/Mouse:

hggdh@xango2:/usr/src/buildd/evo-svn $ xinput list-props 3
Device 'AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint':
 Device Enabled: 1
 Synaptics Edges: 120, 0, 830, 0
 Synaptics Finger: 14, 0, 15
 Synaptics Tap Time: 180
 Synaptics Tap Move: 110
 Synaptics Tap Durations: 180, 0, 180
 Synaptics Tap FastTap: 0
 Synaptics Middle Button Timeout: 75
 Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure: 257
 Synaptics Scrolling Distance: 20, 0
 Synaptics Edge Scrolling: 1, 1, 0
 Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling: 0, 0
 Synaptics Edge Motion Pressure: 30, 0
 Synaptics Edge Motion Speed: 1, 0
 Synaptics Edge Motion Always: 0
 Synaptics Button Scrolling: 1, 1
 Synaptics Button Scrolling Repeat: 1, 1
 Synaptics Button Scrolling Time: 100
 Synaptics Off: 0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
 Synaptics Guestmouse Off: 0
 Synaptics Locked Drags: 0
 Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout: 5000
 Synaptics Tap Action: 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3
 Synaptics Click Action: 1, 1, 1
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling: 0
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger: 0
 Synaptics Circular Pad: 0
 Synaptics Palm Detection: 1
 Synaptics Palm Dimensions: 10, 0
 Synaptics Pressure Motion: 30, 0
 Synaptics Grab Event Device: 1
hggdh@xango2:/usr/src/buildd/evo-svn $