Comment 50 for bug 315882

modprobe fix didnt work for me.
touchpad appears in System->prefs->mouse

FWIW the machine is an Asus 901
$ uname -a
$ 2.6.32-33-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 21:08:37 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
$
ive added the Xorg when the machine starts and heres the other reference to synaptics that Ive found in Xorg
(--) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: touchpad found
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Video Bus: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Power Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Sleep Button: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) CNF7129: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Asus EeePC extra buttons: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) Macintosh mouse button emulation: Device reopened after 1 attempts.
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
(II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 4128
(II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
(II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x600"x0.0 50.40 1024 1048 1184 1344 600 600 619 625 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
(II) config/udev: removing device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad
(II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"