It seems like these two commands together get them back in sync:
synclient TouchpadOff=0 gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/touchpad_enabled true
Either one of them will make my touch pad start working, but both together seems to fix the problem.
It seems like these two commands together get them back in sync:
synclient TouchpadOff=0 gnome/periphera ls/touchpad/ touchpad_ enabled true
gconftool-2 --set --type boolean /desktop/
Either one of them will make my touch pad start working, but both together seems to fix the problem.