Comment 2 for bug 512185

While the touchpad works with the kernel paramter tweak, there is no way adjust any of the settings. Particularly sensitivity really needs to be turned up a bit.

$ sudo tpconfig -i
Found Synaptics Touchpad.
Firmware: 8.96 (multiple-byte mode).
Sensor type: unknown (0).
Geometry: rectangular/landscape/up.
Packets: absolute, 80 packets per second.
Corner taps disabled; no tap gestures.
Edge motion: none.
Z threshold: 6 of 7.
2 button mode; corner tap is right button click.

$ synclient -l
Couldn't find synaptics properties. No synaptics driver loaded?