Touchpad not working in ubuntu 10.10 Maverick? Resolve it!

I recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick in my Sony Vaio E series laptop (VPCEB46FG) and its working just great. After installing, i got frequent net disconnection issues which i fixed as mentioned in my previous post. The next issue was with the touch pad and i had to find a way to make it work. [...]