Touchpad settings change upon reboot

Hi,

I have a small problem. Everytime I reboot, the touchpad / trackpad stops working. Not even at the login screen nor afterwards either.

Then, when, I look into the Synaptics Device Settings (navigating with the keyboard, of course), I find that the device has been set as "Pointing Stick".

When, I "Reset Devices", from the Synaptics Device Settings, it starts showing the "Standard Pointing Device" instead of the "Pointing Stick."

I logout, the touchpad starts working again. And I can login and do my work.

UNTIL, I reboot the system again. When I have to go through the whole routine again.

Any suggestions please?

p.s. if I boot in failsafe mode, this problem doesn't occur.