How to activate Magic Trackpad multitouch gestures?

I just upgaded to Lion, and the Magic Trackpad doesn't seem to work properly anymore.
The trackpad preferences don't show the multitouch gestures tab, and I can't even two finger scroll.
I tried to disconnect and reconnect, re-pairing the device in bluetooth, rebooting, but still no luck.
Any idea?
EDIT:
I've read that USB Overdrive may be an issue withe the Magic Trackpad on Lion, but I have uninstalled it (properly) before I pugraded, so it shouldn't be the cause of my problem.

My machine is an early 2008 24" iMac with Mountain Lion. I was already using USB Overdrive. I tried using a Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse.
None of the trackpad gestures or tap to click etc, were working.
I tried to fix it and none of the standard approaches worked for me - removing USB Overdrive, including .plist and .kext files, re-setting PRAM and SMC, rediscovering via Blutooth etc.
I finally sorted it by installing Magic Prefs, which worked straight away and gave me good control over how it worked. I was also having no luck with the Magic Mouse gestures and this sorted that as well.

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