I will try to find the posts I have found in the past detailing how you can get the buttons area and the mousing area better defined. I think it involves modifying one of the files in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d eg probably one of these:
10-evdev.conf
50-joystick.conf
51-synaptics-quirks.conf
11-evdev-quirks.conf
50-synaptics.conf
11-evdev-trackpoint.conf
50-vmmouse.conf
EDIT : Now that I re-read your posts I don't see anywhere a specific note saying that flsynclient is unavailable.
What happens if you type the following command:
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flsynclient
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synclient
These techniques can also work for Elantec pads.
EDIT 2 : Can you post the outcome of the following command please?
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cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "synaptics"