AFAIK, yes, they can, it's a matter of piping the output of one through the other eg, like using a touchpad AND external mouse on a laptop at the same time (which I currently can do). It makes use of the send core events argument in the XF86 Config files.

I will attch my config files for you to compare.

Cheers

Jason

Damon Lynch wrote:
Hi,

My physiotherapist is suggesting a mouse for the left and the right
hand, with one for half the day, and one for the other half. Can I have
both plugged in at the same time? (I don't need to actually move them
around simultaneously :-) I'd prefer not to have to crawl under the
desk twice a day, and my current mouse is strictly right handed only. My right handed mouse is a USB model.


Thanks and best wishes,
Damon



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Section "Files"
        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
#        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "Keyboard"
   Protocol    "Standard"
   AutoRepeat  500 5
   LeftAlt        Meta
   RightAlt        Meta
   ScrollLock      Compose
   RightCtl        Control
# This is just the default keymap for X.
# May be changed with the KDE international keyboard tool.
   XkbModel    "pc104"
   XkbLayout "us"

#   XkbOptions  "ctrl:swapcaps"
#   XkbKeycodes     "xfree86"
#   XkbTypes        "default"
#   XkbCompat       "default"
#   XkbSymbols      "us(pc101)"
#   XkbGeometry     "pc"
#   XkbRules        "xfree86"
#   XkbModel        "pc101"
#   XkbLayout "us"
EndSection

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "PS/2"
    Device      "/dev/mouse"
    Emulate3Buttons
    Emulate3Timeout    70
EndSection

# Auto-generated by mkxf86config

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
# Wish we could use some probed settings here, too, but XFree4 cannot do this yet.
#       HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
        HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
# These are some Modelines that happen to work on many systems
# Especially the "1024x768" has been thoroughly tested, even on Laptops
        Modeline "640x480"     25.175 640  664  760  800   480  491  493  525 #60Hz
        Modeline "800x600"     40.12  800  848  968 1056   600  601  605  628 #60Hz
        Modeline "1024x768"    85    1024 1056 1152 1360   768  784  787  823
        Modeline "1152x864"    92    1152 1208 1368 1474   864  865  875  895
        Modeline "1152x864"   110    1152 1240 1324 1552   864  864  876  908
        Modeline "1152x864"   135    1152 1464 1592 1776   864  864  876  908
        Modeline "1152x864"   137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536   864  866  885  902 -HSync 
-VSync
        Modeline "1280x1024"   80    1280 1296 1512 1568  1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
        Modeline "1280x1024"  110    1280 1328 1512 1712  1024 1025 1028 1054
        Modeline "1280x1024"  126.5  1280 1312 1472 1696  1024 1032 1040 1068 -HSync 
-VSync
        Modeline "1280x1024"  135    1280 1312 1456 1712  1024 1027 1030 1064
        Modeline "1280x1024"  135    1280 1312 1416 1664  1024 1027 1030 1064
        Modeline "1280x1024"  157.5  1280 1344 1504 1728  1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync 
+VSync
        Modeline "1280x1024"  181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696  1024 1031 1046 1072 -HSync 
-VSync
        Modeline "1600x1200"  162    1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync 
+VSync
        Modeline "1600x1200"  189    1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 -HSync 
-VSync
        Modeline "1600x1200"  202.5  1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync 
+VSync
        Modeline "1600x1200"  220    1600 1616 1808 2080  1200 1204 1207 1244 +HSync 
+VSync
        ModeLine "1800x1440"  230    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync 
+VSync
        ModeLine "1800x1440"  250    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync 
+VSync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "My Video Card"
    VendorName    "Unknown"
    BoardName     "Unknown"
#     TextClockFreq  22.175
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier    "fbdev"
  VendorName    "Unknown"
  BoardName     "Unknown"
EndSection


# Standard Server
Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "My Video Card"
    Monitor     "Monitor0"
    Subsection  "Display"
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort 0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# Accel. Server(s)
Section "Screen"
    Driver      "accel"
    Device      "My Video Card"
    Monitor     "Monitor0"
    Subsection  "Display"
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort 0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# Fallback
Section "Screen"
    Driver      "vga16"
    Device      "My Video Card"
    Monitor     "Monitor0"
    Subsection  "Display"
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"  
  Driver        "fbdev"
  Device        "fbdev"
  Monitor       "Monitor0"
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth       32
    Modes       "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth       24
    Modes       "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth       16
    Modes       "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth       15
    Modes       "default" 
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Depth       8
    Modes       "default" 
  EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice "USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"
# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
#       FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#       FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
        Load  "GLcore"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
        Load  "speedo"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
        Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
        Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
        Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
        Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
        Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
        Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

# Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
# Wish we could use some probed settings here, too, but XFree4 cannot do this yet.
#       HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
        HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
# These are some Modelines that happen to work on many systems
# Especially the "1024x768" has been thoroughly tested, even on Laptops
        Modeline "640x480"     25.175 640  664  760  800   480  491  493  525 #60Hz
        Modeline "800x600"     40.12  800  848  968 1056   600  601  605  628 #60Hz
        Modeline "1024x768"    85    1024 1056 1152 1360   768  784  787  823
        Modeline "1152x864"    92    1152 1208 1368 1474   864  865  875  895
        Modeline "1152x864"   110    1152 1240 1324 1552   864  864  876  908
        Modeline "1152x864"   135    1152 1464 1592 1776   864  864  876  908
        Modeline "1152x864"   137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536   864  866  885  902 -HSync 
-VSync
        Modeline "1280x1024"   80    1280 1296 1512 1568  1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
        Modeline "1280x1024"  110    1280 1328 1512 1712  1024 1025 1028 1054
        Modeline "1280x1024"  126.5  1280 1312 1472 1696  1024 1032 1040 1068 -HSync 
-VSync
        Modeline "1280x1024"  135    1280 1312 1456 1712  1024 1027 1030 1064
        Modeline "1280x1024"  135    1280 1312 1416 1664  1024 1027 1030 1064
        Modeline "1280x1024"  157.5  1280 1344 1504 1728  1024 1025 1028 1072 +HSync 
+VSync
        Modeline "1280x1024"  181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696  1024 1031 1046 1072 -HSync 
-VSync
        Modeline "1600x1200"  162    1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync 
+VSync
        Modeline "1600x1200"  189    1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 -HSync 
-VSync
        Modeline "1600x1200"  202.5  1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +HSync 
+VSync
        Modeline "1600x1200"  220    1600 1616 1808 2080  1200 1204 1207 1244 +HSync 
+VSync
        ModeLine "1800x1440"  230    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync 
+VSync
        ModeLine "1800x1440"  250    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync 
+VSync
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
        #Option     "sw_cursor"
        #Option     "hw_cursor"
        #Option     "NoAccel"
        #Option     "ShowCache"
        #Option     "ShadowFB"
        #Option     "UseFBDev"
        #Option     "Rotate"
        Identifier  "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
        Driver      "vesa"
        VendorName  "All"
        BoardName   "All"
#       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultColorDepth 16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     1
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     4
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     32
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection
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