Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-08-16 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
Mike! I have definitive proof that what I expect makes sense, even
BigBuckBunny likes it that way! you can't argue with the big passive
aggressive bunny!

http://youtu.be/lI2KIjSkbzQ?t=1m30s

Daniel Salazar
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Stephen M. McQuay  wrote:
> I installed from source and everything worked ... except I agree with
> Daniel: everything seems backwards. I'm sure it could be chalked up to a
> preferences thing, but when I used my first spacenav device 5 years ago
> (3D parametric CAD stuff using Unigraphics) it was definitely in a "move
> device as you'd expect to move the part in 3-space" kinda way.
>
> I also build the little config gui thing and saw that one could invert
> axis, but I haven't tried that out.
>
> Anyhow, there are my two cents.
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-08-01 Thread Stephen M. McQuay
I installed from source and everything worked ... except I agree with
Daniel: everything seems backwards. I'm sure it could be chalked up to a
preferences thing, but when I used my first spacenav device 5 years ago
(3D parametric CAD stuff using Unigraphics) it was definitely in a "move
device as you'd expect to move the part in 3-space" kinda way.

I also build the little config gui thing and saw that one could invert
axis, but I haven't tried that out.

Anyhow, there are my two cents.

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-29 Thread Mike Erwin
> connect failed: No such file or directory
> ndof: spacenavd not found

Same error on my end! It seems the spacenavd 0.3 package for Ubuntu
does not set up the init script properly. Looking at the source, both
versions use the same path to the socket file, so I'm sure you could
get it to work with some fiddling. But since you're already mucking
around on the command line, I recommend installing the latest
spacenavd from source, as I just did on Ubuntu 10.04:

Get spacenavd 0.5 from
http://spacenav.sourceforge.net/

expand and cd into its directory

./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo ./setup_init

restart, enjoy!


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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-29 Thread Mike Erwin
>> In which case, which ubuntu? I'm on 10.04 at home, and 11.04 at work;
>> there's spacenavd 0.3 at home and spacenavd 0.5 at home. What are you
>> running?

I started this project with the latest versions: spacenavd 0.5 and
libspnav 0.2.2 on Ubuntu 11.04.

Lightning storm took out my Linux box's power supply last week, so
today I'm commandeering a nicer Ubuntu 10.04 machine from the lab for
32-bit build and testing. I'll keep an eye out for any issues with the
earlier (daemon + library) pair. Also need to see if the latest
libspnav plays nice with the older daemon.

I also use a MacBook for 64-bit goodness (Ubuntu 11.04 & Snow
Leopard), and the always faithful PowerBook G4.

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-29 Thread Stephen M. McQuay
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 01:47:36PM -0600, Stephen M. McQuay wrote:
> In which case, which ubuntu? I'm on 10.04 at home, and 11.04 at work;
> there's spacenavd 0.3 at home and spacenavd 0.5 at home. What are you
> running?

Sorry, I should've finished my thoughts: I have only tested at home. I
don't get paid to use my 3d mouse :P

Oh, and a small error: spacenavd 0.5 at *work*.

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-29 Thread Stephen M. McQuay
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 01:13:14PM -0500, Mike Erwin wrote:
> I took the easy route and installed the spacenavd package in Ubuntu,
> which also took care of launching it properly.

In which case, which ubuntu? I'm on 10.04 at home, and 11.04 at work;
there's spacenavd 0.3 at home and spacenavd 0.5 at home. What are you
running?

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-29 Thread Mike Erwin
Hm... it's correct to start spacenavd with sudo so it can open a
socket and wait for client connections. That first error message is
from libspnav (linked into blender). I took the easy route and
installed the spacenavd package in Ubuntu, which also took care of
launching it properly. If anyone reading this has daemon-wrangling
experience, please chime in and set us straight!

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On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Stephen M. McQuay  wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:32:08PM -0500, Mike Erwin wrote:
>> Either check out the merwin-spacenav branch now... or wait a very
>> short time for 2.59
>
> Okay, built the merwin-spacenav branch, and started up spacenavd (As
> sudo; it complained about /dev/input/event5 being unreadable as my user)
> and then kicked up blender. Got the following output:
>
> % /opt/blender-spnav/install/linux2/blender
> connect failed: No such file or directory
> ndof: spacenavd not found
> ndof: registering menu operator
> Info: Config directory with "startup.blend" file not found.
> found bundled python: /opt/blender-spnav/install/linux2/2.58/python
>
> Thoughts?
>
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-28 Thread Stephen M. McQuay
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:32:08PM -0500, Mike Erwin wrote:
> Either check out the merwin-spacenav branch now... or wait a very
> short time for 2.59

Okay, built the merwin-spacenav branch, and started up spacenavd (As
sudo; it complained about /dev/input/event5 being unreadable as my user)
and then kicked up blender. Got the following output:

% /opt/blender-spnav/install/linux2/blender
connect failed: No such file or directory
ndof: spacenavd not found
ndof: registering menu operator
Info: Config directory with "startup.blend" file not found.
found bundled python: /opt/blender-spnav/install/linux2/2.58/python

Thoughts?


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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
Would be killer if 2D space zoom got inverted too with this option so
pull closer means zoom in, pull towards the screen means zoomout

Daniel Salazar
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On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
 wrote:
> Hi mike, the zoom is still inverted! when I pull the knot to me i
> expect the object to get closer. remember: brain wires crossed! :)
>
> cheers
>
> Daniel Salazar
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>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Mike Erwin  wrote:
>> There's a new option in the 3D mouse popup menu. It works in turntable
>> mode, and will work in trackball also after dinner.
>>
>> Setting this option makes orbit unusable for me, but hopefully usable
>> for those of you who have your brains wired differently!
>>
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
Hi mike, the zoom is still inverted! when I pull the knot to me i
expect the object to get closer. remember: brain wires crossed! :)

cheers

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On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Mike Erwin  wrote:
> There's a new option in the 3D mouse popup menu. It works in turntable
> mode, and will work in trackball also after dinner.
>
> Setting this option makes orbit unusable for me, but hopefully usable
> for those of you who have your brains wired differently!
>
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Erwin
There's a new option in the 3D mouse popup menu. It works in turntable
mode, and will work in trackball also after dinner.

Setting this option makes orbit unusable for me, but hopefully usable
for those of you who have your brains wired differently!

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Matt Ebb
This is probably a bit of a useless comment, but I remember the 2.4x
implementation of orbiting the space navigator always seemed terribly
awkward. That old way was inverted compared to the 3ds max plugin that came
with the 3dconnexion driver, and the 3ds max version always felt much easier
to navigate. So I haven't tried this implementation in blender 2.5 yet, but
if it's the same as the 2.4x version, then I can totally see where Daniel is
coming from. But yeah, an option for this would be best of course!

cheers

Matt


On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com <
zan...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well be sure to share some of that, maybe I'll suddenly get it :D
> Thanks for the option, will test and report back ASAP. Also the open
> source driver seems much nicer, no need for that annoying window open
> all the time. happy
>
> Daniel Salazar
> 3Developer.com
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Mike Erwin 
> wrote:
> > Daniel Salazar wrote:
> >> Double reading the comments you posted it seems they are talking about
> >> *fly mode*, which as I said works as expected
> >
> > Those comments were about orbit navigation, with some fly-mode
> > sprinkles on top. For the one that mentioned fly mode, I was standing
> > right beside him, so I'm doubly sure! Whatever they're smoking, it
> > seems to be popular.
> >
> >> When you navigate your normal view (not fly mode) you do it in object
> >> space and not in camera space, ie: drag mouse to the left and "camera"
> >> orbits to the right, that is why this mode should really work inverted
> >> as it is right now. It's really what feels natural
> >
> > Ok, you convinced me. I have much respect for your work and
> > professional opinion, so will add the option to orbit in either object
> > or target-camera mode. As for which is the default... we can
> > rock-paper-scissors-lizard-spock for it. The config file workaround
> > would fix this but break all the other parts you say work well. Give
> > me a few minutes...
> >
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
Well be sure to share some of that, maybe I'll suddenly get it :D
Thanks for the option, will test and report back ASAP. Also the open
source driver seems much nicer, no need for that annoying window open
all the time. happy

Daniel Salazar
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On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Mike Erwin  wrote:
> Daniel Salazar wrote:
>> Double reading the comments you posted it seems they are talking about
>> *fly mode*, which as I said works as expected
>
> Those comments were about orbit navigation, with some fly-mode
> sprinkles on top. For the one that mentioned fly mode, I was standing
> right beside him, so I'm doubly sure! Whatever they're smoking, it
> seems to be popular.
>
>> When you navigate your normal view (not fly mode) you do it in object
>> space and not in camera space, ie: drag mouse to the left and "camera"
>> orbits to the right, that is why this mode should really work inverted
>> as it is right now. It's really what feels natural
>
> Ok, you convinced me. I have much respect for your work and
> professional opinion, so will add the option to orbit in either object
> or target-camera mode. As for which is the default... we can
> rock-paper-scissors-lizard-spock for it. The config file workaround
> would fix this but break all the other parts you say work well. Give
> me a few minutes...
>
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Erwin
Daniel Salazar wrote:
> Double reading the comments you posted it seems they are talking about
> *fly mode*, which as I said works as expected

Those comments were about orbit navigation, with some fly-mode
sprinkles on top. For the one that mentioned fly mode, I was standing
right beside him, so I'm doubly sure! Whatever they're smoking, it
seems to be popular.

> When you navigate your normal view (not fly mode) you do it in object
> space and not in camera space, ie: drag mouse to the left and "camera"
> orbits to the right, that is why this mode should really work inverted
> as it is right now. It's really what feels natural

Ok, you convinced me. I have much respect for your work and
professional opinion, so will add the option to orbit in either object
or target-camera mode. As for which is the default... we can
rock-paper-scissors-lizard-spock for it. The config file workaround
would fix this but break all the other parts you say work well. Give
me a few minutes...

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
Gah sorry for triple posting :)

When you navigate your normal view (not fly mode) you do it in object
space and not in camera space, ie: drag mouse to the left and "camera"
orbits to the right, that is why this mode should really work inverted
as it is right now. It's really what feels natural

And I forgot to say, 2D spaces are wonderful, totally intuitive to
navigate on images :) I hope we can get the same soon for node space
and others!

Daniel Salazar
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On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
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> Double reading the comments you posted it seems they are talking about
> *fly mode*, which as I said works as expected
>
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
Double reading the comments you posted it seems they are talking about
*fly mode*, which as I said works as expected

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
I don't know what are they smoking to expect this behavior, it's
impossible! in fly mode it works fine tough, I really hope this isn't
the default. I expect it to work like the old test program (cube) in
the drivers

Daniel Salazar
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On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Mike Erwin  wrote:
> Daniel Salazar:
>> Mike I managed to get it working! but it's unusable. seems that all
>> axis are inverted
>
> Testers seem to be split on this issue, so let me explain and offer a
> workaround.The orbit modes are implemented as "target camera" rather
> than "object" mode. In other words, you're controlling the viewpoint,
> not the thing being viewed. Think of the viewpoint moving with the
> knob instead of the object going the wrong way. This is consistent
> with the way fly mode works. Shift-F over to that and tell me what you
> think. Please also try the 2D navigation (either image/uv or one of
> the "flat" quad views) and let me know if those feel wrong to you
> also. If after a few days of practice you are still annoyed with the
> way it works, we can look for a solution.
>
> A quick alternative is to put something like this into /etc/spnavrc
>
> # blender needs to do its own dead-zone filtering
> dead-zone = 0
>
> # any combination of {x,y,z} for each of these:
> invert-rot = xy
> invert-trans = yz
>
>
> For general interest, here is what others had to say so far.
>
> Jesper Schwachöfer:
>> Rotating and zooming around the object is much better than it used
>> to be. And for this turntable style moving, the fit button is perfect,
>> setting the rotational center was sometimes really buggy in the old
>> version.
>
> Kevin Cozens:
>> Up/Down doesn't seem to work. Forward/backward zooms in and out
>> as expected. All other axis (left/right, yaw, pitch, roll) are operating
>> opposite to expectations. For example, I rotate the knob clockwise
>> and object rotates counter-clockwise.
>
> Kyle Goddard:
>> No, it does exactly what I expected. Not confused for a second
>> about which way it would go when I do *this*. Fly mode is so much
>> better with this, I haven't used fly in years because it would zoom
>> past where I wanted. I'll have to practice, but yeah the directions
>> seem to be right.
>
> The internal testers at 3Dconnexion would have alerted me or Nathan if
> anything was seriously wrong with this implementation. They have
> brought up other things, but not this, so they *are* paying attention.
> The issue can be solved with some combination of practice and user
> settings. I tend to lean toward practice + good behavior with default
> settings.
>
> Please continue to send any feedback this way!
>
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Erwin
Daniel Salazar:
> Mike I managed to get it working! but it's unusable. seems that all
> axis are inverted

Testers seem to be split on this issue, so let me explain and offer a
workaround.The orbit modes are implemented as "target camera" rather
than "object" mode. In other words, you're controlling the viewpoint,
not the thing being viewed. Think of the viewpoint moving with the
knob instead of the object going the wrong way. This is consistent
with the way fly mode works. Shift-F over to that and tell me what you
think. Please also try the 2D navigation (either image/uv or one of
the "flat" quad views) and let me know if those feel wrong to you
also. If after a few days of practice you are still annoyed with the
way it works, we can look for a solution.

A quick alternative is to put something like this into /etc/spnavrc

# blender needs to do its own dead-zone filtering
dead-zone = 0

# any combination of {x,y,z} for each of these:
invert-rot = xy
invert-trans = yz


For general interest, here is what others had to say so far.

Jesper Schwachöfer:
> Rotating and zooming around the object is much better than it used
> to be. And for this turntable style moving, the fit button is perfect,
> setting the rotational center was sometimes really buggy in the old
> version.

Kevin Cozens:
> Up/Down doesn't seem to work. Forward/backward zooms in and out
> as expected. All other axis (left/right, yaw, pitch, roll) are operating
> opposite to expectations. For example, I rotate the knob clockwise
> and object rotates counter-clockwise.

Kyle Goddard:
> No, it does exactly what I expected. Not confused for a second
> about which way it would go when I do *this*. Fly mode is so much
> better with this, I haven't used fly in years because it would zoom
> past where I wanted. I'll have to practice, but yeah the directions
> seem to be right.

The internal testers at 3Dconnexion would have alerted me or Nathan if
anything was seriously wrong with this implementation. They have
brought up other things, but not this, so they *are* paying attention.
The issue can be solved with some combination of practice and user
settings. I tend to lean toward practice + good behavior with default
settings.

Please continue to send any feedback this way!

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-24 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
Mike I managed to get it working! but it's unusable. seems that all
axis are inverted

cheers

Daniel Salazar
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> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:32:08PM -0500, Mike Erwin wrote:
>> Either check out the merwin-spacenav branch now... or wait a very
>> short time for 2.59
>
> libspnav-dev installed; Can't wait!
>
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Stephen M. McQuay
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:32:08PM -0500, Mike Erwin wrote:
> Either check out the merwin-spacenav branch now... or wait a very
> short time for 2.59

libspnav-dev installed; Can't wait!

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Mike Erwin
> However, I have a 3dconnexion device and would like to use it in blender
> without using their old/bad drivers. Do I have to do something special
> to enable the building blender to work with it?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen M. McQuay

Either check out the merwin-spacenav branch now... or wait a very
short time for 2.59

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Stephen M. McQuay
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 08:42:30PM -0500, Mike Erwin wrote:
> The libspnav-dev package is now required for building on Linux...

Is this generally true? I don't have the package installed and Blender
built just fine for me.

However, I have a 3dconnexion device and would like to use it in blender
without using their old/bad drivers. Do I have to do something special
to enable the building blender to work with it?

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
symlinks didn't help

ln -s /usr/local/lib/libspnav.a /usr/lib/libspnav.a
ln -s /usr/local/include/spnav.h /usr/include/spnav.h

Daniel Salazar
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
 wrote:
> it put the spnav.h in /usr/local/include/
>
> and spnav.a in /usr/local/lib
>
> i just did a default installation so..
>
> Daniel Salazar
> 3Developer.com
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Mike Erwin  wrote:
>> It wants to find these:
>>
>> /usr/include/spnav.h
>> /usr/lib/libspnav.a
>>
>> Make sure that's where they were installed.
>>
>> Mike Erwin
>> musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
>>  wrote:
>>> Ok Mike, i've built the lib and now it's stuck here
>>>
>>> http://www.pasteall.org/23426
>>>
>>> Daniel Salazar
>>> 3Developer.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
>>>  wrote:
 GAH! ok thanks

 Daniel Salazar
 3Developer.com



 On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Mike Erwin  
 wrote:
> Daniel Salazar wrote:
>> So the drivers i installed from the site are not needed?
>
> >From the 3Dconnexion site? Toss them! Their Linux driver / API is
> ancient and doesn't fit well with extant devices.
>
> On Windows, their driver is pretty good but is not used by blender. It
> won't hurt to have it installed, if needed by other apps.
>
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
it put the spnav.h in /usr/local/include/

and spnav.a in /usr/local/lib

i just did a default installation so..

Daniel Salazar
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Mike Erwin  wrote:
> It wants to find these:
>
> /usr/include/spnav.h
> /usr/lib/libspnav.a
>
> Make sure that's where they were installed.
>
> Mike Erwin
> musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
>  wrote:
>> Ok Mike, i've built the lib and now it's stuck here
>>
>> http://www.pasteall.org/23426
>>
>> Daniel Salazar
>> 3Developer.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
>>  wrote:
>>> GAH! ok thanks
>>>
>>> Daniel Salazar
>>> 3Developer.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Mike Erwin  
>>> wrote:
 Daniel Salazar wrote:
> So the drivers i installed from the site are not needed?

 >From the 3Dconnexion site? Toss them! Their Linux driver / API is
 ancient and doesn't fit well with extant devices.

 On Windows, their driver is pretty good but is not used by blender. It
 won't hurt to have it installed, if needed by other apps.

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 musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Mike Erwin
It wants to find these:

/usr/include/spnav.h
/usr/lib/libspnav.a

Make sure that's where they were installed.

Mike Erwin
musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire



On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
 wrote:
> Ok Mike, i've built the lib and now it's stuck here
>
> http://www.pasteall.org/23426
>
> Daniel Salazar
> 3Developer.com
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
>  wrote:
>> GAH! ok thanks
>>
>> Daniel Salazar
>> 3Developer.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Mike Erwin  
>> wrote:
>>> Daniel Salazar wrote:
 So the drivers i installed from the site are not needed?
>>>
>>> >From the 3Dconnexion site? Toss them! Their Linux driver / API is
>>> ancient and doesn't fit well with extant devices.
>>>
>>> On Windows, their driver is pretty good but is not used by blender. It
>>> won't hurt to have it installed, if needed by other apps.
>>>
>>> Mike Erwin
>>> musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
Ok Mike, i've built the lib and now it's stuck here

http://www.pasteall.org/23426

Daniel Salazar
3Developer.com



On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
 wrote:
> GAH! ok thanks
>
> Daniel Salazar
> 3Developer.com
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Mike Erwin  wrote:
>> Daniel Salazar wrote:
>>> So the drivers i installed from the site are not needed?
>>
>> >From the 3Dconnexion site? Toss them! Their Linux driver / API is
>> ancient and doesn't fit well with extant devices.
>>
>> On Windows, their driver is pretty good but is not used by blender. It
>> won't hurt to have it installed, if needed by other apps.
>>
>> Mike Erwin
>> musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
GAH! ok thanks

Daniel Salazar
3Developer.com



On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Mike Erwin  wrote:
> Daniel Salazar wrote:
>> So the drivers i installed from the site are not needed?
>
> >From the 3Dconnexion site? Toss them! Their Linux driver / API is
> ancient and doesn't fit well with extant devices.
>
> On Windows, their driver is pretty good but is not used by blender. It
> won't hurt to have it installed, if needed by other apps.
>
> Mike Erwin
> musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Mike Erwin
Daniel Salazar wrote:
> So the drivers i installed from the site are not needed?

>From the 3Dconnexion site? Toss them! Their Linux driver / API is
ancient and doesn't fit well with extant devices.

On Windows, their driver is pretty good but is not used by blender. It
won't hurt to have it installed, if needed by other apps.

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
So the drivers i installed from the site are not needed?

Daniel Salazar
3Developer.com



On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Mike Erwin  wrote:
>> Eh? can I compile this on my own or get this somewhere? I don't use
>> ubuntu but opensuse
>>
>> Daniel Salazar
>
> Yes, all that code is available from http://spacenav.sourceforge.net/
>
> The spnavcfg tool is there as well. This is slightly handy but not
> necessary; it generates & tweaks settings for spacenavd.
>
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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Mike Erwin
> Eh? can I compile this on my own or get this somewhere? I don't use
> ubuntu but opensuse
>
> Daniel Salazar

Yes, all that code is available from http://spacenav.sourceforge.net/

The spnavcfg tool is there as well. This is slightly handy but not
necessary; it generates & tweaks settings for spacenavd.

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Re: [Bf-committers] new dependencies for (spacenav / ndof / 3D mouse) support

2011-07-22 Thread Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com
Eh? can I compile this on my own or get this somewhere? I don't use
ubuntu but opensuse

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