I don't think it's been discussed yet...
Inventor uses the X Input Extension for reading the spaceball. I think
there used to be support for the spaceball in the XFree-3.3 days, but I
don't think it has been maintained because I believe it has been surpassed
by the linux kernel input device code. I pretty sure they have
support for the 4000flx, but I don't think the older ones are supported.
Take a quick look in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/input/joystick.txt
-tom
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Kevin M. Young wrote:
> I'm new to the discussion list, so please forgive me if this topic has
> already been covered and resolved.
>
> I recently bought a spaceball 4000 flx to use with our open inventor
> applications that we have ported from
> SGI to LINUX (REDHAT 7.x). I am having no luck getting LINUX or Open
> Inventor to use the spaceball.
> Anyone with experience in getting this device (or similar device) to
> work under linux and open inventor, I would appreciate your assistance.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help in resolving this issue.
>
>
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