Heavy flickering of 3DxWare window under Linux

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Heavy flickering of 3DxWare window under Linux

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I have installed the 3DxWare 1.4.1 under Linux.
xcube or xvalue are not working correctly. I cannot move the cube nor can I see any output with xvalue.
The only thing which happens is that all buttons in the 3DxWare window are changed frequently while touching my SpaceNavigator.

What is wrong?

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Heavy flickering of 3DxWare window under Linux

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Dear andpe,

Can you tell us a little more about your setup?

What hardware are you using?
What version of Linux?
Video Cards?

Do you have your device plugged directly into the computer?

What results have had previously or on another system?

Sincerely,
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Post by UtaSH »

Hello Andreas,

we recently found a problem with the SpaceNavigator on Linux :( . No motion data comes through. The internal bug number for this problem is #5067 (for your reference). We are working on a solution and I hope I can soon post here when we have a beta version ready for testing.

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Re: Heavy flickering of 3DxWare window under Linux

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Dear Bryan,

I just tested on another machine and had the same problem.
Machine 1:
****** XPC SD31P with PentiumD 3.4GHz, Nvidia Quadro FX 1400, 2GB RAM, OpenSuse 10.2
Machine 2:
****** XPC SN25P with Athlon X2 4200+, Nvidia Quadro FX 1500, 2GB RAM, OpenSuse 10.2

The SpaceNavigator is directly connected via USB to the computers.

Hope this helps,
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Post by andpe »

uludwig wrote:Hello Andreas,

we recently found a problem with the SpaceNavigator on Linux :( . No motion data comes through. The internal bug number for this problem is #5067 (for your reference). We are working on a solution and I hope I can soon post here when we have a beta version ready for testing.

Uta Ludwig
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Hallo Frau Ludwig,

ich hoffe, ich darf hier auf Deutsch schreiben.
Wollen Sie mir sagen, dass die SpaceNavigator zur Zeit gar nicht unter Linux funktioniert?
Bei mir werden immer dann, wenn ich die Maus berühre alle möglichen Sachen im "3DxWare 1.4.1"-Fenster verstellt. Besonders deutlich ist, dass sich der Text auf der ersten Seite bei "Tooltips" beim Berühren permanent verändert.
Haben Sie die gleichen Phänomene? Wann ist mit einem Fix zu Rechnen?

Schöne Grüße,
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Re: Heavy flickering of 3DxWare window under Linux

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Hi Andreas,

we have a bug fix now for the problem with the SpaceNavigator on Linux. I'll send you a beta version of the driver. It will be version 1.4.3.

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Post by muegyver »

I've just received my shiny new USB SpaceNavigator and am having exactly the same issue with 3DxWareUNIX V1.4.0 x86_64 :(
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Post by UtaSH »

Hi muegyver,

I'll send you a beta version of 3DxWareUnix that includes the fix for this phenomenon. Please post your findings here. Thanks!

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Post by muegyver »

Many thanks Uta, the beta version works beautifully!
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Post by aglef »

Hi Uta,
I've just got my USB SpaceNavigator as birthday present and I have the same issue with 3dxware-linux-v1-4-1.i386.tar.gz. May I have the new driver please?
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SuSE 11.0,Linux 2.6.25 32bit;Blender 2.49a,3DxWareUNIX=V1.4.3,Device=SpaceNavigator
Firmware=V4.04
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Post by andpe »

Hello Uta,

thank you for the help. The new driver is working.

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Post by aglef »

Hello Uta,

I got the driver. Thank's for your help. Now it works.

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May I have the new driver?
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Beta driver: 3DxWareUnix 1.4.3

Post by UtaSH »

Hi all,

many thanks for all your feedback. I appreciate it.
qxsxfx wrote:May I have the new driver?
Yes, sure you can have it. I'll send it to you.

For those who want to have the beta version of the driver with the fix for the SpaceNavigator, please send me a PM and I will contact you. Please specify your Linux distribution and your platform (x86_64 or i386).

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Re: Beta driver: 3DxWareUnix 1.4.3

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Hi all,

I forgot to mention that I need as well your email address. Please add it to the other information (Linux distribution, architecture).

We still want to do a thorough testing. But as soon as this is done we will provide the driver on our download page.

Uta
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