SpaceNavigator

= Information = This article is written for the SpaceNavigator but it should work with other 3D mouse in the Space-series produced by 3Dconnexion.

= Kernel configuration = To be able to use spacenavd used in this article you need to compile your kernel with input evdev support

= make.conf = To get other applications to know about your SpaceNavigator mouse you should add the following to your make.conf

= spacenavd = To get 3D mouse working properly you will need spacenavd.

After installing spacenavd you could check out the following file before starting anything, normally default values works for everyone.

When finished you can start the spacenavd with

And add it to start up as default with

If everything worked correctly you should now have a working device in blender (it must be emerge with 3dmouse useflag).

= Extra =

Optionally you can add the following ebuild to configure dynamically the spacenavd.



The changes are immediately transmit to the spacenavd daemon that modify its behavior as requested.

= Links =

- website of spacenav tools (libspnav, spacenavd, spnavcfg and other)