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Second Life - Joystick & SpaceNavigator Support README
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WHAT IS IT?
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This feature allows the use of a joystick or other supported multi-axis
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device for controlling your avatar and camera.
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REQUIREMENTS
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* A joystick or other generic multi-axis input device supported by your chosen
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version of Linux
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- OR -
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* A SpaceNavigator device (additional configuration may be required, see below)
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Success has been reported on the following systems so far:
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* Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) with a generic USB joystick
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* Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) with a USB 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator
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* Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) with a generic USB joystick
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* Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) with a USB 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator
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CONFIGURATION
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SPACE NAVIGATOR: *Important* - do not install the Linux SpaceNavigator
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drivers from the disk included with the device - these are problematic.
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Some distributions of Linux (such as Ubuntu, Gentoo and Mandriva) will
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need some system configuration to make the SpaceNavigator usable by
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applications such as the Second Life Viewer, as follows:
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* Mandriva Linux Configuration:
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You need to add two new files to your system. This only needs to be
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done once. These files are available at the 'SpaceNavigator support with
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udev and Linux input framework' section of
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<http://www.aaue.dk/~janoc/index.php?n=Personal.Downloads>
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* Ubuntu or Gentoo Linux Configuration:
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For a quick start, you can simply paste the following line into a terminal
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before plugging in your SpaceNavigator - this only needs to be done once:
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sudo bash -c 'echo KERNEL==\"event[0-9]*\", SYSFS{idVendor}==\"046d\", SYSFS{idProduct}==\"c626\", SYMLINK+=\"input/spacenavigator\", GROUP=\"plugdev\", MODE=\"664\" >> /etc/udev/rules.d/91-spacenavigator.rules'
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For more comprehensive Linux SpaceNavigator configuration information please
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see the section 'Installing SpaceNavigator without the official driver' here:
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<http://www.aaue.dk/~janoc/index.php?n=Personal.3DConnexionSpaceNavigatorSupport>
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JOYSTICKS: These should be automatically detected and configured on all
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modern distributions of Linux.
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ALL: Your joystick or SpaceNavigator should be plugged-in before you start the
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Second Life Viewer, so that it may be detected. If you have multiple input
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devices attached, only the first detected SpaceNavigator or joystick device
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will be available.
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Once your system recognises your joystick or SpaceNavigator correctly, you
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can go into the Second Life Viewer's Preferences dialog, click the 'Input &
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Camera' tab, and click the 'Joystick Setup' button. From here you may enable
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and disable joystick support and change some configuration settings such as
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sensitivity. SpaceNavigator users are recommended to click the
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'SpaceNavigator Defaults' button.
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KNOWN PROBLEMS
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* If your chosen version of Linux treats your joystick/SpaceNavigator as
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if it were a mouse when you plug it in (i.e. it is automatically used to control
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your desktop cursor), then the SL Viewer may detect this device *but* will be
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unable to use it properly.
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FURTHER PROBLEMS?
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Please report further issues to the public Second Life issue-tracker
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at <http://jira.secondlife.com/> (please note, however, that this is not
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a support forum).
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