Errors messages trying to install 3DxWare on Ubuntu:

/etc/3DxWare/daemon/3dxsrv: error while loading shared libraries: libXm.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Errors messages trying to execute the cube demo on Ubuntu:

./xcube
stderr, basicwin: cannot open 9x15 font

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Installation instructions for 3DxWare for Linux (x86_64) - V 1.8.0

To install the files for 3DxWare for Ubuntu to the corresponding directories and to run the driver you need root privileges.

Make sure you fulfill the following prerequisites:

You should have installed the X/Motif shared library. Where is included the libXm.so.3 sudo apt-get install libmotif-dev
In some cases some X11 fonts may not have been installed, which are used to
draw on the device LCD.
Please make sure you have installed the 75 and/or 100DPI fonts for X11. apt install xfonts-75dpi apt install xfonts-100dpi

The files for the driver are provided with the following archive:

3dxware-linux-v1-8-0.x86_64.tar.gz

Please save the file 3dxware-linux-v1-8-0.x86_64.tar.gz into the /tmp directory and extract and run the script install-3dxunix.sh:

tar xfz 3dxware-linux-v1-8-0.x86_64.tar.gz install-3dxunix.sh
./install-3dxunix.sh

Please make sure the driver is started before you launch your application.

For the USB devices start the driver with the following command:

/etc/3DxWare/daemon/3dxsrv -d usb

I don't like the process in background, so I prefer to run the driver when I need it. I created a shortcut in the desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=3DxWare
Exec=sudo /etc/3DxWare/daemon/3dxsrv -d usb
Terminal=true
Type=Application
Icon=/<your_custom_folder>/icon.png
Name[en_US]=3DxWare

Demos:

After unpacking 3dxware-linux-v1-8-0.x86_64.tar you can find two demos:
The cube demo: /tmp/xcube and
a value demo: /tmp/xvalue
Those are two simple demos that work with the setting "Any Application". You may copy the
binaries to your favourite location for binaries.

Supported devices:

• SpaceMouse Pro Wireless
• SpaceMouse Wireless
• SpaceMouse Pro
• Space Pilot Pro
• Space Pilot
• Space Explorer (Serial, USB)
• Space Navigator for Notebooks
• Space Navigator

The supported list doesn't mention Space Mouse Compact so I never bothered to try the official software, the desktop Icon is however a spacemouse compact. So does it support it or not?

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