Novel Criss

Solved by upgrading to the Xubuntu 12.04. Not exactly elegeant but it now works.

Yes - no affect at all that I can see. BTW many thanks for the suggestions, appreciated.

Nope - still just a 'no device detected' entry if i change to a wired keyboard.

It has a box for the microsoft wieless optical desktop - had that before. Will try without that just in case.

Many thanks again. May 3 17:25:17 n-desktop kernel: [ 1693.008451] usb 1-1.2: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8May 3 17:25:17 n-desktop kernel: [ 1693.108414] usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choiceMay 3 17:25:18 n-desktop kernel: [ 1693.277980] input: 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.3/usb1/1-1/1-1.2/1-1.2:1.0/input/input7May 3 17:25:18 n-desktop kernel: [ 1693.278156] generic-usb 0003:046D:C626.0005: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Multi-Axis Controller [3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator] on usb-0000:00:13.3-1.2/input0

Thanks for the suggestion. sudo modprobe joystick gives a module unkown fatal error. joydev is there though. No /dev/js0 or /dev/js* but then they aren't in either ubuntu lucid or precise installs which work. Lucid and Precise don't use spacenavd and libspavn0 either. So beyond my knowledge but I presume xubuntu and xfce are handling usb devices differently in some way.

The spacenavigator is not showing up - enable joystick option is greyed out in xubunutu in the Second Life client. The same spacenavigator is working fine in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx and Precise Pangolin (although SL client itself is REALLY slow in Pangolin). Any clues much appreciated. I've tried both with and without spacenavd and libspavn0 (although only both together). It did show up my usb wireless desktop but removing that and going with wired ones meant they disappeared and the spacenavigator didn't even when moved to a main USB port.