I possess a spacenavigator 3dmouse by 3dconnexion and would like to use it with houdini in ubuntu 10.4. does anyone know whether and how this is possible? The best I've foudn so far is some random attempt by someone to produce a plugin and im currently going through the source but I'd appreciate a stable solution. thanks.

If you're talking about Frank Firsching's driver, I believe that is the only attempt so far to produce a (cross-platform) driver for Houdini.

Maybe it can help,

http://forums.odforce.net/index.php?/topic/8888-hou-navigator-0-1/ [forums.odforce.net]

Hello again,

I was indeed referring to Hou Navigator, the source code of which appears to be a windows solution. I've been collecting a few hints and pieces across the internet now but it turns out that there simply is no plugn-n-play solution and I will have to code something myself - even if it's just the according python plugin.
I'm quite sure that I've checked every possible option but nonetheless, if someone knows a install-and-go way of getting the spacenavigator to work on a debian core, I'd greatly appreciate it.