linuxtrack-wine on OSX not working

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Install the wine application
2. Configure ltr_gui properly
3.Controller application - less light up and keys chosen

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
TrackIR not recognized by any wine application. I think linuxtrack-wine is 
built for X11 or XQuartz. However, wine now has native OSX windowing support 
and I'm using it right now. Maybe linuxtrack-wine needs to be updated with the 
newest version of wine for OSX native windowing support without X11.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
OSX 10.9. linuxtrack-0.99.5.dmg

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by shankarg...@gmail.com on 4 Dec 2013 at 4:28

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Hello,
may I ask you, are you using wine bottler or you compiled wine yourself (or 
through macports,...)?

Did you installed the linuxtrack-wine to the same wine bottle as the target 
application? What tracking device do you use? And does the device lights up 
when controller is started?
Kind regards,

Michal

Original comment by f.jo...@email.cz on 4 Dec 2013 at 9:29

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I tried in on Codeweavers Crossover 13. I planned to try it on home-brew wine 
today, and I'll let you know how things go. Yes I installed it to the same wine 
bottle and I used TrackIR 5. The device lights up when the controller is 
started. But the tester application does not work. And in game, it does not 
work either. I left the controller window open but still no joy.

Original comment by shankarg...@gmail.com on 4 Dec 2013 at 9:44

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I'm fairly certain this is because of the X11 dependency in xkey.c. Newest 
development wine versions use native windowing by default, so you should de 
able to reproduce this on a mac without X11.

Original comment by shankarg...@gmail.com on 4 Dec 2013 at 11:39

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Hello,
let me recapitulate what the symptoms are(please correct me, if I got something 
wrong): ltr_gui itself works, TrackIR is set and the tracking behaves correctly 
in 3D preview;when controller is started, the TrackIR does light up.

So, given the fact that controller is able to bring the TrackIR to life 
suggests, that the wine-linuxtrack connection is working. Does either the 
Controller app or the Tester app close by itself or crashes?

The only problem I can think of right now, might have something to do with a 
firmware. May I ask you when did you installed /reinstalled the TrackIR 
firmware in the ltr_gui? If it was more than say 2 months ago, please try 
reinstalling it (in ltr_gui). The thing is, that along the firmware, also some 
other data are extracted, that allow emulation of the TrackIR interface.

Now, to test the tracking in wine using the Tester app, you have to fill in a 
number into a textbox in the upper left corner, designated ID. Try number 1001 
(it is a number assigned to a developer/game by NP) and see if you can bring it 
to life.
Kind regards,

Michal

PS. I did try in 1.6 Wine and it seems to work just fine.

Original comment by f.jo...@email.cz on 5 Dec 2013 at 6:03

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Thanks!

I updated the firmware and now the Tester app works with ID 1001! 

Original comment by shankarg...@gmail.com on 5 Dec 2013 at 3:36

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Hi,
I'm glad to hear that... And the application you were targetting works too?
Kind regards,

Michal

Original comment by f.jo...@email.cz on 6 Dec 2013 at 5:39

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I just tried that and it didn't. I'm trying city car driving simulator and 
according to them, the latest version has full support for tracker 5. Now the 
tracker works including on x-plane and wine, we just need to figure out how to 
get the app to recognize it. The app does not have any controls or settingas 
for tracker, so I thought i'd just plug it in. It didn't work, so the 
linuxtrack-wine interface works, only not in this game. I should probably try 
some other app in wine.

Original comment by shankarg...@gmail.com on 6 Dec 2013 at 5:43

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Hi,
may I ask you what is the name of the application? Maybe you could try to 
reinstall the firmware using the 5.2.2 version - that should have the most 
fresh game definitions. I'll also check in the evening, if there was any update 
online.
Kind regards,

Michal

Original comment by f.jo...@email.cz on 6 Dec 2013 at 7:13

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City Car Driving (http://citycardriving.com)
According to them, it has support for TrackIR. I'll also check the firmware 
5.2.2Final. What version does Linuxtrack install automatically?

Original comment by shankarg...@gmail.com on 6 Dec 2013 at 7:31

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Well, by default it installs the 4.2.whatever, as it is the smallest one. 
However it might be, that this game is so new, that it requires newer game defs.
Kind regards,

Michal

Original comment by f.jo...@email.cz on 6 Dec 2013 at 7:38

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Hi,
I have downloaded the update and unpacked it; can you put the attached file 
into the ~/.config/linuxtrack/tir_firmware directory? It contains the newest 
definitions; if that doesn't help, I'd like to ask you to mail me (don't attach 
it here) the game's executable (the actual .exe file, not the installer), so I 
can take a peek at that; maybe I'll be able to find out what is going on.
Kind regards,

Michal

Original comment by f.jo...@email.cz on 9 Dec 2013 at 9:40

Attachments:

• gamedata.txt

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Thanks. I'll do this when I go home and try it out.

Original comment by svenk...@mtu.edu on 9 Dec 2013 at 9:42

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Hello,
since this issue is almost a year without more input, I'm closing it; feel free 
to reopen it if the problem still bothers you...

Kind regards,

Michal

Original comment by f.jo...@email.cz on 18 Nov 2014 at 6:25

• Changed state: Done