Spacenavigator with OSX FlightGear?

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Debunque
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Spacenavigator with OSX FlightGear?

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Has anyone gotten the spacenavigator to work with the Flightgear flight simulator?

I bought a 3dx-spacenavigator notebook version (3DX-SN) thinking it would work with FG 3.2.0 (OS-X 10.10 Yosemite, on a 2010 17" macbook pro). It doesn't show up as a joystick under the Help menu or in the fgjs program, though.

There is a file FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/Input/Event/3dconnexion/SpaceNavigator.xml that led me to believe 3dx 3DX-SN would work on FG.

There is nothing in the Docs directory that mentions it however,

There is USB HID support page that suggest that Linux and OS-X FG have an 'event-input' HID interface, and the 3DX-SN supposedly has a driver that makes it visible as a HID device.

Is there any config file I can tweak to make FG see the 3DX-SN? Do I need to recompile FG?

Thanks much for any tips.
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