{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sharkyh20/KinectToVR/issues/6","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sharkyh20/KinectToVR","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sharkyh20/KinectToVR/issues/6/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sharkyh20/KinectToVR/issues/6/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sharkyh20/KinectToVR/issues/6/events","html_url":"https://github.com/sharkyh20/KinectToVR/issues/6","id":369842583,"node_id":"MDU6SXNzdWUzNjk4NDI1ODM=","number":6,"title":"Is it possible to build it for linux?","user":{"login":"elypter","id":2572458,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjI1NzI0NTg=","avatar_url":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/2572458?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter","html_url":"https://github.com/elypter","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"id":688232603,"node_id":"MDU6TGFiZWw2ODgyMzI2MDM=","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sharkyh20/KinectToVR/labels/enhancement","name":"enhancement","color":"84b6eb","default":true}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2018-10-13T21:21:44Z","updated_at":"2018-10-20T02:45:25Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"NONE","body":"there is the freenect driver for the kinect and there is steamvr for linux. both are working for me so i thought i could try this out. is it possible to build it on linux?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sharkyh20/KinectToVR/issues/comments/431542461","html_url":"https://github.com/sharkyh20/KinectToVR/issues/6#issuecomment-431542461","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sharkyh20/KinectToVR/issues/6","id":431542461,"node_id":"MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQzMTU0MjQ2MQ==","user":{"login":"elypter","id":2572458,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjI1NzI0NTg=","avatar_url":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/2572458?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter","html_url":"https://github.com/elypter","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/elypter/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-10-20T02:45:25Z","updated_at":"2018-10-20T02:45:25Z","author_association":"NONE","body":"the problem is that wine cannot use generic drivers, so the kinect sdk wont be able to communicate with the device. wine + vr probably also doesnt work very well. steamvr in steam on wine doesnt work for me. maybe wine will be able to do this some day but now there are too many places where something can and does go wrong.\r\n\r\nyou can try out the kinect hardware on linux if you are not sure if its broken. on ubuntu this should be enough to install it:\r\n\r\ngit clone https://github.com/OpenKinect/libfreenect\r\ncd libfreenect\r\nmkdir build\r\ncd build\r\ncmake -L .. # -L lists all the project options\r\nmake\r\n\r\nthen you can enter \"freenect-\" and hit tab twice for autocomplete for example applications. those are not 100% reliable but you can verify that it works if you get an output, movement or an image.\r\n\r\ni read that the power adapters for the xbox360 variant can be a problem too and that might be the case for me because even though it worked 2 days ago the tests fail all the time after working for a few seconds or fail during the init phase."}}
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