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updateNIDrivers failed on Centos7

Hello,

i'm trying to install drivers in CentOS 7 for PXI-1031 case with PXI-8430 module. I have installed NI-VISA 16.0 but some programs from menu does not work.

 

[observer@localhost ~]$ visaconf
 libnipalu.so failed to initialize
Perhaps you need to run updateNIDrivers
Aborted
[observer@localhost ~]$ sudo /usr/local/bin/updateNIDrivers $(uname -r)
Configuring NI-KAL for kernel version 3.10.0-514.2.2.el7.x86_64...
Building module nikal...
 nikal successfully updated.
Building module nipalk...
nikal:   CC [M]  /var/lib/nikal/3.10.0-514.2.2.el7.x86_64/nipalk/nipalk-interface.o
nikal: /bin/sh: line 1:  5083 Killed                  ./tools/objtool/objtool check "/var/lib/nikal/3.10.0-514.2.2.el7.x86_64/nipalk/nipalk-interface.o"
nikal: make[2]: *** [/var/lib/nikal/3.10.0-514.2.2.el7.x86_64/nipalk/nipalk-interface.o] Error 137
nikal: make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/nikal/3.10.0-514.2.2.el7.x86_64/nipalk] Error 2
nikal: make: *** [nipalk.ko] Error 2
nikal: ERROR:  failed to build nipalk
nikal: ERROR: Update of National Instruments drivers failed.

I'm new with NI hardware and software so I'm learning. Please can You help me with this issue and explain basic concept which drivers and software from NI do I need to use and communicate with PXI-8430 module in Linux? I'm using CentOS7 as a supported OS from NI.

 

Thank You.

 

J.

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Thanks to dmesg I found solution. I ran out of memory during compilation. I have only 2GB RAM a I had not swap enabled. Now, compilatin works well.

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