NIVISA available for Suse 10.2 but trouble with NI488 on openSuse 10.2

[tibo_xlim]

NI VISA is well suited for Red Hat, Mandriva and Suse. I destroyed my lovely Ubuntu and decided to install openSuse 10.2.
NI VISA maybe works correctly on Suse but I can't install correctly NI488 (I guess I need the driver for my NI USB-GPIB cable) on Suse 10.2.
Here is the message :


Checking required install tools...
Checking installer tool versions...
rpm        4.4.2 can be used with a default installation path
tar        1.15.1
Checking dependencies...
glibc      2.5
Unpacking install files to /tmp/NI4882-2.5.1f0.install...

******************************** ERROR ****************************************
* Kernel source in /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/source does not appear to be
* configured for the 2.6.18.2-34-default kernel.
* Configuration of kernel source is required to continue installation.        *
* Refer to the README file for the product you are installing for information *
* about configuring your kernel source.                                       *
******************************** ERROR ****************************************

Nevertheless the source code of the kernel is avalaible at the right place. What's the problem ?
Did somebody install NI488 on Suse 10.2 ??? NI488 is annonced for Suse 10.1 but NIVISA is available for Suse 10.2. What can I do with NIVISA without NI488 ??

Thank you for your answer.

[johan G.]

Hi,
VISA allows to manage several bus interface communication and not only GPIB.
This is why is not impossible that VISA is avalaible for Suse 10.2 and not 488.2

Johan G.

[JHn]

The problem that you are having is probably related to the 2.6.18 kernel. It is possible to use the NI-488.2 driver for GPIB cards (I do it my self) with 2.6.18 kernels but it requires a little bit of work. Do the following (as root):

# cd /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/source
# mv include/linux/version.h xxx.h
# cat xxx.h include/linux/utsrelease.h > include/linux/version.h

Now, install the driver with the INSTALL script. The installation will fail at this stage but you will get a question about rebooting your machine. Choose "No".

Restore the version.h file:

# cd /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34-default/source
# rm -f include/linux/version.h
# mv xxx.h include/linux/version.h

Now, follow the instructions that I wrote in this thread.

Good luck!