12-01-2015 01:48 PM
I am trying to install NI-VISA 15.0.0 on my x86_64 computer with Ubuntu 14.04.3.
I followed the procedures listed in other threads for installing NI-VISA on Ubuntu. I mounted the .iso image and executed 'sudo ./INSTALL --nodeps'. The install seemed successful, with no error messages.
However, when I launch 'visaconf', I get the following error:
"libnipalu.so failed to initialize
Perhaps you need to run updateNIDrivers
Aborted (core dumped)"
Executing 'updateNIDrivers', I get
"Configuring NI-KAL for kernel version 3.16.0-53-generic...
Building module nikal...
nikal successfully updated."
After rebooting, I still get the error. From other threads regarding this issue, I understand that there is an issue with systems having more than 4GB of addressable memory. Since I have 8GB of RAM on my system, I limited the addressable kernel memory by adding 'mem=4096M' to the kernel boot parameter list. After rebooting and updatingNIDrivers again, I still get the error.
When I run 'niSystemReport', I get the following error message: '/proc/ksyms: File not found'
I'm wondering if that might have anything to do with this issue. The full niSystemReport log is attached.
I have tried ./UNINSTALL, restarting, and ./INSTALL a couple of times, and with two different version of NI-VISA, but I am having no luck. After searching through all the threads regarding this issue, I'm not sure what else to try. Does anyone have any ideas?
12-01-2015 02:54 PM
if I read the system log correctly, none of the kernel drivers are installed.
libnipalu needs nipalk to load and run correctly, but nothing in the syslog say anything about nipalk. Find a way to install all the kernel drivers (there are multiple of them maybe). I've never done this on Ubuntu since we don't support it.
03-16-2016 10:41 AM
Have you found a solution to this issue? I am having a very similar problem installing NI-VISA and NI-488.2 on Debian 8.3. Please post if possible.