DAQmx base install in linux

[evren]

hi

i really need some help soon on this and i got nothing from a post in the labview section. thought this might be a better forum for my question.


i'm trying to install NIDAQmx base v1.5 in RH fedora core 4.

FC4 does not automatically install the kernel sources/headers. so i downloaded those and followed the instructions to get them into the /usr/src/linux-2.6.11 directory. i did a kernel build and compiled + installed the modules using the make modules/make modules_install. i rebooted with the new kernel so that all the environment variables are in correct. i was not too attentive to the kernel option when i compiled but it booted up and linux ran. now in the updateNIDrivers script the make install line creates compile time errors which cause the instalation to fail. i have no idea how to fix this. any ideas?

is there a kernel option i missed? does NI KAL not work with FC4 only with FC3? or do i have to get RH Ent Linux WS3 instead?

is there anyway to install the kernel sources into the default directory and not require a kernel build.

i also installed RH8.0 and NIDAQmx base installed just fine. lsdaq foubnd my deivce. but labivew did not have the DAQ vi's installed.  i tried reinstalling labview etc but no luck

i would prefer to use the newer RH linux so if anyone has tips on getting NIDAQmx base working on FC3 or FC4 that would be great. if need be i'll by enterprise linux. otherwise i would be ok using RH8 if someone could let me know how to get the vi's installed into LV.

thanks.

-evren

[Shawn B.]

evern,

NIDAQmx base v1.5 is officially supported under Redhat Enterprise WS 3, SuSE Professional 9.2, and Mandrake official 10.0 as stated in the README.txt file.  The Fedora Core line of RH is not supported which means we have done no testing to verify the driver will function.  You are still welcome use other Linux varients, with the knowledge that National Instruments cannot provide support, and that it may not work.

With that said I believe if you search the forums you will find some customers that have managed to get the driver to install on FC3 with modifications. However, because of patches applied to the FC3 kernel you may still encounter problems using the driver.  It is unlikely that FC4 will be any better.  You may have more luck with the older distributions (RH9, FC1, FC2)

I would recommend using SuSE 9.2, or Mandrake 10.0 if you would like to use a free distributions with a 2.6 kernel.  However if you prefer RedHat you may want to purchase RHE WS 3.

Hopefully this information helps

Shawn B.
National Instruments