I don't see any NI error messages in dmesg.
Here is my setup, and the output of the install, and uninstall - note that on the uninstall, a LOT of NI tools were never installed:
am trying to install an NI PCI-6723 card into a Linux computer.
Problems: 1) Although the NI INSTALL program *says* it installed successfully,
I cannot find utilities such as nilsdev, or nidaqmxconfig and
many others.
/usr/local/bin is entirely empty.
2) During the install I see this:
dpkg-query: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory
I've listed the setup and packages used, below as well as the output from the INSTALL script as well as the dmesg differences between before INSTALL and afterward.
If anyone can help me out I'd appreciate it as I don't know what to try next.
System setup:
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Operating system - OpenSUSE 11.3 i586, 32 bit.
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ls /lib/modules
2.6.34.10-0.6-default
2.6.34.10-0.6-pae
2.6.34.10-0.6-desktop
2.6.34.10-0.6-xen
uname -r
2.6.34.10-0.6-desktop
So I'm using the Desktop version and NOT the PAE version.
Packages installed:
dpkg
make
gcc
kernel-syms
kernel-source
I also ran through the kernel configuration procedure in the README (zcat....
make cloneconfig......make modules prepare etc)
Computer:
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Pentium Dual Core E6700
4GB DDR3-1333 RAM
64 bits
HARDWARE:
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lspci shows:
03:01.0 Class ff00: National Instruments Device 7073
NIDAQmx version downloaded and installed:
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DAQmx802f0.iso
Ok so after installing the OS and patches, and the other packages (e.g. dpkg), and ran the kernel congiuration procedure successfuly, I then catted dmesg to a file.
Then I copied all the files in DAQmx802f0.iso from the the DVD I burned. Put them all into one directory, became root, cd'd to the directory and ran
./INSTALL.
It said it succeeded but with the following issue (here's the output):
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.......
Checking required install tools...
Checking installer tool versions...
dpkg found
rpm 4.8.0 can be used with a default installation path
tar 1.23
Checking dependencies...
glibc 2.11.2
Unpacking install files to /tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.2f0.install...
LabVIEW 8.6 not detected
Manually specify a location for LabVIEW 8.6 support files? [yN] y
Specify the installation path for the software; a natinst/LabVIEW-8.6
subdirectory will be created at the specified location.
[Default /usr/local
LabVIEW 8.6 support will be installed to /usr/local/natinst/LabVIEW-8.6
dpkg-query: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory
dpkg-query: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory
dpkg-query: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory
dpkg-query: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory
dpkg-query: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory
dpkg-query: failed to open package info file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' for reading: No such file or directory
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:lvsupport86-daqmxviref ########################################### [ 33%]
2:lvsupport86-daqmxsupp ########################################### [ 67%]
3:lvsupport86-daqmxexmp ########################################### [100%]
FOR PATENTS COVERING NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS, REFER TO
THE PATENTS.txt FILE ON /home/gregg/WHIPPLE/NIDRIVER AND/OR
www.ni.com/patents
NI-DAQmx for Linux Installer Distribution Installation completed successfully.
So you see the installer said everything was fine - but it's not. I can't find any tools - /usr/local/bin is totally empty. As stated above, I cannot find nilsdev on my computer, nor any of the other utilities that ConfigurationGuide.html says should be there.
Here is the output of UNINSTALL:
Uninstalling NI-DAQmx for Linux Installer Distribution version 8.0.2f0...
labview80-rte not installed, skipping.
lvsupport80-daqmxexmp not installed, skipping.
lvsupport80-daqmxsupp not installed, skipping.
lvsupport80-daqmxviref not installed, skipping.
lvsupport82-daqmxexmp not installed, skipping.
lvsupport82-daqmxsupp not installed, skipping.
lvsupport82-daqmxviref not installed, skipping.
lvsupport85-daqmxexmp not installed, skipping.
lvsupport85-daqmxsupp not installed, skipping.
lvsupport85-daqmxviref not installed, skipping.
ni653x not installed, skipping.
nicdigi not installed, skipping.
nidaqmxcapiexmp not installed, skipping.
nidaqmxcapihelp not installed, skipping.
nidaqmxcapii not installed, skipping.
nidaqmxcfgi not installed, skipping.
nidaqmxef not installed, skipping.
nidaqmxhelp not installed, skipping.
nidaqmxinfi not installed, skipping.
nidaqmxswitch not installed, skipping.
nidimi not installed, skipping.
nidsai not installed, skipping.
nikali not installed, skipping.
nimdbgi not installed, skipping.
nimioi not installed, skipping.
nimru2i not installed, skipping.
nimxdfi not installed, skipping.
nimxpi not installed, skipping.
nimxs not installed, skipping.
niorbi not installed, skipping.
nipali not installed, skipping.
nipalki not installed, skipping.
nipalki not installed, skipping.
nipxirmi not installed, skipping.
nirpci not installed, skipping.
niscarabmm not installed, skipping.
niscxi not installed, skipping.
nistci not installed, skipping.
nitimingi not installed, skipping.
Pre Uninstallation ...............................
NI-DAQmx for Linux Installer Distribution Uninstallation completed successfully.
