ibconf on linux

[esrf-fep]

Hello,

 I am trying to port my GPIB software from Solaris to Linux and have problem because there is not still the 'ibconf'

utility under Linux  (rehate ws 4). MyGPIB package is NI4882-beta-2.5.1b1.

I use ibconf mainly to give names to my board or to my devices, and I did not found any other solution to replace the

this utility.    It seems that ibconf configures /etc/gpibrc, but this file is not  an ASCII file, therefore can not be edited

Thefefore if someone as a workaround to ibconf, I 'll appreciate a lot.

Thanks in advance 

[Steve__M.]

Hi,

I don't find workaround for your problem but you should try another installation on Linux. Is the extension of other files can't be edited ?

Regards,

[ManuelR]

Hi,

Is there a reason for having this version of driver? why not the 488 2.5? The version 2.5 is supported by your distribution.

You will have more informations at this link: http://www.ni.com/linux/gpib.htm

[esrf-fep]

Hi Manuel,

Thanks for your answer. In fact I tried already the NI488-2.5.1f0 as well (the official release delivered with LV8.6), but I have

still the same question about 'ibconf' utility missing.

Best regards.

Francis 

[Steve__M.]

Hi,

To use ibconf to configure your card it requires the user to be Root; so, have you got root privilege on your system ? Have you seen  http://xray1.physics.sunysb.edu/~micros/sm/node76.html  to check if your driver is installed correctly ?
 
ibconf requires libncurses.so.4.0, and in RedHat Enterprise 4  there is libncurses.so.5 I think, so you should "downgrade" your ncurses package . Try this command :

ln -s /lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so.4  
 
I hope it helps,

Regards,

Message Edité par Steve Mohamed le 11-03-2008 09:30 AM