How to install NI-VISA 4.4.0 kernel modules under Gentoo ?

[hamid.ohadi]

Untarred nikal-1.9.0f0.tar.gz in the iso. That gave a "bin" and "rpms" directories. Converted nikali-1.9.0-f0.noarch.rpm  to tar using rpm2tar and expanded it to the right directory which was /usr/local/natinst/nikal. Added the nikal directory string " /usr/local/natinst/nikal" to /usr/local/natinst/nikal/etc/nikal.dir. Now updateNIDrivers gives me the same error as before!

[Shawn B.]

It looks like you need:

CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y

In your kernel config.

Shawn Bohrer

National Instruments

[hamid.ohadi]

Awesome! that worked! hopefully with this version fixes my Tektronix 2024B  USB problems.

[Sak1s]

i am trying to build pikal......but the module instalation fail for kernel 2.6.27.....with enable option CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS=y

[Shawn B.]

In general if NI-KAL fails to compile you should always try the latest version of NI-KAL.  Currently the latest version is NI-KAL 1.9.

Shawn Bohrer

National Instruments

[Sak1s]

i tried the latest NIKAL but the same errors !!!!

[Sak1s]

i am tring with different setting to compile my kernel....but the some errors

[Sak1s]

well it seams that the problem isnt the kernel....but the installations scripts from the visa-4.5....i extract the nivisa-4.5.0f0.tar.gz and i installed the packages with the rpm command....

the modules failed because the installation script doesnt update the visa drivers...

Message Edited by Sak1s on 03-15-2009 10:45 AM

[Shawn B.]

If you are getting the same errors then you have not installed NI-KAL 1.9.  Looking at the niSystemReport files you attached confirms this.  The first line in the niSystemReport output gives the version of niSystemReport which is the same as NI-KAL since they are shipped together.  Yours still says 1.8.0f0, which would explain why NI-KAL will not compile against your kernel.  How are you trying to install NI-KAL 1.9?

Shawn Bohrer

National Instruments

[Sak1s]

Dear Shawn B.  i dont know the reason....i was running the istalation script from the NIKAL19.iso and also the visa-4.5.iso .Now i install the new visa drivers by extracting and installing with the rpm command,i think that the installation script not actually doing anything,and then calls the updatevidrivers.sh and trying to update my modules with the previous version.