Installing GPIB-PCI on Ubuntu

[benderan]

Hi,

I've seen some posts stating that it is possible to run the PCI-GPIB card  on Ubuntu, but am confused on how to proceed with the software installation.  Can someone help me out?

Cheers!

[mr_]

benderan--

What I did was search on National Instruments' Drivers and Updates page for the NI-488.2 driver, for Linux--the PCI-GPIB uses the NI-488.2 driver.  I found the driver page for the NI-488.2 v2.5 for Linux, which provides a Readme.txt link.  In the Readme, there is a section called System Requirements.  In this section, the supported Linux versions are as follows:

    Mandriva Linux 2008 or Mandriva Linux 2009
    SUSE Linux 10.3
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 5

Unfortunately, Ubuntu is not supported.  Maybe someone here on the forums has experience with Ubuntu and the PCI-GPIB, and can offer you some assistance.  I just wanted to let you know what you can expect with support for Linux.  Also, you might want to consider joining the Linux Users Community.  This would be a great resource for Linux support and updates.

Cheers!

[benderan]

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Yes, I know that it's not formally supported. I got some hints from various user forums that it was possible (and unfortunately my need for Ubuntu is dictated by some other hardware/software requirements).  I haven't seen a good step by step though.

[mr_]

benderan--

You might try the Linux Users Community.  Like I mentioned before, it is a great resource.  For instance, I went there and did a tag search for Ubuntu.  I think they discuss exactly what you want to do. More importantly, it looks like a user made a specific tutorial in the community:

How to Install GPIB driver NI-488.2 on Ubuntu 7.10

Cheers!