08-20-2025 04:15 AM
Hello, I am running a PCIe-6343 on Lubuntu and it was working before and now it's not.
Output of uname -a:
Linux mario 6.8.0-71-generic #71-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jul 22 16:52:38 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Output of nilsdev:
Dev1 [Failed to Load]
BusType: PCIe
DebugSession.Configured: 0
DebugSession.ServerEnable: 1
DebugSession.ServerIsOutOfProcess: 0
DevInitStatus: -50258
DevSerialNum: 0x20FF6DA
PCI.BusNum: 0x4
PCI.DevNum: 0x0
ProductNum: 0x742DC4C4
ProductType: PCIe-6343
Output of nidaqmxconfig --reset Dev1:
Failed
Error -50258
The specified software component failed to initialize. The operation could not be completed as specified.
Looking through systemctl for everything ni*, I saw this one service, nidevldu, had an error showing.
Output of systemctl status nidevldu.service:
● nidevldu.service - National Instruments Device Loader Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nidevldu.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2025-08-20 10:05:16 BST; 5min ago
Main PID: 7202 (nidevldu)
Tasks: 10 (limit: 38197)
Memory: 14.5M (peak: 14.8M)
CPU: 1.072s
CGroup: /system.slice/nidevldu.service
└─7202 /usr/sbin/nidevldu
Aug 20 10:05:16 mario systemd[1]: Starting nidevldu.service - National Instruments Device Loader Service...
Aug 20 10:05:16 mario systemd[1]: Started nidevldu.service - National Instruments Device Loader Service.
Aug 20 10:05:16 mario bash[7235]: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'niraptrk': Invalid argument
Aug 20 10:05:16 mario nidevldu[7202]: [nipalu] Warning: /home/rfmibuild/myagent/_work/_r/8/src/platform_services/legacy/nipald/nipal/source/lib/linux/linLoadKern.cpp:231 - libKernelDriverLoad: Loading drive>
Aug 20 10:05:16 mario nidevldu[7202]: [nidevldu] Fatal: Failed to load device 'Dev1' (PCIe-6343) during batch 0.
-50258
The specified software component failed to initialize. The operation could not be completed as specified.
Can anyone help please? Thank you!