ni-daqmx installation problem on redhat 2.6.18-92.1.17.el5

[ivorystag]

Has anyone got over this one?

Installation of   NI-DAQmx for Linux Installer Distribution
     version 8.0.0f1 for Linux/x86 32-bit

fails like this

Would you like to continue? [Yn]

Installing NI-DAQmx for Linux Installer Distribution version 8.0.0f1...
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nikali-1.2.0-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nipali-1.10.2-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/labview80-rte-8.0-1.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/ni653x-1.1.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nicdigi-1.5.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidaqmxcapiexmp-1.6.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidaqmxcapihelp-1.6.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidaqmxcapii-1.6.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidaqmxcfgi-1.4.0-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidaqmxef-1.4.1-f3.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidaqmxhelp-1.0.0-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidaqmxinfi-8.0.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidaqmxswitch-1.6.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidimi-1.3.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nidsai-1.5.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nimdbgi-1.3.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nimioi-1.7.1-f2.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nimru2i-2.4.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nimxdfi-1.4.1-f1.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nimxpi-1.4.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nimxs-4.0.1-3006.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/niorbi-1.3.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nipxirmi-1.6.0-f0.i386.rpm
sort: open failed: +0: No such file or directory
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nirpci-3.2.2-f1.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/niscarabmm-1.2.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/niscxi-1.5.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nistci-1.3.1-f0.i386.rpm
/tmp/nidaqmx-8.0.0f1.install/rpms/nitimingi-1.5.1-f0.i386.rpm

Pre Installation .............................
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
        package nirpci-4.0.0-f1 (which is newer than nirpci-3.2.2-f1) is already installed
        file /usr/local/natinst/nipal/bin/palModuleMgr.sh from install of nipali-1.1

 0.2-f0 conflicts with file from package nipalki-2.3.0-f1
        file /usr/local/natinst/nipal/src/objects/nipalk-unversioned.o from install of nipali-1.10.2-f0 conflicts with file from package nipalki-2.3.0-f1
Error installing NI-DAQmx for Linux Installer Distribution 8.0.0f1.

Installer is aborted.

Any ideas?  

[James_McN]

Hi Ivorystag,

Unfortunately DAQmx 8.0 isn't supported under RHEL5.  This is because from Red Hat 3 to 4 they changed the size of the kernel stack which meant that our drivers would no longer work.  This is detailed in this KB: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 support of DAQmx on Linux (This is still also relevent to RHEL5).  There are however drivers that are supported by RHEL5 called DAQmx Base which still supports the vast majority of devices at Linux Driver Support.  As you can see from this, DAQmx Base is supported on your distribution which supports the vast majority of NI products.  To check whether your device is supported you there is a page detailing support at http://www.ni.com/support/daq/versions that will confirm this for you.

In terms of the actual error you are seeing then removing that newer package should get you past this issue although I am quite suprised that you have a newer version of this installed already, this would probably be a leftover from a previous install of DAQmx Base as they are newer drivers that DAQmx 8.0.

Hope this helps and sorry its bad news!

Regards,

[ivorystag]

Thanks for all the help, but it looks like its not going to work for me.

The problem arose from trying to run a daq-6224 board and a daq-6722 on the same box. The 6722 only works with daqmx, but  daqmx doesn't work on rhel5. 6224 works with mx and base. So it looks like I need a different dacout board (6713) which works with base.

regards

[James_McN]

Thanks for letting me know and good luck when you get your new device!

Regards,