Hi Finch Train,
Thanks for the reply! Since I last posted I was able to fix the problem with the kernel sources by following these instructions from the README:
Q2: During installation I get a message similar to the following one:
"Kernel source does not appear to be configured for the running kernel.
Configuration of kernel source is required to continue installation."
I do have kernel sources installed; is there anything else that needs to
be done?
A2: This problem has been seen on SUSE LINUX Professional 9.1 Running the 2.6.5
kernel or newer versions of SUSE LINUX Professional. However, it is possible
that other distributions will require similar steps to resolve this problem.
On SUSE LINUX Professional complete the following steps:
1. Ensure you have installed kernel-source and kernel-syms packages
corresponding to the version of the currently running kernel. The
version of the currently running kernel can be determined by
issuing the command `uname -r`.
2. Change the directory to the /usr/src/linux-<version> directory, where
<version> corresponds to the currently running kernel version.
3. Run "zcat /boot/symvers-<version>.gz > Module.symvers" as root to prepare
modversion support.
4. Run "make cloneconfig" as root to configure the sources for the
currently running kernel.
5. Run "make modules_prepare" as root to prepare the headers for
compilation.
6. THIS STEP IS STRICTLY OPTIONAL. Completing this step removes the
warning:
WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux/Module.symvers is missing,
modules will have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS disabled.
Run "make modules" as root to compile all modules and generate
Module.symvers; this step may take 30 minutes or more to complete.
7. Run the INSTALL script for the NI-VISA software for Linux from this
directory
After this, updateNIDrivers appears to work. However I still get this error when I try to connect to the device:
libnipalu.so failed to initialize
Perhaps you need to run updateNIDrivers
I am running a 64-bit system. I tried to install NI-KAL 15.0.1 (is this the version you meant? I couldn't find 15.1) and it said that the same or newer version was already installed.
I also went through and installed all the 32-bit components mentioned in your first link. Then I tried the install again and followed it with an updateNIDrivers. Both processes worked fine, but still get the same libnipalu.so error. Going off something I read here I tried running '/etc/init.d/nipal start' which returned the following error:
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nipalk': Exec format error
error: nipalk failed to load
possible causes:
nipalk was not versioned for this kernel (4.1.36-41-default)
modules are not enabled for this kernel (CONFIG_MODULES)
unresolved symbols
possible solution:
if you recently installed a new kernel or have rebooted to
a different kernel from one you were previously running then run
/usr/local/bin/updateNIDrivers
to version your NI drivers for kernel 4.1.36-41-default
but I already ran updateNIDrivers just before this.
Michael
