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Appendix D Common Questions
VXI/VME-PCI8026 for Linux
Whenever I try to execute any of the NI-VXI utilities, I receive a
message that it could not find a particular file even though the file does
exist. What is wrong?
When a NI-VXI utility cannot find a file that it needs, it usually means that
one of the environment variables is set incorrectly. Check the environment
variable and your
NIVXIPATH
should be set only to the directory where you installed NI-VXI
(
/usr/local/nivxi
include the directory where you installed the NI-VXI library
(
/usr/local/nivxi/lib
You can also receive this error message if you do not have full permissions
to some of the NI-VXI files and directories. Users who will be using
NI-VXI should have full permissions to the
They should also have read/write permissions for all the files contained in
those directories.
Whenever I try to run
my PCI-MXI-2, it hangs. This also happens if I have the wrong end of
my cable plugged into the PCI-MXI-2. Why?
The PCI-MXI-2 uses the MXI-2 cable to find out if it is the MXIbus System
Controller. If the correct end of the cable is not securely attached to the
PCI-MXI-2,
resman
cable has a label indicating which end should be plugged into the system
controller. If you need to run
can force the PCI-MXI-2 to be system controller by setting the MXI
System Controller field to yes in
/etc/ld.so.conf
by default).
/etc/ld.so.conf
by default). Run
tbl
without the MXI-2 cable plugged into
resman
and other NI-VXI applications can hang. The MXI-2
with the MXI-2 cable unattached, you
resman
vxitedit
D-4
file.
NIVXIPATH
should
to reread this file.
ldconfig
and directories.
examples
.
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