Re: Comedi compilation problems on Fedora Core 5 SMP (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp)

Hi Ian/John/Bernd

Sorry about the slow response but I have been busy.

> On 19/05/06 14:27, Simpson, John wrote:
> > I am having the same problems compiling comedi-0.7.70 on FC5 as another
> > recent contributor.  I've tried all the various remedies and patches (bugs
> > 221 and 222) that seemed to resolve his problems, but I just get the same
> > make failures.
> 

I have been running comedi on Fedora Core 4 (kernel
2.6.15-1.1833_FC4-i686) using a USB-DUX without problems, until they
introduced the 2.6.16 Kernels. I just pulled the version from the CVS
and followed the instructions on the web pages to build and install
comedi and comedilib.

I admit I have problems with the 2.6.16 kernels.

I too am having problems with Fedora Core 5. But not the same as John's.
I am running on the latest kernel (2.6.16-1.2111_FC5-i686). I have
copied the patch to a file comedi_#221.patch. I used the following to
compile the latest CVS comedi without errors being reported:

follow the instructions on the comedi.org site to download the CVS
download the patch file into the CVS copy of comedi

cd comedi                      # to the CVS copy
patch -p0 < comedi_#221.patch
./autogen.sh --enable-kbuild
./configure --enable-kbuild
make
make check
make install
/sbin/depmod -a


NB. This was all on the standard Fedora kernel. Compiling a vanilla
kernel appears to require the same.

I hope that helps John.

My problems are when I attempt to use it! It appears that comedi is not
picking up the usb connected USB-DUX device I use. I have managed to get
things working by issuing the following command:

comedi_config -i /usr/local/share/usb/usbdux_firmware.hex /dev/comedi0 

I have copied Bernd Porr in as he may be interested in the USB-DUX
implications. I have spoken with him about this already but I believe
that it is down to comedi and the 2.6.16 kernel not the USB-DUX (a very
grey area I accept).

Has anyone any ideas?

-- 
Paul Finnigan

Received on 2006-06-01Z13:25:23