issue making Acceleport C/X drivers on Mandrake 9.2

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We are upgrading to mandrake 9.2. We’re running in command line mode. When I try to make the drivers or try to rebuild the rpm the c programs have syntax errors in them. Are there valid drivers or valid source code for drivers for these cards or do we scrap the digiboards? I’m having a problem with the idea that code with syntax errors was posted on the digiboard website and I’m quite disappointed with this whole thing atm.

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What errors were seen?

If you have a PCI adapter, be sure you are using the “DGAP” driver from our web-site:

http://www.digi.com/support/productdetl.jsp?pid=1415&osvid=98#drivers

If you have an ISA adapter, you will need to obtain the “1.57-1” driver version.

Be sure the “kernel-source” package is installed on your system that matches the running kernel. You may also need a symbolic link to your kernel source:

ln -s /usr/src/linux-(version) /usr/src/linux

To install the driver:

rpm --rebuild (driver).src.rpm

Or possibly:

rpmbuild --rebuild (driver).src.rpm

rpm -i /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/(driver).i586.rpm

Run “mpi” for the “DGAP” driver or “digiConf” for the “1.57-1” driver.

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yep have the pci card and have the correct driver
gonna put in the symbolic link which isn’t in the install instructions. Thanks for the tip.

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well the soft link was already there. so i’m still getting errors on the install and they are c language install errors and yes I have the kernel source package installed. Well, I’ve been told I might have more luck if I do a full software re-install with the board in the system. I don’t know but it seems like there’s something seriously wrong with this installation process when you go to compile the c-code and it has coding errors in it and it’s being offered as production level code.

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This sounds like an e-mail we received recently which I replied to. Did you open a support case also? If so, the output we saw pointed toward an ncurses error, as in possibly the ncurses-devel package not being installed.

If you did open that case, it might be best to continue the troubleshooting thread via e-mail so we can document this in your support case. I also requested a typescript file if the install failed, which would be very useful in getting to the bottom of this.