Backing off to Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS was successful in getting the PCIe Express interface to build, dkms the kernel module, start and uhd_find_device sees the USRP x300.
Now for the fun part.... using it. Finally: To all those entertaining PCIe interfacing, do not install a later version of kernel or distro than is KNOWN to support the interface. PCIe is most decidely NOT USB or GigE. Ettus would not be using a proprietary interface from NI with known working support for various kernels if it were not necessary. Having done multiple projects at work with PCIe, you use it when it is necessary and NEVER when it isn't. My application for the x3x0 series requires it. I find all the pieces of the needed documentation to make it all work NOT in one place. I will give a short summary today after I get my first app going using the device. Thanks, Bob On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Robert McGwier <rwmcgw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tim and I are going to swap back to 12.04.4 LTS. I suggest that some note > to the installation for x3x0 say which versions of Ubuntu, kernels, etc. > are supported currently. > > Thanks for your time. > > Bob > > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Robert McGwier <rwmcgw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Okay, I thought that was it. I will back off to 13.XX LTS for now. >> >> Bob >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Matt Ettus <m...@ettus.com> wrote: >> >>> You are using ubuntu 14.4 which has a new kernel. It will take us a >>> little while to get our kernel module working with it. In the mean time, >>> going to an older kernel or distribution will fix it. This does not >>> affect ethernet connections. >>> >>> Matt >>> On Apr 25, 2014 11:38 PM, "Robert McGwier" <rwmcgw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have my new x300's. The NI ExpressCard-8360B is recognized by my >>>> Intel 5, Lenovo, 64 bit machine running U 14.04 LTS. >>>> >>>> I naively assumed that given the way things had gone before, that this >>>> would be a low impact out of the box experience. uhd_find_devices finds >>>> nothing. >>>> >>>> So I go and dig and find I need to do some things first. >>>> >>>> http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki/NI_USRP_RIO_Linux >>>> >>>> The installer: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> sudo niusrprio-installer/INSTALL >>>> >>>> appears to work, but something is missing still. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, the enabling and disabling usage lines don't work >>>> because some module the device is looking for has NOT been added to the >>>> kernel, much less done with automated update for the next kernel. >>>> >>>> Anyone who has faced and solved this issue, and gotten their PCIe >>>> interface to the x300 to work, please email, because I cannot afford to >>>> waste the weekend looking at TV. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bob McGwier >>>> Co-Owner and Technical Director, Federated Wireless, LLC >>>> Professor Virginia Tech >>>> Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY >>>> Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >>>> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >>>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >>>> >>>> >> >> >> -- >> Bob McGwier >> Co-Owner and Technical Director, Federated Wireless, LLC >> Professor Virginia Tech >> Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY >> Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) >> > > > > -- > Bob McGwier > Co-Owner and Technical Director, Federated Wireless, LLC > Professor Virginia Tech > Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY > Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) > -- Bob McGwier Co-Owner and Technical Director, Federated Wireless, LLC Professor Virginia Tech Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ)
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