LabVIEW Version 6.1 for Linux/x86 Release Notes
Copyright © 2001 National Instruments Corporation.  All Rights Reserved.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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To use LabVIEW 6.1 for Linux/x86, the following system components are
required.  Note that a newer version of the C runtime library (glibc 2.1.3)
is required than for LabVIEW 6.0 and 6.0.1.  We regret any inconvenience
this may cause.   Note that it is possible to obtain an updated glibc rpm
for most Linux distributions via the web or ftp without upgrading your 
entire system -- see below.

   o Linux kernel 2.0.x, 2.2.x, or 2.4.x for the Intel x86 architecture.
   o About 190MB of hard disk space for a full installation (including all
     manuals and on-line help), or ~55MB for a minimal installation.
   o GNU C Library Version 2.1.3 or later.

     Note: If you are using one of the following distributions, you
           meet these requirements:
         o Red Hat Linux 6.2 or later
         o Mandrake Linux 7.0 or later
         o SuSE Linux 6.4 or later
         o Debian Linux 2.2 or later

	You may also be able to upgrade your glibc without upgrading the
	rest of your system.  For example:
         o Red Hat Linux 6.0 or 6.1 -- use glibc from Red Hat 6.2:
			ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-2.1.3-15.i386.rpm  (or a mirror)
         o Mandrake Linux 6.1:
			ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/updates/6.1/RPMS/glibc-2.1.3-16mdk.i586.rpm  (or a mirror)


INSTALLATION
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To install LabVIEW 6.1 for Linux/x86, run the INSTALL script from
this directory.

The INSTALL script will prompt you for the directory where you wish to
install LabVIEW (typically /usr/local or /opt), and install all necessary
files.

This script will use rpm to install the packages on systems which
support it, or extract the files directly on other systems.

If you prefer, you may instead install the files by hand, using either rpm
(or glint, gnorpm, kpackage, etc) on Red Hat or other rpm-based systems,
or using the utilities in the bin directory on this CD on systems without rpm.

NETSCAPE PLUG-IN
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To install the LabVIEW Netscape plug-in, first install the LabVIEW Run-Time
Engine, then simply copy /usr/local/lib/LabVIEW-6.1/LVNPlugin.so to
your Netscape plug-in directory (typically /usr/lib/netscape/plugins or
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins).

PLEASE NOTE that the LabVIEW Netscape plug-in for Linux REQUIRES
Netscape 6.x or Mozilla 0.9.x or later.  Netscape 4.x is not supported
because it is a single-threaded application and is incompatible with the
multi-threaded LabVIEW run-time engine.

RELEASE NOTES ADDENDUM
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Nov. 27, 2001

This section contains last minute information about the Linux
LabVIEW 6.1 CD which was not included in the relnot61.pdf Acrobat Release
Notes document.	 For the latest information, please visit our web site at
this web address: http://www.ni.com/cgi-bin/redirect.cgi?dest=lv61faq

-- The LabVIEW Help search was streamlined to improve performance and does not
search the VI and function reference topics. Use the index to access reference
topics for individual VIs and functions.

-- The note that appears in the Remote Panel License section in Chapter 17,
Networking in LabVIEW, of the LabVIEW User Manual should read: "The server
computer managing remote front panels must have the LabVIEW Full or
Professional Development System or must build the front panels into a
stand-alone application. Clients can use any LabVIEW development system to view
and control those front panels remotely."

-- The LabVIEW Help incorrectly states that the Color to RGB and RGB to Color
VIs are available only in the LabVIEW Full and Professional Development
Systems. Actually, these VIs also are available in all packages.

-- The LabVIEW Help incorrectly states that the notifiers out parameter of the
Wait on Notification from Multiple function returns the notifiers input
unchanged. Actually, the notifiers out parameter returns a reference to the
notifier that received a message.

-- The following is missing from the LabVIEW Help: If a queue or notifier 
reference becomes invalid (for example, by being closed), all functions waiting 
on that reference stop waiting. These functions include Wait on Notification, 
Wait on Notification From Multiple, Dequeue Element, Enqueue Element, 
Enqueue Element At Opposite End, and Preview Queue Element.


SUPPORT
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Please see http://www.ni.com/linux for further information and resources
related to LabVIEW for Linux systems.

Visit http://www.ni.com/support to search the product support database or
access user support newsgroups, or http://www.ni.com/ask to initiate
e-mail based technical support.

Additional information about Computer-based Measurement and Automation on
Linux may be found at the Linux Lab Project at http://www.llp.fu-berlin.de,
including drivers for various National Instruments hardware.  Please note
that these drivers are not developed or supported by National Instruments
and significant work may be required to use these drivers with LabVIEW.

