Need help with Agilent 82357A USB GPIB interface on Linux

Hi

I have installed gpib modules and have the requisite packages installed. However, gpibconfig exits with :

# gpibconfig failed to open device file '-dev-gpib0' main: No such device or address

The first device above is connected to a USB port on my machine.

So, I modprobe'd the agilent module :

# modprobe agilent82357a

Now, # gpibconfig failed to configure board main: Invalid argument

All this time, the "FAIL" led on the interface is on. But it seems that the system at least is detecting the existence of the interface board.

it to the USB port :

# fxload -Dproc-bus-usb-001-006 -I 82357afw.hex

Now all three LEDs come on ("READY", "FAIL" (as before) and "ACCESS").

But, gpibcofig fails again :

# gpibconfig failed to configure board main: Invalid argument

What am I missing ?

Second (perhaps getting ahead of myself here), what kind of interface programming can I reasonably do with this. I am more comfortable with Fortran 95, but know enough C-BASIC to write a program. For simplicity's sake, I would prefer a BASIC - IEEE488 library to do my work (Using C in this case is like using a hammer to open an egg).

However, my search so far has revealed just python or perl or C bindings to the library. Anyone know of a BASIC binding ?

Our group has a windows version of LabView, and not a Linux version, so I cannot use that to do my data acq. either.

Thanks.