Cannot see my instrument in NI-VISA config, Red Hat 5, USB connection.. HELP

Hey everyone,

Trying to automate the keysight E5071c network analyzer, however, NIVISA configuration utility doesn't find the device

My setup:

Red Hat 5

NI-VISA 5.4.4 installed withtout any issues

keysight E5071C,  connected via usb.

so far i've tried almost everything, at least as far as i know.

I found the usb device location for my instrument at          /dev/usb/usb488-0957-0d49-0-MY46522561.

-I ran the hotplug fix and supplied the vender and product ID, said it worked successfully

-I ran the NI-VISA configuration from the /vxipnp/linux/NIvisa/USB, and it doesn't show any USB devices.Only serial.

-running lsusb -v produces

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Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0957:0d09 Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 254 Application Specific Interface
bDeviceSubClass 3 Test and Measurement
bDeviceProtocol 1 TMC
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x0957 Agilent Technologies, Inc.
idProduct 0x0d09
bcdDevice 1.00
iManufacturer 1 Agilent Technologies
iProduct 2 E5071C
iSerial 3 MY46522561
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 39
bNumInterfaces 1
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0xc0
Self Powered
MaxPower 0mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 3
bInterfaceClass 254 Application Specific Interface
bInterfaceSubClass 3 Test and Measurement
bInterfaceProtocol 1 TMC
iInterface 4 tmc488
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 1

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-I've also granted r/w permissions to all users on all usb devices.

-i've added....:                  none         /proc/bus/usb        usbfs          devmode=0666       0  0

  to the /etc/fstab file, and rebooted.

-and lastly, according to an NI troubleshooting guide, I added   'blacklist usbtmc'   to the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist   file

Any more suggestions?

Thanks for your time!