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19 years ago

How to return eCos configtool view to norma?

I have inherited a project with uses eCos on the NIOS2. I have a working .ecc. However, when I last started the config tool, a message flashed by on the status pane about the repository location (I think), and then all 5 views are empty, except for the bottom one which says "The root node for all configurable items". I need to get the tree to appear e.g. so that I can change the diagnostic output device from jtag uart to nothing, rebuild the library & and then my app (which sits on top of ecos) can run standalone.

The config tool help (Ch 18 of section IV) on screen layout is the nearest topic that I can find and its not much help.

So does anybody know how to switch it back on?

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    Altera_Forum
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    19 years ago

    The fix was rename the ecos configtool in the registry, and then start it up again. It writes a new one on exit. Thanks to MSnadden!

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    14 years ago

    I don't know how to thank you enough. I just lost 4 hours over this!

    For documentation purposes, I see in my registry entries that the width of the configuration window has an abnormally large value that is very suspicious w/r to this bug.

    ecos configuration tool/window size/ConfigPaneWidth 0xffffff9a

    ...while all other widths of the gui are set around 0x00000570.

    I see it now has a similar value in the new registry entry.