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19 years ago

Installation Problem

Hi there,

I tried half day to get the uclinux installed on my pc. I am using quartus 5.1 and nios5.1. In the new -> project wizard I cannot find the entry Microtronix Nios II.

I read serveral post in this forum to get the thing done. None really helped.

I tried:

- from the command prompt in the eclispe directory nios2-ide.exe -clean

- uninstalling microtronics, uninstalling nios, reinstalling

The nios ide worked before and I hope it still does. After that I tried to get it running

on a different pc, this one has installed quartus 5.0 and quartus 5.1. Same effect.

From the plugin details button in eclips I can see two plugins

on both mashines:

- microtronix nios II kernel plugin

- microtronis nios II linux application plugin

any one more ideas ?

Volker

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    Altera_Forum
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    19 years ago

    I dont know if all of these are related, but they are good things to check for (based on my personal experience):

    - Windows with latest patch

    - Install Quartus 5.1 first, Nios II IDE 5.1 later. Dont change the default directory if not really needed. apply the service packs to both Quartus and Nios IDE.

    - Then install Microtronix stuff. If this still fails..man you have a tough problem because it works on mine.

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    originally posted by trapp@Mar 17 2006, 08:16 AM

    hi there,

    i tried half day to get the uclinux installed on my pc. i am using quartus 5.1 and nios5.1. in the new -> project wizard i cannot find the entry microtronix nios ii.

    i read serveral post in this forum to get the thing done. none really helped.

    i tried:

    - from the command prompt in the eclispe directory nios2-ide.exe -clean

    - uninstalling microtronics, uninstalling nios, reinstalling

    the nios ide worked before and i hope it still does. after that i tried to get it running

    on a different pc, this one has installed quartus 5.0 and quartus 5.1. same effect.

    from the plugin details button in eclips i can see two plugins

    on both mashines:

    - microtronix nios ii kernel plugin

    - microtronis nios ii linux application plugin

    any one more ideas ?

    volker

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    Altera_Forum
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    19 years ago

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    originally posted by miser+mar 17 2006, 08:41 pm--><div class='quotetop'>quote (miser @ mar 17 2006, 08:41 pm)</div>

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    i dont know if all of these are related, but they are good things to check for (based on my personal experience):

    - windows with latest patch

    - install quartus 5.1 first, nios ii ide 5.1 later. dont change the default directory if not really needed. apply the service packs to both quartus and nios ide.

    - then install microtronix stuff. if this still fails..man you have a tough problem because it works on mine.

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    hi there,

    i tried half day to get the uclinux installed on my pc. i am using quartus 5.1 and nios5.1. in the new -> project wizard i cannot find the entry microtronix nios ii.

    i read serveral post in this forum to get the thing done. none really helped.

    i tried:

    - from the command prompt in the eclispe directory nios2-ide.exe -clean

    - uninstalling microtronics, uninstalling nios, reinstalling

    the nios ide worked before and i hope it still does. after that i tried to get it running

    on a different pc, this one has installed quartus 5.0 and quartus 5.1. same effect.

    from the plugin details button in eclips i can see two plugins

    on both mashines:

    - microtronix nios ii kernel plugin

    - microtronis nios ii linux application plugin

    any one more ideas ?

    volker

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    well thanks for reply....

    I got it running, but please do not ask me how. I reinstalled serveral times, then I did

    a complete new download of the zip file ( should be the same ), extracted again,

    reinstalled and voila it is there.

    Magic.

    Thanks

    Volker
  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    19 years ago

    Hi,

    Just as a note. I had the same problem and ran the Eclipse "Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install" command. This updated Eclipse and after running seems to have registered all the plugins again. This results in the :

    - microtronix nios II kernel plugin

    - microtronis nios II linux application plugin

    being available as they are supposed to be...

    -- Frank