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10 years ago

Nativelink Error When Running ModelSim

Hello all,

I'm trying to run a ModelSim simulation of my project. I just installed ModelSim, and haven't gotten it to work with Quartus yet. I am running Quartus Prime Standard Edition, as well as ModelSim 10.4b Custom Altera Version (I'm not sure why it's custom...). There error comes about when I run Tools -> Run Simulation Tool -> RTL Simulation

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11776&stc=1

I've checked the rpt file, and its completely empty, giving me no clues there.

Here is Tools -> Options -> EDA Tool Options:

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11774&stc=1

After looking around a bit, I added a trailing slash to the directories. That did not solve the issue for me. Here is the Assignment -> Settings -> Simulation page:

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11775&stc=1

If anyone can help me get this running, it would be greatly appreciated!

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  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    Hi,

    no idea about the particular problem in your case, but I had something similar when I first tried to use Nativelink on Linux. I started ModelSim manually from a shell, and there it revealed more helpful error messages (the errors were Linux-related, so I guess the details about my case don't matter here).

    Therefore I'd recommend to start ModelSim (the executable is called "vsim") from your installation directory using a command prompt. Maybe it spits out some more helpful diagnostics.

    Best regards,

    GooGooCluster
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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    I'll give it a shot. However, running ModelSim *not* from Quartus doesn't yield any errors. Are you running any commands in the shell? Or are you starting the shell, and then running the EDA sim from Quartus?

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    10 years ago

    This issue was not solved, however, I copied the file I wanted to simulate to a new project, and am trying to simulate it there. I don't have the error in the new project. Rather than try to solve this issue, I am just going to move on with this workaround.