MKlee2
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New ContributorQuartus Prime Pro 19.4 error during Fitter->Place on Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.10 - "qspc_nldm_max_step_size=10.0 as a floating point value" - continues after second start
Whenever I try to compile a design I get the mentioned error right after Plan at the start of "Place"ing (Early Place = off). This happens on Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.10. The error in the attached log doe...
I had this problem too with some versions of QuartusPro, at least 19.3, both on Linux Mint and CentOS, but could not find any answers in Jan-Feb.
Today I found your posting and also this link: https://wikis.uni-paderborn.de/pc2doc/Noctua_FPGA_Usage,_Integration_and_Development
which provide a possible explanation and fix.
It is related to the linux LOCALE setting, if you use another format than US (in Europe, we use decimal comma, not point).
By setting LC_NUMERIC= ="en_US.UTF-8", at least for the QuartusPro session, the problem disappears.
/Ted
