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  • AnandRaj_S_Intel's avatar
    AnandRaj_S_Intel
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    Hi Polina,

    What do you mean by RTL simulation successful but simulation window not opening.

    Can you attache image and elaborate steps.

    Also tell about Quartus tool version & edition used.

    Regards

    Anand

    • PLuni's avatar
      PLuni
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      I have Quartus Prime Lite 19.1. Here is what happens when I start RTL simulation.

      Also I tried to start modelsim manually and it produces the following error

      Failed to obtain lock: couldn't open "/home/user/.modelsim_lock": file already exists
      Error in startup script: 
      Initialization problem, exiting.
       
      Initialization problem, exiting.
       
      Initialization problem, exiting.
       
      while executing
      "Transcript::action_log "PROPREAD \"$key\" \"$value\"""
      (procedure "VsimProperties::Init" line 59)
      invoked from within
      "VsimProperties::Init $MTIKeypath"
      (procedure "PropertiesInit" line 18)
      invoked from within
      "PropertiesInit"
      invoked from within
      "ncFyP12 -+"
      (file "/mtitcl/vsim/vsim" line 1)
      ** Fatal: Read failure in vlm process (0,0)

      So, it looks like modelsim is not working properly for some reason.