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PLuni
New Contributor
New ContributorSimulation window is not opening
Hello! I'm trying to launch project on ubuntu 18.04. Compilation was successful. Then I start RTL simulation which is also successful, but simulation window is not opening and nothing happens. Am ...
Actually, I fixed it. Instructions from here https://askubuntu.com/questions/1121815/how-do-i-run-mentor-modelsim-questa-in-ubuntu-18-04 made it work.
AnandRaj_S_Intel
Regular Contributor
Regular ContributorHi 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
PLuniNew Contributor
New ContributorI 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.
- PLuni
Actually, I fixed it. Instructions from here https://askubuntu.com/questions/1121815/how-do-i-run-mentor-modelsim-questa-in-ubuntu-18-04 made it work.
