Installing Xilinx 6.1 under Linux

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Arthur Sharp

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Hi,

I've got Suse 8.1 on my machine and I'm trying to install Xilinx 6.1 sw.
Admittedly they recommend RedHat, but I can't change the distribution just
like that.

Anyway, I follow the instructions:
cd /media/cdrom
../setup

I get the following error message :
Wind/U Error (294): Unable to install Wind/U ini file
(/media/cdrom/data/WindU).
See the Wind/U manual for more details on the ".WindU" file and the "WINDU"
environment variable.

After a while, a window appears saying "Warning : no data files were found
on CD image.
The installation will be terminated".
When I press ok, the installation finishes.

The funny thing is that the directory "data" ((/media/cdrom/data/) on the
cdrom is
empty on the CD I've got.

Can you help ? Shouldn't the "data" directory on the CD have something in it
?

Thanks,

Arthur
 
In article <3f824f56$0$4845$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Arthur Sharp" <arthur@nospam.com> writes:
<ise6.1 on Suse Linux>
|> I get the following error message :
|> Wind/U Error (294): Unable to install Wind/U ini file
|> (/media/cdrom/data/WindU).
|> See the Wind/U manual for more details on the ".WindU" file and the "WINDU"
|> environment variable.

I have copied the whole CD to hard disk first and started the setup in that
directory. It worked on Suse8.0. If you can find out which program causes the
message (run the script with "sh -x setup"), you can add a "strace " in front of
that command. Then you'll see all performed system calls and maybe the cause for
the problem...

|> After a while, a window appears saying "Warning : no data files were found
|> on CD image.
|> The installation will be terminated".
|> When I press ok, the installation finishes.
|>
|> The funny thing is that the directory "data" ((/media/cdrom/data/) on the
|> cdrom is empty on the CD I've got.

The same for me. The installation images are in idata.

--
Georg Acher, acher@in.tum.de
http://wwwbode.in.tum.de/~acher
"Oh no, not again !" The bowl of petunias
 
"Georg Acher" <acher@in.tum.de> wrote in message
news:blujtj$bau$1@wsc10.lrz-muenchen.de...
In article <3f824f56$0$4845$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Arthur Sharp" <arthur@nospam.com> writes:
ise6.1 on Suse Linux
|> I get the following error message :
|> Wind/U Error (294): Unable to install Wind/U ini file
|> (/media/cdrom/data/WindU).
|> See the Wind/U manual for more details on the ".WindU" file and the
"WINDU"
|> environment variable.

I have copied the whole CD to hard disk first and started the setup in
that
directory. It worked on Suse8.0. If you can find out which program causes
the
message (run the script with "sh -x setup"), you can add a "strace " in
front of
that command. Then you'll see all performed system calls and maybe the
cause for
the problem...
Click to expand...
Thaks for your suggestion, I've tried copying it on the HD, thinking it was
trying to
write to "data", but I got the same error message, but with a different path
(/tmp/xilinx
since that's where I copied it).

The problem is that, in my setup script, it sets the variable WUHOME as
/media/cdrom/data and then it fails, not surprisingly since
/media/cdrom/data
is empty !!!

|> After a while, a window appears saying "Warning : no data files were
found
|> on CD image.
|> The installation will be terminated".
|> When I press ok, the installation finishes.
|
|> The funny thing is that the directory "data" ((/media/cdrom/data/) on
the
|> cdrom is empty on the CD I've got.

The same for me. The installation images are in idata.
Click to expand...
I'm tempted to change the setup script so that it points to idata and not
data.

Thanks,

Atrthur
 
"Georg Acher" <acher@in.tum.de> wrote in message
news:blujtj$bau$1@wsc10.lrz-muenchen.de...
In article <3f824f56$0$4845$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Arthur Sharp" <arthur@nospam.com> writes:
ise6.1 on Suse Linux
|> I get the following error message :
|> Wind/U Error (294): Unable to install Wind/U ini file
|> (/media/cdrom/data/WindU).
|> See the Wind/U manual for more details on the ".WindU" file and the
"WINDU"
|> environment variable.

I have copied the whole CD to hard disk first and started the setup in
that
directory. It worked on Suse8.0. If you can find out which program causes
the
message (run the script with "sh -x setup"), you can add a "strace " in
front of
that command. Then you'll see all performed system calls and maybe the
cause for
the problem...
Click to expand...
Thaks for your suggestion, I've tried copying it on the HD, thinking it was
trying to
write to "data", but I got the same error message, but with a different path
(/tmp/xilinx
since that's where I copied it).

The problem is that, in my setup script, it sets the variable WUHOME as
/media/cdrom/data and then it fails, not surprisingly since
/media/cdrom/data
is empty !!!

|> After a while, a window appears saying "Warning : no data files were
found
|> on CD image.
|> The installation will be terminated".
|> When I press ok, the installation finishes.
|
|> The funny thing is that the directory "data" ((/media/cdrom/data/) on
the
|> cdrom is empty on the CD I've got.

The same for me. The installation images are in idata.
Click to expand...
I'm tempted to change the setup script so that it points to idata and not
data.

Thanks,

Atrthur
 
In article <3f8335fc$1$28122$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
"Arthur Sharp" <arthur@nospam.com> writes:
|
|> The problem is that, in my setup script, it sets the variable WUHOME as
|> /media/cdrom/data and then it fails, not surprisingly since
|> /media/cdrom/data is empty !!!

The shell trace shows the same behavior for "my" version... But I think I know
why it fails: If I try to start the setup as root, I get the same error. It
works as a "regular" user... The cause seems to be a problem with the
X-server access of the windu-stuff.

--
Georg Acher, acher@in.tum.de
http://wwwbode.in.tum.de/~acher
"Oh no, not again !" The bowl of petunias
 
|> The problem is that, in my setup script, it sets the variable WUHOME as
|> /media/cdrom/data and then it fails, not surprisingly since
|> /media/cdrom/data is empty !!!

The shell trace shows the same behavior for "my" version... But I think I
know
why it fails: If I try to start the setup as root, I get the same error.
It
works as a "regular" user... The cause seems to be a problem with the
X-server access of the windu-stuff.
Click to expand...
Unfortunately, I was doing it as a regular user, not root. I haven't tried
root,
maybe it'll work :)

Thanks for your help.

Arthur
 
Arthur Sharp <arthur@nospam.com> wrote:
Hi,

I've got Suse 8.1 on my machine and I'm trying to install Xilinx 6.1 sw.
Admittedly they recommend RedHat, but I can't change the distribution just
like that.

Anyway, I follow the instructions:
cd /media/cdrom
./setup

I get the following error message :
Wind/U Error (294): Unable to install Wind/U ini file
(/media/cdrom/data/WindU).
See the Wind/U manual for more details on the ".WindU" file and the "WINDU"
environment variable.
Click to expand...
We got the same error with Debian. The problem was that the setup
tries to connect to the X-Server with TCP-sockets. However most
distributions have disabled this function. Search the line where your
X server is started and remove the "-nolisten tcp" option. And think
about some firewalling because it's a potential security leak ;-)

After a while, a window appears saying "Warning : no data files were found
on CD image.
The installation will be terminated".
When I press ok, the installation finishes.
Click to expand...
I don't know that error, perhaps it disappears when WindU works.

CU
Felix

--
"Let's face it. The FPGA companies are really software
companies that happen to have very expensive dongles."

Ray Andraka in comp.arch.fpga
 
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