Modelsim (errno = ENOSPC) error

Hey all.

I dont know whats happened my Modelsim but anytime I try and do
anything with it like open/close/create a project I get this error:

# ** Error: (vsim-7) Failed to open ini file "tmpfile" in write mode.
# No space left on device. (errno = ENOSPC)

There is almost 3Gb of free space on my harddrive so I dont understand
the "No space left on device" line.

Has anyone seen this before?

Any suggestions?

Cheers,

Rob

 

[Paul Floyd]

On 27 Feb 2007 01:47:53 -0800, robquigley@gmail.com
<robquigley@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey all.

I dont know whats happened my Modelsim but anytime I try and do
anything with it like open/close/create a project I get this error:

# ** Error: (vsim-7) Failed to open ini file "tmpfile" in write mode.
# No space left on device. (errno = ENOSPC)

There is almost 3Gb of free space on my harddrive so I dont understand
the "No space left on device" line.

Hi

Is this with the latest version of Modelsim? Which platform is it on? If
it's a unix variant, do you have space in /tmp and /var/tmp?

Regards
Paul Floyd
(Not speaking for Mentor Graphics)

 

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Paul Floyd wrote:

On 27 Feb 2007 01:47:53 -0800, robquigley@gmail.com
robquigley@gmail.com> wrote:

(snip)

# ** Error: (vsim-7) Failed to open ini file "tmpfile" in write mode.
# No space left on device. (errno = ENOSPC)

There is almost 3Gb of free space on my harddrive so I dont understand
the "No space left on device" line.

Is this with the latest version of Modelsim? Which platform is it on? If
it's a unix variant, do you have space in /tmp and /var/tmp?

Yes, check /tmp. There may also be an environment variable,
something like TMPDIR, indicating where to write temporary files.

That sounds like a real out of space message, but I have known
programs to check the available space using a signed integer.
When it is between 2GB and 4GB it comes out negative, and some
programs decide there isn't enough space without even trying.

-- glen