> Hi all, > > After a fair bit of tutorial related pain on the mailist recently, I've > just forked the tutorial-devel repo to > https://github.com/jack-h/tutorials_devel and recompiled tutorials 1-3 > with > Sysgen 11.5 and the libraries in the main casper github repo. > > The tutorials in the 2011 directory *should* work (along with their python > counterparts). > > Feel free to give those a go and give me a shout if you still have > problems.
Very cool, Jack! I'll try it out tomorrow on our GB installation. John > > Cheers, > Jack > > On 9 May 2012 20:49, John Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> Rich Lacasse at NRAO in Charlottesville has the same problem. I also >> tried it on our machine in Green Bank, with the same bad results. >> That's >> three separate machines and users with the same problem. Something's >> wrong with this tutorial, or it is incompatible with the latest >> mlib_devel. Could someone have a look at it? >> >> Thanks! >> >> John >> >> >> > Hey Gopal, >> > >> > One thing you can try is to start matlab without loading the yellow >> > blocks, >> > open the model file and add them in fresh from the library, save and >> > return >> > to normal usage. >> > >> > This will require you comment out the load xps_library portion of your >> > matlab startup script. Start matlab, and open the desired model file. >> > Doing this, you may be able to see the yellow blocks show up as "bad >> > links" with red dashes around them. From there you can delete them, >> and >> > manually add them back in from the xps library. You may need to >> consult >> > the tutorial, or look at the original model .mdl file in a text >> editor, >> to >> > make sure you set the parameters appropriately. From there you should >> be >> > able to save the .mdl file, close matlab, go back to the startup file >> and >> > uncomment back to the regular usage. Hopefully it opens up fine this >> > time. >> > >> > >> > If this solution works, perhaps I can write something more detailed to >> the >> > wiki page for the Tutorials. Would that be an appropriate edit for >> the >> > wiki? I think something stated on that page would help - we have seen >> > several new roach users encounter this issue. >> > >> > Gopal, I was also strongly advised when I started out to use 11.5 and >> the >> > stable release of the tools. This solution fixed the problem on that >> > setup, hopefully it does on 13 as well. >> > >> > --Laura >> > >> > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Gopal Narayanan >> > <[email protected]>wrote: >> > >> >> Hello All, >> >> >> >> I am running Matlab R2011A on a 64-bit Debian Linux System. I also >> have >> >> tested this issue in two other machines, one running Ubuntu (64 bit >> as >> >> well), and the other running Windows XP-64 with similar results. The >> >> Xilinx System Generator version in all cases is 13.3.4175. >> >> >> >> I have successfully created, compiled and programmed our ROACH board >> >> with tutorials 1 and 2. I am able to download the tutorial model >> files >> >> from the CASPER website and open Tutorials 1 and 2, and >> compile/simulate >> >> them. However, when I download the r_spec_2048_103.mdl or the >> >> r_spec_2048_105.mdl (both are tutorial 3 files) from the CASPER git >> >> site, and open within simulink, immediately I get a segfault crash in >> >> matlab. >> >> >> >> I attach the crash dump for my ubuntu machine with this. I contacted >> >> Matlab technical support, but after looking at it, they blame Xilinx >> >> System Generator for this problem even indicating an url that >> apparently >> >> show memory leaks in sysgen: >> >> >> >> http://www.xilinx.com/support/answers/34287.htm >> >> >> >> I thought I would write to you all to find if anyone has had issues >> like >> >> mine. And if you have some helpful tips to fix the issue. >> Alternatively, >> >> if someone could send me an updated saved version of the tutorial 3 >> file >> >> saved with a more recent system generator version, I would appreciate >> >> it! Maybe I could try with this updated version. >> >> >> >> Thanks a bunch. >> >> >> >> Gopal >> >> -- >> >> Gopal Narayanan Ph #: (413) 545 0925 >> >> Department of Astronomy e-mail: >> [email protected] >> >> University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >
