Any reported issues with NIOS IDE using vista?

Altera_Forum · ‎03-26-2010

Hi Everyone,

I have just spent all afternoon trying to figure out why I have been getting a stack overflow error when trying to compile my project in NIOS IDE using Vista. When I tried the same installation on my XP machine, no problems, and so far as I can tell, there are no patches/upgrade available for vista.

Could anyone confirm my theory, and possibly a upgrade/service pack for use with vista. I have tried the available service pack, but when I run it, the message comes back to say that I haven't installed the IDE yet, even though I had been working on it for the previous two hours!!

Thank you in advance,

MRb

Altera_Forum · ‎03-29-2010

Yes I saw that a lot running on 64-bit Vista. I also know that running Logitect setpoint software with the IDE open can be quite painful (it's some sort of conflict with Eclipse). I haven't seen any issues yet using the new software built tools for Eclipse on Windows 7 64-bit edition and I would expect the same on Vista.

Worst comes to worst I typically install virtualization software and run whatever guest OS I want. Virtualbox from Sun seems to do a pretty good job and they support the latest host operating systems from Windows. Disk accesses can be a bit slow as well as accessing a USB-Blaster through the virtual layer but it works.

Altera_Forum · ‎04-01-2010

Hi there Bad Omen,

Well at least It's not me being stupid then :)

I have not heard of this virtualization software before, but just googled it, I shall have a look back at work, after the holidays have gone.

Thanks for the reply anyway,

Cheers,

MRb

Altera_Forum · ‎04-01-2010

The Altera tools have limited Vista support as a result of these issues so it's not just you by any means.

I used to run Quartus II on a virtual OS of XP.... running inside of the same version of XP and saw only around a 5% speed drop for compiles. If you run Linux virtually on Windows I bet you'll see the IDE speed up a lot just like it runs on Linux natively. VMware server is another one that I have toyed with over the years but last time I checked it was not the greatest on Vista. Windows 7 comes with "XP mode" which is their own virtualization software with a copy of XP running inside..... I didn't trust it though so I'm not sure how well the Altera tools run virtually using it.