On Mar 23, 1:39 pm, Jonathan Bromley <jonathan.brom...@MYCOMPANY.com>
wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:41:39 -0700 (PDT), Dave Pollum wrote:
> >> I uninstalled the video card and then re-installed the video card
> >> software. When I ran Modelsim (stand alone), the fonts were correct.
> >> But the second time I ran Modelsim, the fonts were huge again. As
> >> before, the character fonts had large pixels.
> >> -Dave Pollum
>
> >I've tried ISE WebPack 9.2x with ModelSim XE II starter 5.8c and that
> >combo works. It still puzzles me that a newer version of ModelSim
> >acts so oddly.
>
> The fact that you have blocky pixels strongly suggests that
> it is NOT really a font choice issue, but instead something
> arcane to do with video drivers - as you obviously suspected.
> *Where* are the huge fonts appearing? Everywhere? Just in
> the transcript? Does the rest of the display scale to match
> the fonts?
>
> I've never seen anything like this. You can easily configure
> ModelSim's font sizes, as I guess you're already aware. But
> if you do so, and choose a huge font, it won't have big blocky
> pixels - it will be rendered nice and smooth.
>
> Can you get to the window preferences menu and try to discover
> what fonts ModelSim thinks it's using?
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I found that I had an older video card, but before I installed it I
want to try uninstalling my ATI card again. This time I clicked on
the box to show hidden items. An what do you know, there were some
hidden ATI entries, so I got rid of those. Then I re-installed the
ATI video card software, and everything works OK now, including
ModelSim. Strange, huh?
-Dave Pollum
Reply by Jonathan Bromley●March 23, 20082008-03-23
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:41:39 -0700 (PDT), Dave Pollum wrote:
>> I uninstalled the video card and then re-installed the video card
>> software. When I ran Modelsim (stand alone), the fonts were correct.
>> But the second time I ran Modelsim, the fonts were huge again. As
>> before, the character fonts had large pixels.
>> -Dave Pollum
>
>I've tried ISE WebPack 9.2x with ModelSim XE II starter 5.8c and that
>combo works. It still puzzles me that a newer version of ModelSim
>acts so oddly.
The fact that you have blocky pixels strongly suggests that
it is NOT really a font choice issue, but instead something
arcane to do with video drivers - as you obviously suspected.
*Where* are the huge fonts appearing? Everywhere? Just in
the transcript? Does the rest of the display scale to match
the fonts?
I've never seen anything like this. You can easily configure
ModelSim's font sizes, as I guess you're already aware. But
if you do so, and choose a huge font, it won't have big blocky
pixels - it will be rendered nice and smooth.
Can you get to the window preferences menu and try to discover
what fonts ModelSim thinks it's using?
--
Jonathan Bromley, Consultant
DOULOS - Developing Design Know-how
VHDL * Verilog * SystemC * e * Perl * Tcl/Tk * Project Services
Doulos Ltd., 22 Market Place, Ringwood, BH24 1AW, UK
jonathan.bromley@MYCOMPANY.com
http://www.MYCOMPANY.com
The contents of this message may contain personal views which
are not the views of Doulos Ltd., unless specifically stated.
Reply by Dave Pollum●March 23, 20082008-03-23
On Mar 20, 6:52 pm, Dave Pollum <vze24...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Mar 20, 2:48 pm, Dave Pollum <vze24...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 20, 2:11 pm, Dave Pollum <vze24...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > > I'm trying to run the Xilinx version of Modelsim (XE III 6.2g), and it
> > > displays everything in HUGE fonts. On my 21" monitor, each char is at
> > > least 1" tall. This happens whether I run Modelsim by itself, or when
> > > I run it from ISE Webpack 9.2.04i. I've downloaded the latest
> > > versions of both ISE Webpack and Modelsim XE from Xilinx's web site.
> > > I tried searching Xilinx's website but didn't find any answers. If I
> > > can find an older version of Modelsim, I'll try that, but I'm not sure
> > > where to download it from.
> > > TIA
> > > -Dave Pollum
>
> > I forgot to mention that I'm running Windows 2000 Prof, SP4.
> > -Dave Pollum
>
> I uninstalled the video card and then re-installed the video card
> software. When I ran Modelsim (stand alone), the fonts were correct.
> But the second time I ran Modelsim, the fonts were huge again. As
> before, the character fonts had large pixels.
> -Dave Pollum
I've tried ISE WebPack 9.2x with ModelSim XE II starter 5.8c and that
combo works. It still puzzles me that a newer version of ModelSim
acts so oddly.
-Dave Pollum
Reply by Dave Pollum●March 20, 20082008-03-20
On Mar 20, 2:48 pm, Dave Pollum <vze24...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Mar 20, 2:11 pm, Dave Pollum <vze24...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to run the Xilinx version of Modelsim (XE III 6.2g), and it
> > displays everything in HUGE fonts. On my 21" monitor, each char is at
> > least 1" tall. This happens whether I run Modelsim by itself, or when
> > I run it from ISE Webpack 9.2.04i. I've downloaded the latest
> > versions of both ISE Webpack and Modelsim XE from Xilinx's web site.
> > I tried searching Xilinx's website but didn't find any answers. If I
> > can find an older version of Modelsim, I'll try that, but I'm not sure
> > where to download it from.
> > TIA
> > -Dave Pollum
>
> I forgot to mention that I'm running Windows 2000 Prof, SP4.
> -Dave Pollum
I uninstalled the video card and then re-installed the video card
software. When I ran Modelsim (stand alone), the fonts were correct.
But the second time I ran Modelsim, the fonts were huge again. As
before, the character fonts had large pixels.
-Dave Pollum
Reply by Dave Pollum●March 20, 20082008-03-20
On Mar 20, 2:11 pm, Dave Pollum <vze24...@verizon.net> wrote:
> I'm trying to run the Xilinx version of Modelsim (XE III 6.2g), and it
> displays everything in HUGE fonts. On my 21" monitor, each char is at
> least 1" tall. This happens whether I run Modelsim by itself, or when
> I run it from ISE Webpack 9.2.04i. I've downloaded the latest
> versions of both ISE Webpack and Modelsim XE from Xilinx's web site.
> I tried searching Xilinx's website but didn't find any answers. If I
> can find an older version of Modelsim, I'll try that, but I'm not sure
> where to download it from.
> TIA
> -Dave Pollum
I forgot to mention that I'm running Windows 2000 Prof, SP4.
-Dave Pollum
Reply by Dave Pollum●March 20, 20082008-03-20
I'm trying to run the Xilinx version of Modelsim (XE III 6.2g), and it
displays everything in HUGE fonts. On my 21" monitor, each char is at
least 1" tall. This happens whether I run Modelsim by itself, or when
I run it from ISE Webpack 9.2.04i. I've downloaded the latest
versions of both ISE Webpack and Modelsim XE from Xilinx's web site.
I tried searching Xilinx's website but didn't find any answers. If I
can find an older version of Modelsim, I'll try that, but I'm not sure
where to download it from.
TIA
-Dave Pollum