=Customize Your Desktop=
While not necessary, the [[Desktop customization|desktop customization guide]] may improve your desktop experience.
=Set Up Xilinx Utilities=
This tutorial was created and tested with Xubuntu 9.10 running on a VMware player virtual machine. Note that some utilities such as 'impact' are capable of using the libusb driver, while others such as 'xmd' must use the libusb-driver driver. libusb-0.1.4 is installed generally by default in *ubuntu distributions and should be available (but the udev magic still has to happen for the cable to work). In this install, we specify use of the libusb-driver by adding some lines in /opt/Xilinx/11.1/settings32.sh
1) Install Xubuntu virtual machine<br />
2) Update OS<br />
3) Reboot (to load latest kernel)<br />
3) Re-Install VMware tools:
<pre>
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` psmisc
</pre>
(Install VMWare tools through host menu)
Unzip tarball from /mnt/cdrom (or cdrom1) to local dir (such as ~/)
<pre>
cd ~/vmware-tools-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
</pre>
-Select all default options, allow the program to launch vmware-toolbox
4) Add the following to /etc/rc.local (then sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.local)
<pre>
/usr/bin/vmware-user &
</pre>
5) Add the following to /etc/fstab:
<pre>
.host:/ /mnt/hgfs vmhgfs user,defaults 0 0
</pre>
6) Reboot (Verify any shared folders are now mounted on /mnt/hgfs) (Verify vmware-user is running with: ps ax | grep vmware )
6) Verify install of libusb:
<pre>
sudo apt-get install libusb-0.1-4
</pre>
7) Install fxload:
<pre>
sudo apt-get install fxload
</pre>
8) Install Xilinx ISE Webpack (Do NOT install cable drivers or XilinxUpdate)
9) Run the following commands:
<pre>
sudo sed /opt/Xilinx/11.1/ISE/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.rules -e 's:TEMPNODE:tempnode:g' > /etc/udev/rules.d/xusbdfwu.rules
sudo cp /opt/Xilinx/11.1/ISE/bin/lin/xusb*.hex /usr/share/
sudo restart udev
</pre>
**Note, for the first command you may receive a permissions error. Try the command "sudo su" to get a root shell then run the same command sans 'sudo'
10) Plug in the Spartan 3E board. Apply power and attach the USB cable between the board and computer. If everything has been done successfully, a greed LED will illuminate next to the USB receptacle on the boad. If unsuccessful, the red LED will be dimly lit.
11) Install the Xilinx EDK (SDK and Chipscope if required)<br />
12) Install the libusb-driver
<ul>
<li> Install libusb-dev and git</li>
<pre>
sudo apt-get install libusb-dev git-core
</pre>
<li>Download libusb-driver sources</li>
<pre>
cd ~/
git clone git://git.zerfleddert.de/usb-driver
</pre>
<li>Compile and install libusb driver</li>
<pre>
cd usb-driver/
make
make lib32
sudo cp libusb-drive.so /usr/local/lib/
</pre></ul>
13) Create a script in /etc/profile.d/ with the following contents:
<pre>
#!/bin/bash
export PATH="$PATH/opt/Xilinx/EDK/bin/lin:/opt/Xilinx/11.1/EDK/gnu/microblaze/lin/bin/:/opt/Xilinx/11.1/SDK/bin/lin:/opt/Xilinx/11.1/ISE/bin/lin"
</pre>
14) Make the script executable:
<pre>
sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/xlilnx-settings.sh
</pre>
15) Add the following lines to /opt/Xilinx/11.1/settings32.sh just after list=""
<pre>
export XIL_IMPACT_USE_LIBUSB=0
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libusb-driver.so
</pre>
16) Prior to launching a Xilinx tool (such as xmd), you must type the following command:
<pre>
source /opt/Xilinx/11.1/settings32.sh
</pre>
Sources and Other Contributors:<br />
Via (vtluug member)<br />
[http://forums.xilinx.com/xlnx/board/message?board.id=INSTALLBD&message.id=825] forums.xilinx.com <br />
[http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xilinx_ISE_WebPACK] wiki.archlinux.org <br />
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