running octave 3.6.2. and dynare

[greand]

Hello,

I'm a new user, and I've already problems launching the program. Right now I've got Octave 3.6.2. and Dynare 4.3.1, but I have problems. When I want to run the example file (just the way it is described in "Quick start" http://www.dynare.org/documentation-and ... uick-start) Dynare breaks down. I've been googling for the problem, and I've tried to invert simple matrices in octave, but it breaks down again. The message I always get
"panic illegal instruction stopping myself attempting to save..."

To overcome the problem I've tried many things:
1.install older versions of octave and dynare which are compatible (e.g. Octave 3.2.4 with Dynare 4.2.4). In that case I could invert matrices, but when I wanted to run the example file like in the "Quick start", Dynare it broke down again.
2.install cygwin and run octave there, octave could invert matrices, but I couldn't launch the example file like in the "Quick start".
3. in both cases I tried to run other example files, they didn't run neither.

However, when I run "edit example1.mod" from the "Quick start", Dynare opened the code. It didn't break down.

I have no idea what to do, thank you for your help in advance!

Best,
Andras

[SébastienVillemot]

Hi,

Are you using Octave 3.6.2 MinGW downloadable from Dynare website?

Are you able to do simple calculations in Octave 3.6.2?

[SébastienVillemot]

Also, what is your version of Microsoft Windows?

Can you post a full log of the crashing session?

[greand]

Yes, I use that Octave (the one that is put on the following link: http://www.dynare.org/download/octave/windows )

When I'm trying to run the example file:

panic:illegal instruction --stopping myself...
attempting to save variables to 'octave-core'...
save to 'octave-core' complete

When I'm trying to invert a matrix, I get the same message. But matrix multiplication works. Other calculations I haven't tried.

I have a Windows 7.

[SébastienVillemot]

Thanks for your feedback.

Hence it is a problem with your Octave installation. It has nothing to do with Dynare.

I suggest that you wipe out all existing Octave installations and perform a fresh install.

If that does not help, I have another idea to try:

• open the windows explorer
• go to c:\Octave\3.6.2_gcc4.6.2_2012XXXX\bin\
• overwrite libblas.dll by libblas.dll.atlas-3.8.4_corei5
• if that still does not work, overwrite libblas.dll by libblas.dll.ref

If that still does not work, I am clueless. You can try to contact the Octave people as explained there: http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/support.html