Failed uart-test

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Hi there.
I followed this tutorial (installed the same version of everything) to set up the riscv softcore on arty a7 100t and it failed the uart-test GitHub - sifive/uart-test
here is the printed message:

https://www.digikey.com/eewiki/display/LOGIC/Digilent+Arty+A7+with+Xilinx+Artix-7+Implementing+SiFive+FE310+RISC-V

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Print a simple string 

This string is printed to stdout 

This formatted string is printed to stdout 

This formatted string is printed using printf() 

Please input a character: 

Your input is a '�' 

Please input a string: 

The input string using fgets is  

Please input a string: 

The input string using scanf() is  

Please input an int: 

The input integer using scanf() is 0

seems like the device does not wait for user input… has anyone had this issue before?

Thanks.