DE0-Nano - Quartus Lite 17.1 - Error (209040): Can't access JTAG chain

Hello,

I am trying to use a DE0-Nano for basic training but I am stuck on the Programming Device task, basically because it fails with the error

error (209040): can't access jtag chain

Quartus 17.0 Lite edition is running on a Debian system.

The DE0-Nano setup has been previously built from the Windows Tool De0-Nano System Builder.

To start with I wrote this simple Verilog file:

module binout(clock, a, b, OUT);
input clock, a, b;
output reg  OUT;
reg  cntr;
initial begin
	assign cntr = 0;
end
 
always 
	@(posedge clock) begin
	if(a) 
		begin
			cntr = cntr + 1;
		end
	else if(b)
		begin
			cntr = cntr - 1;
		end
	
	  OUT = cntr;
end
endmodule

from which I built a Symbol File (without any error), to include in a basic block design (bdf file).

Then, when I choose to program the device, everything seems OK (I attached a screenshot of the Program Device window), but clicking on "Start", the task always return the mentioned error.

What could be wrong in my setup ?

Thank you in advance.

S.

https://alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=14751&stc=1