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Altera_Forum
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10 years ago

License problem?

I just deinstalled quartus v14 and installed quartus v 15 subscription edition and added my new license file to the system by setting environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE to the path where the new license file was placed.

When I attempt to start quartus I get the following message:

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11346&stc=1

The license file is current, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong. The actual quartus program opens up briefly and then closes without providing any opportunity to set the license file manually as I have done in previous versions.

Thanks in advance.

Richard

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    Since you have just purchase a new license, you could contact the sales or FAE to see if there is any issue with the license that they have provided?

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    10 years ago

    I think this may need to get a new license number from Altera site. Might corrupted something.

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    Altera_Forum
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    10 years ago

    This message is not the sort of thing you would get from a corrupt license file. The license file location should be set within your environment variables under LM_LICENSE_FILE and you can change it from there. What does your license file start with?, I would expect something like:

    FEATURE maxplus2 alterad 9999.12 31-oct-2015 uncounted XXXXXXXXXXXX

    The 9999.12 shows the highest version which is supported by the license and the date afterwards (31-oct-2015) is the expiry date of the license. I suspect yours will look something similar.