Licensing problems with QII/Modelsim in Debian Linux

Hello all,

I recently downloaded QuartusII (8.0 + SP1) for Linux and Modelsim AE. I have a project I need to support Altera FPGA's (I need to instantiate some Altera specifics such as block ram). I also requested a license though web.

I downloaded and installed and I am not able to run either "quartus" or "vsim", because they complain about the license:

In Quartus, it just says it needs a "full license" and shows nothing about the license information.

Modelsim shows:

$ vsim
Unable to checkout a license. Make sure your license file environment variable (e.g., LM_LICENSE_FILE)
is set correctly and then run 'lmutil lmdiag' to diagnose the problem.
Unable to checkout a license.  Vsim is closing.
** Fatal: Invalid license environment. Application closing.
$ lmdiag 
lmdiag - Copyright (c) 1989-2004 by Macrovision Corporation. All rights reserved.
FLEXlm diagnostics on Thu 10/16/2008 20:11
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License file: /opt/altera8.0/0015C5517CC3__0-0870286385002679.dat
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"quartus_lite" v2009.03, vendor: alterad
  uncounted nodelocked license, locked to ethernet address "0015c5517cc3"  expires: 15-mar-2009
This is the correct node for this node-locked license
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Enter <CR> to continue: 
"alteramtiwe" v2009.03, vendor: mgcld
  uncounted nodelocked license, locked to ethernet address "0015c5517cc3"  starts: 16-oct-2008,   expires: 15-mar-2009
This is the correct node for this node-locked license
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I'm clueless about what might be wrong.

vcom and vlog seem to work ok though (if I hack a project dir), but I presume they do not use the license at all.

Any help will be appreciated.

Álvaro