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14 years ago

Cannot get usbblaster working on linux64

I have redhat enterprise 5 64 bit linux installed. I installed the quartus II version 11 web edition to /usr/share/Altera/quartus

I get the following message every time I try to run the GUI or the jtagconfig programs:

"The Quartus II software cannot be started because the current platform, linux64, does not appear to be installed in /usr/share/Altera/quartus"

I then browsed that directory, and there is no linux64 folder present. There is a "linux" folder though. It seems that my install does not install a "linux64" folder.

This does not seem to stop the program from starting though. The GUI will then start up just fine after this message is displayed in the terminal.

The problem I am having is that I cannot get the USBblaster to work. No matter what I do it will not show up in the add hardware dialog.

I have tried changing the permissions in the .rules file. I have tried mounting the usbfs. I tried running as root.

Is the usbblaster not compatable with linux64? Does this have something to do with the linux64 folder not being in my directory?

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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    edit:

    I wiped my quartus install and started from scratch.

    From there I copied the linux directory and renamed it linux64 so I have both a linux and linux64 directory in my quartus directory.

    After that I went and did the jtag configuration, and now everything seems to work fine.

    Thanks for your help.. that thread seems to have solved the probblem.
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    14 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    edit:

    From there I copied the linux directory and renamed it linux64 so I have both a linux and linux64 directory in my quartus directory.

    After that I went and did the jtag configuration, and now everything seems to work fine.

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    I had the same problem, usign OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) and Quartus 11.0 instaled.

    After I follow the steps of this link and have no sucess, I copied <..>/quartus/linux and rename to <...>/quartus/linux64. And it works!

    Thank you for solution.