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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Can't launch the Modelsim-Altera Software

Hi,

My OS is Windows 8 64 bit. I'm using Quartus II 13.1 Web Edition, and Modelsim 10.1d.

My path in EDA Tools is set to "C:\altera\13.1\modelsim_ase\win32aloem", when I go Tools > Run Similation Tool > RTL Simulation; I get this Nativelink Error:

Can't launch the ModelSim-Altera software -- the path to the location of the executables for the ModelSim-Altera software were not specified or the executables were not found at specified path...

I can manually start it by the way.

Thank you

Baris Yakut

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  • KHill's avatar
    KHill
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    8 years ago

    Okay, so far, in the Quartus window I'm selecting:

    Assignments > Settings

    Then in the pop-up window, the following category:

    EDA Tool Settings > Simulation

    Help, I don't see any place to insert a path to the simulator executable... The output directory is given though.

  • SSHRE2's avatar
    SSHRE2
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    8 years ago

    Hi,

    You are looking into wrong path.

    You should go to Tools> Options>EDA Tool Options

    And then insert the valid path.

    Thanks

    Sumeet S.

  • Nandu's avatar
    Nandu
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    3 years ago
    I am getting the same as " Can't launch modelsim altera simulation software --make sure the software is properly installed and the environment variable LM_LICENSE FILE or MGLS_LICENSE FILE points to correct lincense file.. Check the NativeLink log file", in Ubuntu 22.04,please guide me to solve this
    • nico29's avatar
      nico29
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      2 years ago

      Hello, I know its been a long time but can you tell me how you solved this problem. Im also in ubuntu 22.04 and Im having the same error. Thanks

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    2 years ago

    We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay in addressing your Forum queries. Due to an unexpected back-end issue in our system, your Forum case, did not reach us as intended. As a result, we have a backlog of cases that we are currently working through.


    We are glad to hear that with the power of community, the solution has been discovered ! Bravo !


    Once again sorry in advance and thanks a lot for everybody's hardwork


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    2 years ago

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