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temp1234
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3 years ago

Error while trying to run Questa simulator

I think this is related to a licensing error, that I'm not sure how to remedy, but I just installed Quartus (Lite edition) and Questa. And quartus seems to compile a simple module and testbench modu...
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MJack3
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3 years ago

Hello,

I too had the same issue on a fresh install of Quartus Prime 22.1std.0. I think I figured out why it is happening. In one of the tcl files, there is an erroneous double quote which, when removed, allows me to successfully launch Questa from Quartus.

For me, I have Quartus installed in the default location, so when I navigate to "C:\intelFPGA_lite\22.1std\quartus\common\tcl\internal\nativelink" there is a file called qnativelinkflow.tcl .Open that file and go to line 122 which should say 'set questa_installation "$questa_fse_drectory'. Remove the double double quote and try launching the simulation from Quartus again. That worked for me.

- Matt

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    RichardT_altera
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    3 years ago

    That's interesting. @temp1234 Could you check if this help to resolve your issue?

    Regards,

    Richard Tan

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    MaddogBattie
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    3 years ago

    Thanks - this fixed it for me.

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    Thanatus
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    2 years ago

    Thanks @MJack3 . It works for me.!

    But, I have other issue and maybe you can help me.

    I'm encountering an issue when attempting to run an RTL simulation using the path "Tool - Run simulation tool - RTL simulation." I received the following error message: "Unable to checkout a license. Please ensure that your license file environment variable (e.g., LM_LICENSE_FILE) is correctly set, and then run 'Imutil Imdiag' to diagnose the problem." How can I resolve this issue?

    Thanks!