Even though Quartus-II 7.2 does NOT officially support Linux RHEL5, has anyone been successful installing (and using) the USB Blaster? The REH3/4 installation doesn't seem to be applicable. Thanks in advance. :)

i run centos 5, with the usb blaster. not difficult, the only real issue is that it doesn't use hotplug. udev rule is attached, as are my init script and /etc/jtagd directory. please note that the init script has a hard coded path to my quartus install, you need to change it. copy the jtagd init script to /etc/init.d copy the jtagd directory to /etc edit the jtagd initscript to correct the paths /etc/init.d/jtagd as root, run chkconfig --add jtagd as root type service jtagd start now, as a user, plug in the usbblaster, and type jtagconfig, it should list the jtag devices attached. --dalon Please note this is out of date.

I had to add "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/altera/quartus7.1/libraries" and still I get 1) USB_Blaster [USB 1-1.1] Unable to lock chain (Insufficient port permissions)

make sure you kill all user created instances of jtagd, and then run the service as root. Also, make sure your udev rule looks like this. BUS=="usb", SYSFS{product}=="USB-Blaster", SYMLINK+="usbblaster", MODE="0666" --dalon

I'm having the same issue. You didn't specify what to do with the udev rule, from the looks of things, so maybe there's a more complicated step than just copying the rules file to /etc/udev/rules.d? Unfortunately, I'm in the middle of a huge subversion checkout, so I can't restart my system to see if the shotgun approach of restarting all the services would work. Thanks, though, for actually putting some informaition on this. So much more helpful than, "Don't waste your time," and, "Oh, just undo the last 2 days of work getting your system up and running and spend another 2 days using an older OS."

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Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
15 years ago
I don think you need to use the jtagconfig command. All you need to do is install the config file and point the jtag binary to it. As long as you follow the instructions above, you should be good.

Can you send details of what you are doing, what distribution, and step by step account of how you are getting to the error?.
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
14 years ago
jtagconfig is a useful command for testing that you have everything set up correctly so I would certainly do that at the end (and be worried if it does not work).

The official instructions are on http://www.altera.com/download/drivers/dri-usb_b-lnx.html - these should work if you are only using the USB-Blaster cable from the machine it is plugged in to.

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