ModelSim AE in Linux

I could launch ModelSim AE by typing vsim on the command prompt

(regardless of the path of my working directory; this was made possible when I included path to vsim in .bashrc).

However, the desktop launcher of ModelSim AE still has some problems. I specified the complete path to vsim (/opt/altera8.0/modelsim_ae/linuxaloem) in the launcher command, but clicking on the launcher icon doesn't open anything. I also tried putting just 'vsim' instead of the complete path as launcher command. But that didn't help either.

The reply that I received from Altera technical Support is as follows:

i'm sorry to inform you that the software team has identified that the root cause of this issue is linux os. the issue is currently under further investigation by software team which aim for a possible workaround to address this issue.

some additional information found in the investigation show that the modelsim-altera launcher created has no issue in latest linux os which will be support by quartus ii in near future. perhaps this will be a better solution which may be considered.

Anyone else has some other idea to fix this?

Regards,

Kumar Vijay Mishra.