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14 years ago

Modelsim Altera license question

Hi,

we have Quartus 11.0 here and a floating license for the subscription edition as well as some IP cores. When entering "lmutil lmstat -a" I get this output:

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License server status: 1717@flexlm

License file(s) on flexlm: /opt/flexlm/lic/mge_lic.dat:/opt/flexlm/lic/altera_lic.dat:/opt/flexlm/lic/msc_lic.dat:

flexlm: license server UP (MASTER) v11.6

Vendor daemon status (on flexlm):

mgcld: UP v11.6

alterad: UP v9.5

MSC: UP v9.2

"

...

"Users of 6AF8_00BD: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 0 licenses in use)

Users of 6AF7_00BD: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 0 licenses in use)

Users of maxplus2: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 0 licenses in use)

Users of maxplus2verilog: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 0 licenses in use)

Users of maxplus2vhdl: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 0 licenses in use)

Users of quartus: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 0 licenses in use)

Users of 6AF7_00A4: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 0 licenses in use)

Users of 6AF7_00AD: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 0 licenses in use)"

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and some more Altera IP core licenses. Quartus is running fine. But when I try to start the Modelsim-Altera vsim it tells me

"Unable to checkout a license. Make sure your license file environment variable (e.g., LM_LICENSE_FILE)

is set correctly and then run 'lmutil lmdiag' to diagnose the problem.

Unable to checkout a license. Vsim is closing.

** Fatal: Invalid license environment. Application closing."

Am I mistaken in my belief, that a Quartus Subscription License will also include a Modelsim Altera license or is there something broken in the license server setup?

Best regards,

flintstone

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    Altera_Forum
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    Quartus does not come with a modelsim licence - this has to be bought separately for the altera edition. You can download and use the modelsim starter edition for free though.

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    Altera_Forum
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    Thanks for your reply, sorry for my mistake and bothering you.

    Best regards,

    flintstone