germano
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3 years agoQuesta not launching
Hello,
After installing Quartus and Questa together and setting up the licence it seems there is a problem with the Questa launch script. I looked at the license file and it seems to be normal.
Here is the output on the console when trying to launch Questa from quartus :
Info: ******************************************************************* Info: Running Quartus Prime Shell Info: Version 21.1.1 Build 850 06/23/2022 SJ Lite Edition Info: Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. Info: Your use of Intel Corporation's design tools, logic functions Info: and other software and tools, and any partner logic Info: functions, and any output files from any of the foregoing Info: (including device programming or simulation files), and any Info: associated documentation or information are expressly subject Info: to the terms and conditions of the Intel Program License Info: Subscription Agreement, the Intel Quartus Prime License Agreement, Info: the Intel FPGA IP License Agreement, or other applicable license Info: agreement, including, without limitation, that your use is for Info: the sole purpose of programming logic devices manufactured by Info: Intel and sold by Intel or its authorized distributors. Please Info: refer to the applicable agreement for further details, at Info: https://fpgasoftware.intel.com/eula. Info: Processing started: Tue Oct 18 11:33:01 2022 Info: Command: quartus_sh -t /home/germano/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/quartus/common/tcl/internal/nativelink/qnativesim.tcl --rtl_sim soc_system soc_system Info: Quartus(args): --rtl_sim soc_system soc_system Info: Info: Start Nativelink Simulation process Info: Info: Starting NativeLink simulation with Questa Intel FPGA software Error: Error: Can't launch the Questa Intel FPGA software -- the path to the location of the executables for the Questa Intel FPGA software were not specified or the executables were not found at specified path. Error: Error: You can specify the path in the EDA Tool Options page of the Options dialog box or using the Tcl command set_user_option. Error: Error: NativeLink simulation flow was NOT successful Info: Info: For messages from NativeLink scripts, check the file /home/germano/Documents/embedded_time_tagger_cv/soc_system_nativelink_simulation.rpt File: /home/germano/Documents/embedded_time_tagger_cv/soc_system_nativelink_simulation.rpt Line: 0 Error (23031): Evaluation of Tcl script /home/germano/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/quartus/common/tcl/internal/nativelink/qnativesim.tcl unsuccessful Error: Quartus Prime Shell was unsuccessful. 4 errors, 0 warnings Error: Peak virtual memory: 586 megabytes Error: Processing ended: Tue Oct 18 11:33:05 2022 Error: Elapsed time: 00:00:04 Error: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:02
Here is the ouput when trying to launch from terminal :
~/intelFPGA_lite/21.1/questa_fse/linux_x86_64 $ ./vsim Unable to find the license file. It appears that your license file environment variable (e.g., LM_LICENSE_FILE) is not set correctly. Unable to checkout a license. Vsim is closing. ** Error: Invalid license environment. Application closing.
I am on Ubuntu 20.04.