Why do I get an Abort message when running the Quartus® II software on RedHat Linux?

Description

You may get an Abort message when starting the Quartus II software version 3.0 if the /etc/nsswitch.conf file does not list the "files" entry first in the "hosts" lookup order.

To solve this problem, modify the hosts line of your /etc/nsswitch.conf file so files is listed first. For example, if the "hosts" line of your /etc/nsswitch.conf file is

hosts: dns nis files,

you should change it to

hosts: files nis dns.

This problem will be fixed in a future version of the Quartus II software.