Description
During the installation of the Quartus® II software version 13.0, you may see the following segmentation violation if your system that has an Nvidia graphics card and is running the NVIDIA nView Desktop Manager:
There has been an error.
Error running <user path>/QuartusHelpSetup-13.0.0.156.exe --mode unattended --unattendedmodeui minimal --installdir "<installation path>" --product_copy_name "none" --startmenugroup_name "Altera 13.0.0.156" --startmenufolder_name "Quartus II 13.0.0.156" : child killed: segmentation violation
This application will exit now.
Resolution
You may be able avoid this segmentation violation by setting the Nvidia preferred graphics processor to "High-performance NVIDIA processor" in the Nvidia Control Panel. The option can be set by using the following steps:
- The Nvidia Control Panel can be accessed either by right-clicking on your Desktop and selecting it, or by going to the Windows Control Panel and launching the Nvidia Control Panel item
- Select Manage 3D settings under 3D Settings on the left in the NVIDIA Control Panel window
- Select the Global tab and set the Preferred graphics processor option to High-performance NVIDIA processor
This problem is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Quartus II software.