Article ID: 000080515 Content Type: Install & Setup Last Reviewed: 12/05/2024

Why does the altera daemon does not launch when using different versions of lmgrd daemons between ModelSim* - FPGA Edition Software and other Mentor Graphics* products?

Environment

    Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
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Description

Due to a conflict between different version of daemons between ModelSim*- FPGA edition software and other Mentor
Graphics* products, the alterad vendor daemon executable will not launch with the next message:

 13:39:34 (lmgrd)
alterad exited with status 58 ()

13:39:34 (lmgrd)
Since this is an unknown status, license server

13:39:34 (lmgrd)
manager (lmgrd) will attempt to re-start the vendor daemon.

13:39:34 (lmgrd)
EXITING DUE TO SIGNAL 1

Resolution

To fix this problem, please be sure to be compliant with the next guidelines:

  •  You can only have one vendor daemon running at a time on a single system, for example, alterad and mgcld can co-exist, but you cannot have two running daemons of alterad. 
  • If you have an FPGA software license and Altera-issued ModelSim* license, and also have other Mentor Graphics* ModelSim* software license. You can either merge all of them into a single file, or put all Mentor Graphics* ModelSim* software licenses in a single file. If you do the later, you need to remove the VENDOR mgcld line from the license file. You cannot have Mentor Graphics* licenses across two files for the same license server. If a soft reload through the lmutil lmreread command fails, shut down the current license daemons before reloading them again.
  • Always use the latest lmgrd and lmtools or follow the next criteria when combining different FLEXnet* licensing version files:
    • Version of lmutil/LMTOOLS must be greater than or equal to the version of lmgrd.
    • Version of lmgrd must be greater than or equal to the version of the vendor daemon.
    • Version of the vendor daemon must be greater than or equal to the version of the client library linked to the FLEXenabled application.
    • Version of the client library linked to the FLEXenabled application must be greater than or equal to the version of the license file format.

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