Viljams Vidauskis demonstrates how to obtain and configure a free license to resolve the fatal license checkout error in QuestaSim.
Since Questa*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software replaces ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software. This video explains how to obtain your free license from Intel and set it up for Questa Intel FPGA Starter Edition 2021.2.
If you already have the licence, you can skip to
Follow the steps in video if you got this error:
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Fatal License Error
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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.
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OK
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What people say. Recommended as a helpful guide to resolve licensing issues with QuestaSim and Intel Quartus.
On “Is there any trick to buy the Intel ModelSim software?”
…have a nice guide to set up everything. Most of the stuff should apply also for the newer versions of Vivado.
4. I prefer to stay here. Also this thread might be helpful for other people.
You just need to fix the license issue regarding the QuestaSim and then install Vivado.
There are some videos out there how to set up those things:
- Vivado: link to this video
- ModelSim/QuestaSim: link to this video…
