vsim Can't find license file for Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition SW-QUESTA - vsim Can't find license file for Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition SW-QUESTA I have downloaded and installed Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition SW-QUESTA, requested a license for same from the portal, received this by email and installed it (on a Windows box). When I try to run vsim, I get the following problem: c:\intelFPGA\23.1std\questa_fse\win64>vsim Unable to checkout a license. Make sure your license file environment variable (SALT_LICENSE_SERVER, MGLS_LICENSE_FILE, LM_LICENSE_FILE) is set correctly and then run 'lmutil lmdiag' to diagnose the problem. Unable to checkout a license. Vsim is closing. ** Error: Invalid license environment. Application closing. If I try running lmutil lmdiag as suggested, I get: c:\intelFPGA\23.1std\questa_fse\win64>lmutil lmdiag lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2019 Flexera. All Rights Reserved. FlexNet diagnostics on Fri 12/13/2024 14:49 ----------------------------------------------------- License file: c:\Licenses\LR-208028_License.dat ----------------------------------------------------- Which seems to suggest all is well - so why the error. For completeness, here is a shot of the Windows environment variable dialog box: I've got to be doing something wrong, but what? (I have scoured the previous postings on similar subjects to no avail ) Replies: Re: vsim Can't find license file for Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition SW-QUESTA Hey Frank, Thanks for picking up this thread. Tried the SALT variable to no avail. However, removing conflicts between system and user variables (result of earlier experiments when I had the dud license file) , a reboot and a nice hot cup of tea seems to have fixed it just now! Thanks again. Replies: Re: vsim Can't find license file for Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition SW-QUESTA Hi, under circumstances, Questa works only with SALT_LICENSE_SERVER entry, as reported several times in this forum. It's depending e.g. on other Software installed on your computer. Suggest to try. Regards, Frank Replies: Re: vsim Can't find license file for Questa*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition SW-QUESTA So I played with this some more. The license file had this curious line in it: 300 Your contract does not allow you to use this license type.: u - which doesn't sound good. So I tried to generate a new one. This time it looks different - it is twice as long (about 3k) and has some actual hex key strings in it (yay). Still doesn't work though vsim barfs with this: c:\intelFPGA\23.1std\questa_fse\win64>vsim Unable to checkout a license. Make sure your license file environment variable (SALT_LICENSE_SERVER, MGLS_LICENSE_FILE, LM_LICENSE_FILE) is set correctly and then run 'lmutil lmdiag' to diagnose the problem. Unable to checkout a license. Vsim is closing. ** Error: Invalid license environment. Application closing. and if I run lmutil lmdiag, I get this: c:\intelFPGA\23.1std\questa_fse\win64>lmutil lmdiag lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2019 Flexera. All Rights Reserved. FlexNet diagnostics on Mon 12/16/2024 14:32 ----------------------------------------------------- License file: c:\Licenses\LR-208719_License.dat ----------------------------------------------------- "intelqsimstarter" v2025.12, vendor: mgcld, expiry: 16-dec-2025 vendor_string: C6EF63B9 uncounted nodelocked license, locked to ethernet address "803f5d06e61b" starts: 16-dec-2024, expires: 16-dec-2025 This is the correct node for this node-locked license ----------------------------------------------------- .. which kinda seems promising but vsim isn't convinced. Can anyone help?