License error when launching from cygwin

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

I am getting an error when I try to launch HyperWorks from a cygwin window. If I launch the hw.exe file directly from windows it opens fine. But if I launch the hw.exe file from cygwin I get the following error: 'Unable to create any clients. Check license file.' There are plenty of license available, not sure why it fails out only when launching from cygwin. Has any one seen this before?

 

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2015

    And it works if you run from Windows ?

  • Rahul_P1
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2015

    Could you try to unset TZ environment variable in cygwin environment,

     

    i.e. Run the command “unset TZ” in the cygwin terminal and try,

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2015

    Rahul,

     

    That seemed to work, Thank You!

     

    What is that variable and why was it interfering with the the licensing?

  • Rahul_P1
    Rahul_P1
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2015

    its the time zone variable, the time zone specified in the license file has to match with that in the system. 

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