Compatibility issue Quartus Prime Lite 18.1 with VM Parallels

[Alessio01]

Hello everyone,

I have an issue running Quartus Prime Lite 18.1 on a MacBook Air with an Apple Silicon M3 chip, using VM Parallels with Windows 11. Specifically, during analysis and synthesis, the process stops at 47%, and then an error window appears with the message: "Sorry, Quartus quit unexpectedly." As a possible solution, I tried moving the project folder to Network → Mac → Home. In this case, the error window no longer appears, but the compilation still gets stuck at 47%, returning the following error messages in the console:

Error (10481): VHDL Use Clause error at alt_sld_fab_alt_sld_fab_sldfabric.vhd(7): design library "altera_sld" does not contain primary unit "sld_hub_pack". Verify that the primary unit exists in the library and has been successfully compiled.

Error (10800): VHDL error at alt_sld_fab_alt_sld_fab_sldfabric.vhd(7): selected name in use clause is not an expanded name

Error (10481): VHDL Use Clause error at alt_sld_fab_alt_sld_fab_sldfabric.vhd(8): design library "altera_sld" does not contain primary unit "sld_jtag_hub_pack". Verify that the primary unit exists in the library and has been successfully compiled.

Error (10800): VHDL error at alt_sld_fab_alt_sld_fab_sldfabric.vhd(8): selected name in use clause is not an expanded name

Error (10481): VHDL Use Clause error at alt_sld_fab_alt_sld_fab_sldfabric.vhd(9): design library "altera_sld" does not contain primary unit "jtag_pack". Verify that the primary unit exists in the library and has been successfully compiled.

Error (10800): VHDL error at alt_sld_fab_alt_sld_fab_sldfabric.vhd(9): selected name in use clause is not an expanded name

At this point, I was about to give up on getting it to work. However, a colleague of mine with a MacBook Pro with an Apple Silicon M chip and VM Parallels with Windows 11 managed to complete the compilation successfully. He also initially encountered the same console errors, but by moving the project folder to Network → Mac → Home and then right-clicking Connect Network Drive, he was able to resolve the issue and complete the compile design. I tried replicating the exact same steps (we even allocated the same amount of RAM to the VM), but without success.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Thanks in advance!

[ShengN_Intel]

Hi,

Lite 18.1 is not supported with Windows 11 check this link https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/support-resources/design-software/os-support.html

Please use latest version.

[ShengN_Intel]

Hi,

May I know do you have any further concern or update?

Thanks,

Regards,

Sheng

[Alessio01]

In the end, I came to terms with the fact that it just won't work. I don't think the issue is the compatibility of version 18.1 with Windows 11, since all my colleagues are able to run it there. Thanks anyway for your help.

[ShengN_Intel]

Hi,

Using incompatible OS version, there's risk of getting crash. Some of the design can pass but some cannot. Can't guarantee that all the designs can pass. Please use compatible OS version for safer consideration.

Thanks,

Regards,

Sheng

[ShengN_Intel]

Hi,

May I know do you have any further concern or update?

Thanks,

Regards,

Sheng