Quartus II 12.0 Software Linux no tutorials can be opened

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

I just installed the Quartus II 12.0 software on my  Xubuntu 12.04 Linux system. The USB Blaster and so on works fine.  But there is a problem with the tutorials in quartus 2 software!  I can't properly link quartus II to firefox or any other browser in order to be used for interactive tutorial and getting started tutorial e.g.?  In option -> internet connectivity I enterd this link to firefox /usr/bin/firefox  but nothing happens when I try to to start a tutorial afterwards?  What am I doing wrong?

[Altera_Forum]

Hi, 

 maybe Quartus doesn't have the right to access to /usr/bin. Launch Quartus as super user and tell us if you still have this problem.  Regards

[Altera_Forum]

I already launched Quartus with a "sudo" (gksudo) !!! 

If I start it without root-rights no changes in preferences, path, etc. will be saved for the next Quartus session!  That's what I forgot to mention... sorry!  problem with internet connectivity/tutorials still exists!  kind regards

[Altera_Forum]

Did you install firefox by yourself or firefox is the version installed with Xubuntu?

[Altera_Forum]

I installed firefox by using the Xubuntu repository. 

I try to avoid installations by myself I even tried chromium and it didn't work, too!

[Altera_Forum]

I just realized that I even cannot start the pdf tutorials from 

the help menu. So this can't be browser related? Or am I wrong?

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  I even tried chromium and it didn't work, too!  --- Quote End ---  Apparently, it does not work well with Chrome.    --- Quote Start ---  I just realized that I even cannot start the pdf tutorials from  the help menu.  --- Quote End ---  The PDF Tutorials from the help menu are opened in the web browser specified in Quartus (Tools/Licence Setup/Internet Connectivity).  What happens if you lauch /usr/bin/firefox? (maybe the symbolic link does not point to the right place, or does not exist) Verify once again that /usr/bin/firefox is the web browser of Quartus.

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---    What happens if you lauch /usr/bin/firefox? (maybe the symbolic link does not point to the right place, or does not exist) Verify once again that /usr/bin/firefox is the web browser of Quartus.  --- Quote End ---     if I try to launch /usr/bin/firefox from shell firefox starts immediately!  So the symbolic link should be set correctly?!

[Altera_Forum]

ok I just tried to use some alternative browsers! 

Using "konqueror" or "epiphany" doesn't seem to solve the problem.  Maybe it is helpful to mention my quartus install path?  it's  /opt/altera/quartus/  don't know if that's a problem?  maybe the resources that quartus tries to open using the specific browser are placed at a different path? if so what is the correct path and how to change it?  kind regards

[Altera_Forum]

I just found out this problem also exists for NIOS2 software!! 

firefox cannot be launched as well?

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  maybe the resources that quartus tries to open using the specific browser are placed at a different path?  --- Quote End ---   I think this is the problem.  When I lauch Help/PDF Tutorials/PDF Tutorial for VHDL users, in Quartus, it opens firefox and the address is "file:///c:/altera/11.1/quartus/common/help/tutorial_quartusii_intro_vhdl.pdf". Then, verify if this file is in the same path "[...]/quartus/common/help"

[Altera_Forum]

I put a bad path for the web browser and I got an internal error with the shutdown of Quartus. 

 And I think of another thing: my firefox under Ubuntu can't open a PDF, it returns the file to Acrobat Reader (because I didn't install a pdf plugin for firefox). See if firefox can open a pdf.  If these solutions don't work, put the path of the pdf reader of Xubuntu in the web browser field.

[Altera_Forum]

no it doesn't work even when I put my pdf reader (okular) path directly into quartus it does not work at all! 

 My workaround is :  some direct links to the folders respectively to the html-file to start video tutorial or pdf tutorial comfortably by clicking on desktop shortcuts!  The rest of quartus works fine afaik. So I can start work now or tomorrow because it's too hot here ;)