Re: [info-performer] Linux FlexLM and Performer Demo license

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From: Tom Flynn (flynnt++at++engr.sgi.com)
Date: 02/10/2003 19:17:25

there may be a conflict in the licensing symbols in the library. in
performer 3.0, we lmstrip libpf so that licensing symbols won't clash with
our customers using flexlm. i recommend giving performer3.0 a try and at
least just check to see if it solves the problem.
-tom

On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Andreas Werner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've just introduced FlexLM licensing for our Performer-based linux
> software. Now the demo licence does now work any more:
>
> PF 'performer2_5' License check failed. Reason:
> PF Exact Error Message from License Manager is:
> PF --> License server does not support this feature (-18,147)
> PF Performer was unable to acquire a license.
> PF Set $PFNFYLEVEL to 4 for more details, or visit
> PF http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/
> PF This is a fatal error condition.
> PF Read the error messages for an explanation.
>
> The LM_LICENSE_FILE points to the correct file, an an strace output
> shows that the file is read:
>
> stat64("/var/flexlm/license.dat.txt", 0xbfff8098) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/home/dr_te/license.dat", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=86, ...}) = 0
> open("/home/dr_te/license.dat", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=86, ...}) = 0
> old_mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40d7d000
> read(3, "FEATURE performer2_5 sgifd 1.0 p"..., 8192) = 86
> read(3, "", 8192) = 0
> _llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_SET) = 0
> read(3, "FEATURE performer2_5 sgifd 1.0 p"..., 8192) = 86
> read(3, "", 8192) = 0
> brk(0x8573000) = 0x8573000
> stat64("/usr/share/Performer/license.dat", 0xbfff8098) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
>
> Nevertheless, it does not accept the license and looks into other files.
>
> Performer version: 2.5.2
> FlexLM: 8.2
>
> We don't do any calls to the licensing before pfInit.
>
> Andreas
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