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driverExceptions.EnvrionmentFileReadError on ABAQUS 2025 Hotfix4 foir Rocky Linux 8

If you encounter the Issue when you type “abaqus cae”

driverExceptions.EnvironmentFileReadError: /...../......../abaqus_v6.env
File "SMAPyaModules/SMAPyaDriverPy.m/src/driverUtilsCae.py", line 44, in executeOnCaeGraphicsStartup
File "SMAPyaModules/SMAPyaDriverPy.m/src/driverUtilsCae.py", line 28, in callStartupMethod
File "SMAPylModules/SMAPylDriverPy.m/src/driverEnv.py", line 878, in read
File "SMAPylModules/SMAPylDriverPy.m/src/driverEnv.py", line 770, in _updateEnvFromFile
File "SMAPylModules/SMAPylDriverPy.m/src/driverEnv.py", line 672, in _readEnvironmentFile
File "SMAPylModules/SMAPylDriverPy.m/src/driverEnv.py", line 391, in envRunFile

Abaqus Error: Abaqus/CAE Kernel exited with an error.

The Solution is super easy. Just do the following:

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
abaqus cae
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Configuring ABAQUS Linux Client for New License Server | Step-by-Step

If you have migrated to a new ABAQUS License Server and is planning to point your ABAQUS Linux Client to the new License Server. Here are the simple steps you will need to do

Step 1: Find the custom_v6.env files to edit.

Depending on how you install, for me I like to put everything in /usr/local so my abaqus will be placed there.

# cd /usr/local/abaqus-2023/SIMULIA/EstProducts/2023/linux_a64/SMA/site/
# vim custom_v6.env

Step 2: Edit the custom_v6.env file

Add the abaquslm_license_file = “27398@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX”

# Installation of Established Products 2023
# Wed Oct 11 13:30:54 2023
plugin_central_dir="/usr/local/abaqus-2023/DassaultSystemes/SIMULIA/CAE/plugins/2023"
# retrieve licensing configuration from EstablishedProductsConfig.ini
importEnv('licensing.env')
abaquslm_license_file = "27398@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"

References:

  1. Manually Configuring Licensing for ABAQUS
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Changing License Server on ABAQUS Clients

If you are modifying your ABAQUS client to point to another license server, you can do the following.

For ABAQUS 2020 later 

% vim /usr/SIMULIA/EstProducts/2020/linux_a64/SMA/site/custom_v6.env
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abaquslm_license_file="27000@192.168.1.0"
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For ABAQUS 2019 and earlier

% vim /var/DassaultSystemes/SimulationServices/V6R2019x/linux_a64/SMA/site/custom_v6.env

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Issues when launching ABAQUS/CAE

I was using FastX3, loaded the ABAQUS 2020 cae, 

% module load abaqus/2020
% abaqus cae
 Error: code 2 major 153 minor 3: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation).
X Error: code 167 major 153 minor 5: GLXBadContext.
X Error: code 167 major 153 minor 26: GLXBadContext.
X Error: code 167 major 153 minor 4: GLXBadContext.
failed to create drawable
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Warning: There was a problem creating an OpenGL feedback context for printing.
If you encounter any problems with printing, verify that indirect GLX context
creation is enabled on your X server. For more information on indirect / direct
GLX context and how to enable indirect GLX context creation, see Knowledge Base
article QA00000043316

The issue is that on some graphics devices Abaqus/CAE and Abaqus/Viewer may fail when hardware acceleration is turned on. To mitigate the issue, you can turned off hardware acceleration which may have some performance degradation for the graphics performance. This can be done by simply

% abaqus cae --mesa

ABAQUS maintained a list of Graphics Devices which has passed the test and you may want to take a look

ABAQUS 2020 Graphics Devices