Pro*AX R5000 Installation and configuration: 1.Make sure that all the packages required are installed in your Linux system e. g openmotif, libf2c, etc ... refer to release notes for more info. 2.Run Promax*setup.bin file make sure that execute privileges are set e.g. chmod + x then run the installer. 3.In this example I'm installing ProMAX in "/data/PrMR500" so all the configurat ions will be relative to this path, you have to change this path to the path you used to install promax in your installation. 4.After you finish the installation put the license.dat file in "/data/ PrMR500/ ProMAX", change the machine name in the file from nexus to your machine name. 5.Add the following lines to your ~/.bashrc file ################################################## ##################### export PROMAX_HOME=/data/PrMR5000/ProMAX if [ -d $PROMAX_HOME ] ; then PROMAX_SCRATCH_HOME=$PROMAX_HOME/scratch PROMAX_DATA_HOME=/data/PM_Data PVM_ROOT=$PROMAX_HOME/sys PROMAX_PATH=$PROMAX_HOME/sys/bin:$PROMAX_HOME/sys/exe:$PROMAX_HOME/port/bin LIBPATH=$PROMAX_HOME/sys/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/X11R6/LessTif/Motif1.2/lib:$LIB PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PROMAX_HOME/sys/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH XFILESEARCHPATH=$PROMAX_HOME/port/lib/X11/%T/%N%S LM_LICENSE_FILE=$PROMAX_HOME/license.dat LGC_PD_SERVICE=lgc_pd LGC_PD=lgc_pd PATH=$PATH:$PROMAX_PATH export PROMAX_SCRATCH_HOME PROMAX_PATH LIBPATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH XFILESEARCHPATH L GC_PD_SERVICE LGC_PD LM_LICENSE_FILE PATH MANPATH alias promax='$PROMAX_HOME/port/bin/Promax &' alias promax3d='$PROMAX_HOME/port/bin/Promax -o 3d &' alias promaxvsp='$PROMAX_HOME/port/bin/Promax -o vsp &' alias promax4d='$PROMAX_HOME/port/bin/Promax -o 4d &' fi ################################################## ##################### 6.add the following lines at the end of you /etc/services file ################################################## ##################### promax 1525/tcp lgc_pd 3006/tcp pd ################################################## ##################### 7.to run the Lic server add the following to your /etc/rc.local file ################################################## ##################### /data/PrMR5000/ProMAX/linux/bin/flexlm/lmgrd -c /data/PrMR5000/ProMAX/license.da t > /data/PrMR5000/apps/logs/license.log make sure that you have created /data/P r MR5000/apps/logs directory ################################################## ##################### 8.Restart your computer and run promax from the command line. 9.Enjoy Pr*mAX ====================== under linux OS 11.1 uname -r 2.6.27.29-0.1 -/export/directory Pro*AXR5000 -/etc/license.dat -run promax, i got these message // Cannot register service: RPC: Authentication error; why = Client credential too weak