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Hi Andrew,

The following is the information of four systems. System #3 and #4 are same configuration where license error occurred.

 #1 #2 #3 #4
Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 Intel i7 AMD R9 5900X AMD R9 5900X
Mem 32GB 16GB 32GB 32GB
Platform Linux version 4.15.0-112-generic (buildd@lcy01-amd64-027) (gcc version 7.5.0 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04)) Window subsystem for linux(WSL2) + Ubuntu20.04 Window subsystem for linux(WSL2) + Ubuntu20.04 Window subsystem for linux(WSL2) + Ubuntu20.04

Worked Worked Didn’t work Didn’t work
The freesurfer package I used is freesurfer-Linux-centos6_x86_64-stable-pub-v5.3.0which downloaded from freesurfer website. The license file was four lines type. Hope this information is helpful.

Thanks,
Lunhao


From: freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> 代表 Hoopes, Andrew <AHOOPES@mgh.harvard.edu>
Date: 2020年11月21日 1:19
Reply-To: Freesurfer support list <freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] License error on Windows Subsystem for Linux
 

Hi Lunhao,

 

Interesting. Can you provide some details on the configurations where this worked? Were you using the same linux subsystem and windows versions?

 

thanks

Andrew

 

From: <freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> on behalf of Shen Lunhao <lunhao0104@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: FS Help <freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
Date: Friday, November 20, 2020 at 2:44 AM
To: FS Help <freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
Subject: [Freesurfer] License error on Windows Subsystem for Linux

 

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Hello FreeSurfer Developers,
 
I'm attempting to use freesurfer 5.3.0 on Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu 20.04), but I got license error message as described below:
 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
ERROR: Invalid FreeSurfer license key found in license file /space/tools/freesurfer/5.3.0/license.txt
  If you are outside the NMR-Martinos Center,
  go to http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu to
  get a valid license file (it's free).
  If you are inside the NMR-Martinos Center,
  make sure to source the standard environment.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
I tried with the same 5.3.0 packages and same license file on four different computers, and two of them work well with the other two got similar license error. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to trouble-shoot this one? 
 
1) FreeSurfer version: freesurfer-Linux-centos6_x86_64-stable-pub-v5.3.0
2) Platform: Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu 20.04)
3) uname -a: Linux DESKTOP-SJ2K1B2 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft #488-Microsoft Mon Sep 01 13:43:00 PST 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Best,
Lunhao