I wanted to bump this:

I have license errors with FS 5.3 that don't appear for equivalently-configured FS 5.1 and FS 4.5 installations. How shall I troubleshoot?

SYMPTOMS:

$ mri_convert $FREESURFER_HOME/subjects/bert/mri/T1.mgz T1.mgz
mri_convert
/space/opt/freesurfer-Linux-centos4_x86_64-stable-pub-v5.3.0-full/subjects/bert/mri/T1.mgz
T1.mgz
$Id: mri_convert.c,v 1.179.2.7 2012/09/05 21:55:16 mreuter Exp $
reading from
/space/opt/freesurfer-Linux-centos4_x86_64-stable-pub-v5.3.0-full/subjects/bert/mri/T1.mgz...
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ERROR: Invalid FreeSurfer license key found in license file
/space/opt/freesurfer-Linux-centos4_x86_64-stable-pub-v5.3.0-full/.license
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$ bugr
FREESURFER_HOME:
/space/opt/freesurfer-Linux-centos4_x86_64-stable-pub-v5.3.0-full
Build stamp: freesurfer-Linux-centos4_x86_64-stable-pub-v5.3.0
RedHat release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.9 (Tikanga)
Kernel info: Linux 2.6.18-308.4.1.el5 x86_64

LICENSE

The license file is the same as we use for our other FS installations, which work. I've also tried copying it from .license to license, which didn't solve the problem.


Please let me know if you have any leads or suggestions.