GDM errors

Why do I get GDM Errors when running a script or other external tool that accesses Cadence data?

Most Cadence applications are GDM-aware, that is, they will try to run GDM if DMTYPE is set in the library cdsinfo.tag file.

If the environment is not configured to support GDM, you may see errors like:

• Error (gdmForkExec): Unable to run the VERSICgdmconfig command: No such file or directory
• Error (gdmLoadSharedLib): GDM is unable to load the shared library "libgdmVERSIC_sh.so"

There are two possible fixes, depending on if your application needs to check data out or in:

1. If you need GDM to work, configure your script environment as described here: GDM Setup
2. Most external applications do not need GDM and you can disable it by setting the environment variable GDMNOTLOADLIB to any value, e.g.
   1. export GDMNOTLOADLIB=1
   2. setenv GDMNOTLOADLIB 1