Tudor,

Sorry to hear its not working.  There is a plan B: scrap our VirtualBox
instance entirely and instead install FSL's VMWare (from their website).
This has a 64b Centos, so upon successful installation of it, you would
download our 64b centos freesurfer distribution.

Nick


On Wed, 2013-02-06 at 12:59 +0000, Tudor Popescu wrote:
> ..I also did the following in the meantime, to make sure that the
> problem isn't due to a path error:
> - ran nu_estimate_np_and_em and nu_correct: both seem to respond fine,
> and they return their version number
> - checked env variables $MNI_PERL5LIB and $MNI_DATAPATH: both point
> into $FREESURFER_HOME/mni , as they should
> 
> Still cannot get recon-all to run because of the error mentioned
> previously & currently at my wit's end! :(
> 
> On 4 February 2013 10:29, Tudor Popescu <tud...@gmail.com> wrote:
>         Hi NIck,
>         
>         I too thought disk space might be an issue, however I''ve been
>         running the recon-all from a mounted partition (shared folder
>         in Virtualbox) that has plenty of space:
>         
>         FreeSurfer:~> df -h
>         Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>         /dev/sda1              11G  9.8G     0 100% /
>         tmpfs                 755M     0  755M   0% /lib/init/rw
>         varrun                755M  104K  754M   1% /var/run
>         varlock               755M     0  755M   0% /var/lock
>         udev                  755M  152K  754M   1% /dev
>         tmpfs                 755M     0  755M   0% /dev/shm
>         lrm                   755M  2.4M  752M
>         1% /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/volatile
>         overflow              1.0M   12K 1012K   2% /tmp
>         Dell                  173G  106G   68G  62% /media/Dell
>         
>         
>         The list of commands I ran were:
>         sudo mount -t vboxsf Dell /media/Dell
>         setenv
>         SUBJECTS_DIR /media/Dell/_FS/buckner_data/tutorial_subjs
>         recon-all -s bert -all 
>         
>         THis is because running it from the home (default) partition
>         was not possible, as it has 0 KB free space, and the
>         discussion with Virtualbox support, where I asked how to
>         increase it, has not been very helpful.
>         
>         Tudor
>         
>         
>         On 31 January 2013 18:42, Nick Schmansky
>         <ni...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>                 Tudor,
>                 
>                 I'm a bit at a loss as to why it wont work. It appears
>                 you have plenty of
>                 available memory.  Also, another person on the list
>                 confirmed that bert
>                 will run to completion in the fsv5.1 WindowsVM.
>                 
>                 I noticed though that it appears you have the buckner
>                 tutorial data.  I
>                 dont have my virtual machine on hand to check the
>                 available disk space
>                 reserved for it, but check that you have enough disk
>                 space.  run 'df -h'.
>                 or just delete some of the tutorial subjects and try
>                 again.  This might be
>                 the problem since you mentioned you were having
>                 problems with
>                 recon-all.log file creation.
>                 
>                 Nick
>                 
>                 
>                 > Thanks Nick,
>                 >
>                 > I ran the rm command and then re-ran recon-all. Got
>                 the same error, but at
>                 > least now recon-all.log was created, see attached.
>                 >
>                 > Tudor
>                 >
>                 > On 31 January 2013 17:16, Nick Schmansky
>                 <ni...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>                 > wrote:
>                 >
>                 >> Tudor,
>                 >>
>                 >> the log indicates that you need to run this:
>                 >>
>                 >> rm
>                 >> 
> /media/Dell/_FS/buckner_data/tutorial_subjs/bert/scripts/IsRunning.lh+rh
>                 >>
>                 >> to get recon-all to run again.
>                 >>
>                 >> Nick
>                 >>
>                 >>
>                 >> > Hi Nick,
>                 >> >
>                 >> > Thanks for your reply! I increased the memory
>                 available to FS in the
>                 >> > virtualbox to the maximum allowed value (80% of
>                 my machine's total
>                 >> RAM),
>                 >> > such that the free command returns:
>                 >> >
>                 >> >              total       used       free
>                 shared    buffers
>                 >> cached
>                 >> > Mem:       2838372     522304    2316068
>                  0      11176
>                 >> 37663
>                 >> >
>                 >> > Virtualbox support advised me to not increase
>                 this memory to more than
>                 >> 1GB
>                 >> > (of my total 4GB), as this would lead to system
>                 instability. I tried
>                 >> it
>                 >> > nonetheless, but even so, running "recon-all -s
>                 bert -all" still gives
>                 >> me
>                 >> > the same error as before, which is presumably
>                 still memory-related.
>                 >> >
>                 >> > Unfortunately, the output does not, for some
>                 reason, get written to
>                 >> the
>                 >> > recon-all.log file inside \bert\scripts. I
>                 deleted the file hoping it
>                 >> > would
>                 >> > be automatically recreated at the next call of
>                 recon-all, but it did
>                 >> not.
>                 >> > I
>                 >> > also then manually created a file with that name,
>                 but nothing got
>                 >> recorded
>                 >> > in it. Therefore, I now have a very long output
>                 from the Terminal (I
>                 >> also
>                 >> > added -debug to the command), which I can only
>                 show you by copying all
>                 >> the
>                 >> > (truncated) text from the terminal window and
>                 pasting into the
>                 >> attached
>                 >> > text file.
>                 >> >
>                 >> > Tudor
>                 >> >
>                 >> > On 29 January 2013 01:11, Nick Schmansky
>                 <ni...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>                 >> > wrote:
>                 >> >
>                 >> >> I was able to verify that 'recon-all -s bert
>                 -nuintensitycor' works
>                 >> on
>                 >> >> the windows virtualbox instance of fs5.1.  bert
>                 is the sample data
>                 >> that
>                 >> >> comes with the distribution, and nuintensitycor
>                 is the stage that
>                 >> runs
>                 >> >> nu_correct.
>                 >> >>
>                 >> >> I noticed in your recon-all.log file this line:
>                 >> >>
>                 >> >>              total       used       free
>                 >> >> Mem:       1026680     673692     352988
>                 >> >>
>                 >> >> which means only 353KB of memory is available
>                 for freesurfer.  this
>                 >> is
>                 >> >> way too low.  freesurfer needs ideally 4GB, but
>                 at least 2GB.  make
>                 >> sure
>                 >> >> when you create the new instance in virtual box
>                 that you give it the
>                 >> >> maximum memory your system allows.  this means
>                 your windows machine
>                 >> >> should have at least 4GB, ideally 6-8GB (because
>                 windows will take
>                 >> 2GB,
>                 >> >> and xubuntu will take 1GB).
>                 >> >>
>                 >> >> type 'free' in the terminal to get the available
>                 memory under the
>                 >> 'free'
>                 >> >> column.  confirm that 'recon-all -s bert -all'
>                 runs successfully for
>                 >> you
>                 >> >> prior to running unknown/new data.
>                 >> >>
>                 >> >> Nick
>                 >> >>
>                 >> >>
>                 >> >> On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 19:01 +0000, Tudor Popescu
>                 wrote:
>                 >> >> > Hi Nick,
>                 >> >> >
>                 >> >> > Thanks for your help, I'm on Windows XP SP3 &
>                 VirtualBox 4.2.4
>                 >> >> >
>                 >> >> > Tudor
>                 >> >> >
>                 >> >> > On 28 January 2013 18:30, Nick Schmansky
>                 >> <ni...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>                 >> >> > wrote:
>                 >> >> >         Tudor, Greg, and Petr,
>                 >> >> >
>                 >> >> >         I'm currently attempting to replicate
>                 this problem.  In the
>                 >> >> >         meantime,
>                 >> >> >         can you tell me which Windows and
>                 which VirtualBox version
>                 >> you
>                 >> >> >         are
>                 >> >> >         running this on?  I'm at a loss as to
>                 why this build no
>                 >> longer
>                 >> >> >         works.
>                 >> >> >
>                 >> >> >         Nick
>                 >> >> >
>                 >> >> >
>                 >> >> >         On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 18:19 +0000,
>                 Tudor Popescu wrote:
>                 >> >> >         > Dear Nick,
>                 >> >> >         >
>                 >> >> >         > I was wondering whether you (or
>                 indeed anyone else
>                 >> reading
>                 >> >> >         this!) know
>                 >> >> >         > where the error that I report
>                 earlier in this thread
>                 >> might
>                 >> >> >         be coming
>                 >> >> >         > from. Many thanks in advance!
>                 >> >> >         >
>                 >> >> >         > Tudor
>                 >> >> >         >
>                 >> >> >         > On 20 December 2012 05:27, Douglas
>                 Greve
>                 >> >> >         <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>                 >> >> >         > wrote:
>                 >> >> >         >         Hi Tudor, I don't know how
>                 to solve this problem.
>                 >> >> >         Maybe Nick
>                 >> >> >         >         knows.
>                 >> >> >         >         doug
>                 >> >> >         >
>                 >> >> >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         On 12/19/12 6:59 AM, Tudor
>                 Popescu wrote:
>                 >> >> >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         > Hi Doug, thanks for
>                 replying, here is the file
>                 >> >> >         attached. In
>                 >> >> >         >         > case the attachment
>                 doesn't go through  please
>                 >> let
>                 >> >> >         me know
>                 >> >> >         >         > if I should send it to a
>                 different address.
>                 >> >> >         >         > Tudor
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         > On 18 December 2012 17:34,
>                 Douglas N Greve
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 <gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         Can you send the
>                 recon-all.log file
>                 >> >> >         (located in the
>                 >> >> >         >         >         subject/scripts
>                 folder).
>                 >> >> >         >         >         doug
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         On 12/18/2012
>                 11:41 AM, Tudor Popescu
>                 >> >> >         wrote:
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > Hello,
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > First of all,
>                 apologies for asking
>                 >> for
>                 >> >> >         help three
>                 >> >> >         >         >         times today!
>                 THings
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > will hopefully
>                 become clearer once I
>                 >> get
>                 >> >> >         used to
>                 >> >> >         >         >         FS a bit; I really
>                 do
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > appreciate the
>                 amazing support
>                 >> provided
>                 >> >> >         by the
>                 >> >> >         >         >         team behind
>                 FreeSurfer!
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > I ran the
>                 following command on one of
>                 >> my
>                 >> >> >         >         >         structurals:
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > /recon-all
>                 -subject M01 -i M01.nii.gz
>                 >> >> >         -all/
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > After a few
>                 minutes, recon-all ended
>                 >> >> >         with the
>                 >> >> >         >         >         following message:
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > /Assertion
>                 failed at line 827 in file
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 templates/CachedArray.cc/
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 > /nu_estimate_np_and_em: crashed while
>                 >> >> >         running
>                 >> >> >         >         >         volume_stats
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > (termination
>                 status=256)/
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > /nu_correct:
>                 crashed while running
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 nu_estimate_np_and_em (termination
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > status=256)/
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > /ERROR:
>                 nu_correct/
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > /Linux
>                 FreeSurfer 2.6.28-11-generic
>                 >> >> >         #42-Ubuntu SMP
>                 >> >> >         >         >         Fri Apr 17
>                 01:57:59
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > UTC 2009 i686
>                 GNU/Linux/
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > I apologise for
>                 reporting an error
>                 >> >> >         that's already
>                 >> >> >         >         >         been reported in
>                 the
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > past, but
>                 unfortunately the solutions
>                 >> >> >         suggested in
>                 >> >> >         >         >         those past threads
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > did not work in
>                 my case. To address a
>                 >> >> >         few of them:
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >   * my PATH
>                 (listed below) does not
>                 >> seem
>                 >> >> >         to
>                 >> >> >         >         >         include two MNI
>                 installations
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >
>                 >> >>
>                 >> 
> //home/virtualuser/freesurfer/bin:/home/virtualuser/freesurfer/fsfast/bin:/home/virtualuser/freesurfer/tktools:/home/virtualuser/freesurfer/mni/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games/
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >   * the version
>                 of FreeSurfer that I
>                 >> >> >         installed is
>                 >> >> >         >         >         the latest disk
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >     image
>                 available on the website
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >
>                 (freesurfer-Virtualbox-linux-x86-stable-pub-v5.1.0-full) -
>                 >> I
>                 >> >> >         did
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >     not see any
>                 dev version that
>                 >> would
>                 >> >> >         presumably
>                 >> >> >         >         >         include any
>                 missing
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >     libraries
>                 presumably implied by
>                 >> the
>                 >> >> >         above
>                 >> >> >         >         >         error
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >   * I tried
>                 updating the Xubuntu
>                 >> inside
>                 >> >> >         my
>                 >> >> >         >         >         VirtualBox,
>                 however it
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >     reports an
>                 insufficient space
>                 >> >> >         problem that
>                 >> >> >         >         >         from I can see
>                 does not
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >     have a
>                 trivial fix
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > Advance thanks
>                 for any help!
>                 >> >> >         >         >         > Tudor
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >
>                 >> >> >         >         >         >
>                 >> >> >
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